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During finishing work on the station, a major aqueduct was accidentally pierced. The station and tunnel were quickly flooded, before the water drained to the lowest point of the line, the Acadie-Parc interstation.
Original plans called for an interior connection to the Pavillon Marie-Victorin just beyond the staircase to the Marie-Victorin kiosk.
This station was originally conceived as a transfer station between metro line 5 (blue) and a future surface metro line 3, to replace the Deux-Montagnes commuter train line on the CN right-of-way. The station would have been joined by high-speed elevator to a station, to be installed on the CN tunnel running under Mont Royal some 70 metres below ground level (50 metres below the metro platforms). The plan was included and helped to shape the architect's design for the station, but due to the enormous cost of the construction work it would have involved, it was scrapped. However, with new plans for commuter trains to the eastern suburbs, the plan has resurfaced and is being studied again. Thank you to Marc Lusignan for the information. |
Boul. Édouard-Montpetit. Édouard Montpetit (1881-1954), a lawyer with degrees in political and social sciences, founded the UM's school of social sciences in 1920 and took up its leadership. During his long career at UM, he served as secretary general, dean of the faculty of social sciences, member of the academic senate, and member of the administration commission, and taught for 44 years until his death.
