Université-de-Montréal station is a

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station in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Université-de-Montréal Metro Station
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(STM) and serves the Blue Line. It is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood.

Overview

It is a normal

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station. Constructed in the side of

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, it is the network's highest station in elevation. It has three entrances. The main entrance, facing boul. Édouard-Montpetit, and the Université de Montréal entrance adjacent to the entrance of La Rampe escalator tunnel leading to the university's main pavilion, open directly onto the ticket hall. A third entrance on av. Louis-Colin is connected by a walkway leading over the platforms through the station cavern. The station contains two works of art in terra cotta by architect André Léonard. The larger, located above the ticket hall, is entitled ''Les quatre éléments''; the smaller is located at the end of the walkway to the Louis-Colin entrance. The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time till the next train.

Origin of name

The station derives its name from the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

under the campus of which it lies.

Connecting bus routes

Nearby points of interest

École Polytechnique de Montréal École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf , motto_translation = I chose the path of truth , established = , type = Private secondary school and Collegiate , religious_affiliation = Non-denominational, formerly Jesuit , endowment = , dean ...

* Hôpital Sainte-Justine

References

External links

Université-de-Montréal (Montreal Metro) - Official site of stationMontreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com

2011 STM System Map

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