The design of the Metro was heavily influenced by Montreal's winter conditions.
Unlike other cities' subways, nearly all station entrances in Montreal are set back from the sidewalk and completely enclosed; usually in small, separate buildings or within building facades.
They are equipped with swivelling "butterfly" doors meant to mitigate the wind caused by train movements that can make doors difficult to open.
The entire system runs underground and some stations are directly connected to buildings, making the Metro an integral part of Montreal's Underground City.

The network has 68 stations, four of which have connections between Metro lines, and five connect to the commuter train network.
They are mostly named after streets adjacent to them.

The average distance between stations is 950 metres (1,040 yd), with a minimum in the city centre between Peel and McGill stations 296 metres (324 yd) and a maximum between Berri–UQAM and Jean-Drapeau stations of 2.36 kilometres (1.47 mi).
Average station depth is 15 metres (49 ft).
The deepest station of the network, Charlevoix, has its Honoré-Beaugrand bound platform located 29.6 metres (97 ft) underground.
The shallowest stations are Angrignon and Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke terminus, 4.3 metres (14 ft) below surface.

Platforms, 152.4 metres (500 ft) long and at least 3.8 metres (12 ft) wide, are positioned on either sides of the tracks except in the Lionel-Groulx, Snowdon and Jean-Talon stations, where they are superimposed to facilitate transfers between lines in certain directions.
Charlevoix and De l'Eglise stations are designed with bunk platforms for engineering reasons, the basement rock in their area (shales) being too brittle for a station with more footprint.
The terminus stations of future extensions could be equipped with central platforms to accommodate a turning loop.
The design of the Metro was heavily influenced by Montreal's winter conditions. Unlike other cities' subways, nearly all station entrances in Montreal are set back from the sidewalk and completely enclosed; usually in small, separate buildings or within building facades. They are equipped with swivelling "butterfly" doors meant to mitigate the wind caused by train movements that can make doors difficult to open. The entire system runs underground and some stations are directly connected to buildings, making the Metro an integral part of Montreal's Underground City.
The network has 68 stations, four of which have connections between Metro lines, and five connect to the commuter train network. They are mostly named after streets adjacent to them.
The average distance between stations is 950 metres (1,040 yd), with a minimum in the city centre between Peel and McGill stations 296 metres (324 yd) and a maximum between Berri–UQAM and Jean-Drapeau stations of 2.36 kilometres (1.47 mi). Average station depth is 15 metres (49 ft). The deepest station of the network, Charlevoix, has its Honoré-Beaugrand bound platform located 29.6 metres (97 ft) underground. The shallowest stations are Angrignon and Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke terminus, 4.3 metres (14 ft) below surface.
Platforms, 152.4 metres (500 ft) long and at least 3.8 metres (12 ft) wide, are positioned on either sides of the tracks except in the Lionel-Groulx, Snowdon and Jean-Talon stations, where they are superimposed to facilitate transfers between lines in certain directions. Charlevoix and De l'Eglise stations are designed with bunk platforms for engineering reasons, the basement rock in their area (shales) being too brittle for a station with more footprint. The terminus stations of future extensions could be equipped with central platforms to accommodate a turning loop.
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