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Work underway at Édouard-Montpetit station
- Project summary
- Impact on customer trips
- Impact on local residents
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Artwork integration contest – Édouard-Montpetit station
The STM is launching a contest to select a work of art that will be integrated into the Édouard-Montpetit station.
A jury composed of art experts, project architects, a representative from the City of Montreal's public art office, and a representative from the STM's clientele will select the finalists and then the winning work.
Why this contest?
In Quebec, the Politique d'intégration des arts à l'architecture et à l'environnement des bâtiments et des sites gouvernementaux et publics stipulates that a portion of the budget for certain public projects must be devoted to art. These competitions allow works created by professional artists to be selected and integrated into public spaces, enriching our environment and our collective heritage.
Consult the competition rules (French only).
Would you like to join the selection committee? Submit your application!
You don't need to know anything about art: you must be familiar with the station and its surroundings, be a regular user of STM services, and be involved in your community
This role will require approximately twenty hours of your time, divided as follows:
- Read and analyze contest entries in preparation for the first selection committee to choose the three finalists (approximately 5 hours)
- Choose three finalists with selection committee (approximately 5 hours) in March 2026
- Read, analyze and review the three finalists' detailed proposals in preparation for the selection committee to choose the winner (approximately 5 hours)
- Choose winner with selection committee (approximately 5 hours) in July 2026
Committee meetings will be held during STM business hours, Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. They will be conducted in French only.
Click here to submit your application. You have until February 20 at 12:00 p.m. to apply.
Project summary
Major work began on August 10, 2020 at Édouard-Montpetit station.
The goal of this site is to install elevators at this Blue line station to allow everyone (e.g., customers with functional limitations, families with strollers, travellers) to get around.
The elevators are scheduled to be operational at the beginning of April, 2026.
Like all network stations, Édouard-Montpetit was not designed to be equipped with elevators when it was first built in the 1980s. Adding elevators to an existing building is a major challenge. Integrating this new equipment into an existing station involves a number of steps.
Description of the work: Elevator installation and reconstruction of entrance building façade
Métro impacts: Access A (2040 Édouard-Montpetit Boulevard) is closed. The station remains in service, and entry is through Access B (5450 Vincent-d’Indy Avenue). Inside the station, the corridor leading to the CEPSUM is also closed due to the work.
Impact on customer trips
The bus stop in front of the south entrance building (CEPSUM) is relocated during the work.The stops for routes 51 – Édouard-Montpetit, 119 – Rockland and 368 – Avenue du Mont-Royal is relocated to the west, near the station, on Édouard-Montpetit Boulevard.
- Partitions are installed in the station to close off the work area, particularly on the pedestrian walkway and the stairs leading to the platforms.
- The tunnel that connects Édouard-Montpetit station to the CEPSUM of Université de Montréal is accessible during the CEPSUM’s hours of operations.
Impact on local residents
- The station is only be accessible via the north entrance building at Édouard-Montpetit Boulevard and Vincent D’Indy Avenue.
- Pedestrians travelling east-west have to take the secured, marked temporary walkway on the north side of Édouard-Montpetit Boulevard.
- The sidewalk in front of the south entrance building (CEPSUM) is blocked by the worksite.
- The north sidewalk is also blocked. A temporary walkway allows pedestrian access from the north side of Édouard-Montpetit Boulevard.
- Due to the layout of the worksite, the bike path that runs on Edouard-Montpetit Boulevard is rerouted during the work. The detour runs down De Stirling Avenue and onto Willowdale Avenue.
- Be careful and make sure to cross only at traffic lights and marked crosswalks.
Learn more about the project
Providing a universally-accessible public transit system is one of the STM’s strategic priorities. However, adding elevators to an existing building is a major challenge that requires a high degree of planning and will involve many steps.
Due to the specific architecture of Édouard-Montpetit station, expansion work will be required on both platforms and the entrance building in front of the CEPSUM. This will involve ground excavation and concrete work, to be carried out in multiple phases.
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The Accessibility program is made possible thanks to the additional funding announced by the federal and provincial governments to speed up universal accessibility work with the goal of having 30 accessible métro stations by 2025.