The REM station will have artwork installed in the mezzanine corridor, consisting of eight mosaic panels by artist Manuel Mathieu.

In 2020, work began to install elevators to serve the Blue line platforms, allowing an accessible interchange between the REM and the Metro.

[9] In November 2016, CDPQ Infra announced that the proposed Réseau express métropolitain (REM) system would connect to the Blue line at Édouard-Montpetit.

[15] Blasting to expand the Mont Royal tunnel to accommodate new platforms, passageways and utility rooms began in October 2018, and lasted around a year.

The boulevard in turn takes its name from Édouard Montpetit (1881–1954), a Quebec lawyer, economist and academic closely linked with the nearby Université de Montréal.