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Montreal Metro station

Édouard Montpetit station is a Montreal Metro station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Blue Line. It is located in the Côte des Neiges area of the borough of Côte des Neiges–Notre Dame de Grâce near the borough of Outremont. From 2024, the station will be served by the Réseau express métropolitain (REM).

The station was designed by Patrice Gauthier. The design of the station was constrained by a ventilation shaft for the Mont Royal Tunnel, as well as an underground aqueduct. It is a normal side platform station. The station was designed to be able to provide a connection with the then Agence métropolitaine de transport's Montreal—Deux Montagnes commuter rail line, which during the planning of the original network was to have been converted into Line 3 of the Metro. This proposal did not occur, instead, the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) now takes the place of the first two proposals. There is an underground tunnel between the metro station and the CEPSUM complex.

The Blue line station does not have artwork, however colourful benches and flooring were designed by architect Patrice Gauthier. The REM station will have artwork installed in the mezzanine corridor, consisting of eight mosaic panels by artist Manuel Mathieu.

The station was opened in January 1988 as part of the extension of the Blue Line to Snowdon. In 2020, work began to install elevators to serve the Blue line platforms, allowing an accessible interchange between the REM and the Metro. This is currently planned for completion in late 2022.

In November 2016, CDPQ Infra announced that the proposed Réseau express métropolitain (REM) system would connect to the Blue line at Édouard Montpetit. As with the 1980s Line 3 proposal, the REM will use the historic Mont Royal tunnel to head north from downtown. The new station will be located around 20 storeys or below ground, making it the deepest station in Canada and the second deepest in North America after Portland's Washington Park station. For comparison, the Blue line is around below ground at this location. Two banks of high speed elevators will connect the REM platforms to the Blue Line station and the surface. Construction on the Édouard Montpetit REM station began in July 2018. Blasting to expand the Mont Royal tunnel to accommodate new platforms, passageways and utility rooms began in October 2018, and lasted around a year. as of 2022, the REM station is planned to open at the end of 2024. but the name was ultimately changed to Édouard Montpetit, from the street under which it lies: Édouard Montpetit Boulevard. The boulevard in turn takes its name from Édouard Montpetit (1881–1954), a Quebec lawyer, economist and academic closely linked with the nearby Université de Montréal.