Eglinton West

Eglinton West TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	1300 Eglinton Avenue West
Coordinates	43°41′57″N 79°26′09″W / 43.699209°N 79.435819°W / 43.699209; -79.435819Coordinates: 43°41′57″N 79°26′09″W / 43.699209°N 79.435819°W / 43.699209; -79.435819
Lines	Yonge–University–Spadina
Connections	TTC buses
Platforms	side
Parking	158
Other information
Opened	28 January 1978
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2007-08)	18,430
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Glencairn toward Downsview Yonge–University–Spadina St. Clair West toward Finch

Eglinton West is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Allen Road/Everden Road at 1300 Eglinton Avenue West. Nearby landmarks include the York-Eglinton BIA, Little Jamaica, and the Oakwood-Vaughan and Humewood-Cedarvale neighbourhoods.

As of October 2005, the station is wheelchair-accessible. 158 parking spaces are also included on site.

History

The station opened in 1978, as part of the subway line extension from St. George to Wilson Station.

Eglinton West Station had been planned to be an interchange station as part of the Eglinton subway project. The project was cancelled in 1995 after a change in provincial government, and the small amount of tunnel that had been dug under the station was refilled. Had the project gone ahead, this station would likely have been renamed "Eglinton West-Allen".

Architecture and art

The station was designed by Arthur Erickson and Clifford & Lawrie.^[1] The main ticketing and concourse area at surface level is sheltered by an exposed concrete space frame supported by eight circular columns. The concrete ceiling is, in effect, a large slab, and overhangs the entrance. With a glass curtain wall, it appears to float. Inside, it is coffered throughout the station, with skylights in certain areas, allowing for increased penetration of natural light. Eglinton West makes use of sandblasted concrete and brick wall finishes extensively, distinguishing it from most stations on the Yonge and Bloor-Danforth sections of the subway system, where tiles are predominant.

As the north end of the station is in Allen Road's median, which is partly built at surface level. Designers took advantage of this and added windows at platform level. The northbound platform has regular windows, allowing for a view onto Allen Road, while windows on the opposite platform are frosted, creating the impression of fog.

Summertime Streetcar

The station's artwork, on two enamel murals facing each other, is Summertime Streetcar by Gerald Zeldin, which depicts the exterior of a PCC streetcar from differing distances and perspectives. The artwork is two storeys high and is located in the appropriately high ceiling section of the platform level. It should be noted that the depicted streetcar models have never served this station.

The south end of the station is underground as Allen Road ends here.

During July 2009, the TTC installed an $850,000 green roof over the northern end of the station to reduce maintenance costs, increase the lifespan to 40-50 years, reduce the heat island effect by lowering the temperature of the surrounding area by a few degrees, and to reduce runoff. The TTC had to repair the roof anyways, since it was leaking during late 2008 and early 2009. The plants atop the 835-square-metre roof are low-maintenance sedums. Victoria Park and Dufferin stations are slated to have green roofs as well.^[2]

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

South of the station, the line continues underground below Everden Road to reach the Cedarvale Ravine, then continues southeast below the ravine. Moving northward, tracks continue on the surface, in the median of Allen Road.

Surface connections

• 32 Eglinton West
• 63 Ossington
• 109 Ranee

109B to Neptune via Marlee and Flemington

109C to Neptune via Marlee and Varna

Transit City LRT plan

The Transit City proposal calls for a new LRT line known as the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line, running along Eglinton Avenue from Toronto Pearson International Airport and Mississauga to Kennedy Station, passing through Eglinton West and Eglinton Station on the way.

See also

• Toronto Transit Commission
• Eglinton West subway

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Eglinton West Station

External links

• Official TTC page for Eglinton West Station

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