Outremont
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Location | 1400, Van Horne Avenue, Montreal Quebec, Canada |
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Coordinates | 45°31′13″N 73°36′54″W / 45.52028°N 73.61500°WCoordinates: 45°31′13″N 73°36′54″W / 45.52028°N 73.61500°W | ||||||||||
Operated by | Société de transport de Montréal | ||||||||||
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Depth | 13.8 metres (45 feet 3 inches), 38th deepest | ||||||||||
Architect | Dupuis, Chapuis, & Dubuc | ||||||||||
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Opened | 4 January 1988 | ||||||||||
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Passengers | 1,176,723 entrances in 2006, 57th of 68 | ||||||||||
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Outremont station is a Montreal Metro station in the Outremont borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Blue Line. It opened in 1988.
It is a normal side platform station with a mined trainroom and open-cut volume at one end, containing the ticket hall and topped by the one large entrance and a glazed skylight. Classic materials and a mural of glazed ceramics by Gilbert Poissant evoke the architecture of the surrounding neighbourhood, as does a City of Outremont lamp post at the foot of the stairs to one platform.
The station takes its name from the borough (formerly city) of Outremont, in which it is located. Originally named Côte-Sainte-Catherine, the town took its name in 1875 from a mansion, still extant, built in 1833 by Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier and named "Outre-Mont" ("beyond the mountain" from the main settlement of Montreal).