Vendôme station () is an intermodal transit station in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, near the town of Westmount in the Westmount Adjacent area of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce that adjoins the Décarie Expressway. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro.
The Metro station connects to Exo's commuter rail network by a pedestrian tunnel, permitting access to platforms providing service on the Vaudreuil-Hudson, Saint-Jérôme and Candiac lines.
Overview
Originally, two stations were supposed to be built between Place-Saint-Henri and Villa-Maria: Northcliffe and Westmount. However, opposition from Westmount residents as well as instability in the underlying rock formation forced their consolidation into one station, with the result that the tunnel between Vendôme and Place-Saint-Henri is the longest on the Island of Montreal.
The station is a normal side platform station with an entrance near the midpoint of the platforms. The main entrance is located on De Maisonneuve Boulevard and another entrance is located in the bus loop. The structure sits directly above the platforms and includes and surrounds the sunken mezzanine. It is the network's deepest station without escalators or moving sidewalks.
The station was designed by the firm of Desnoyers, Mercure, Leziy, Gagnon, Sheppard et Gélinas. It contains a plaque commemorating Jean Descaris, a 17th-century pioneer, and his descendant Alphonse Décarie, on whose land Vendôme and Villa-Maria Metro stations were built. The adjacent train station is in Fare Zone 1.
Accessibility and MUHC Hospital connection
A short tunnel under the railway tracks links this Metro station to the McGill University Health Centre, which opened in 2015. Initially, the tunnel provided access only to a secondary entrance building on the hospital campus, with a door between the tunnel and the underground parking garage kept locked; however, the access to the underground parking was later opened to the public and pedestrian paths through the garage provided, offering indoor access from the metro to the hospital. Although the secondary entrance building has an elevator, the new tunnel was not wheelchair accessible, with only stair access to the metro and commuter trains. This lack of provision was criticised by advocates. The new entrance pavilion also includes new public art. The new entrance was opened on May 31, 2021, making the station fully accessible. <gallery mode="packed" heights="130">
File:Vendome Montreal Metro.jpg|Vendôme Station platform
File:Vendôme station main pavilion exterior at night, Sep 25 2022.jpg|Exterior of new entrance pavilion viewed at night
File:Jean Descaris.jpg|The memorial plaque
File:Station Vendome 10.JPG|Stained glass window by artist Marcelle Ferron
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Artwork
The station features two artworks. The first artwork is by Quebec artist Marcelle Ferron, and consists of a stained-glass window and a stainless steel sculpture over the tracks. It was installed when the station first opened.
Origin of the name
This station is named for avenue de Vendôme, in turn possibly named for the French Dukes of Vendôme.