Kipling

Kipling TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	5247 Dundas Street West
Coordinates	43°38′15.3″N 79°32′08″W / 43.637583°N 79.53556°W / 43.637583; -79.53556Coordinates: 43°38′15.3″N 79°32′08″W / 43.637583°N 79.53556°W / 43.637583; -79.53556
Lines	Bloor–Danforth
Connections	TTC buses      Kipling GO Station
Structure	underground
Platforms	centre
Parking	1751
Other information
Opened	21 November 1980
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2007-08)	49,890
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Terminus Bloor–Danforth Islington toward Kennedy

Subway platform of Kipling Station

Kipling is the western terminus station of the Bloor-Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the westernmost station in the system. It is located on St. Albans Road at Aukland Road, near 5247 Dundas Street West at its more westerly intersection with Bloor Street West, and near Kipling Avenue.

The station was designed around commuter travel, as it is the terminus of the line, and there is little density in the area. The station is also underneath power lines, and is near a hydro substation. This provides space for parking (1751 spaces in four surrounding lots) and other amenities such as a ‘Kiss & Ride’ passenger pick up/drop off area. Space was provided on the station’s bus level for a connecting rapid transit line similar to the original concept for the Scarborough RT, but an empty track bed and platform at the south end of the bus level is all that was built. High density residential and commercial developments are replacing some of the previous land uses, namely light industrial/commercial, and the former site of Michael Power/St. Joseph High School.

Kipling connects with GO Transit's Kipling station on the Milton line. Also, one of two bus lines that provide regular service to Toronto Pearson International Airport originates from this station.

History

Kipling Station opened in 1980 in what was then the Borough of Etobicoke, along with Kennedy station on the other end of the line, as part of east-west extensions to the Bloor-Danforth line.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

A third tunnel structure exists on the north side of the station at ground level. This was to be the entrance into a subway yard that the TTC were considering building at the time when the station was being planned.^[1] There is a gravel bed trailing out eastward from the end of the tracks west of the station, likely meant for an extension of the line. There are no tracks laid on this section and it remains unused.

For most of the way east to the next station (Islington) the line continues on the surface, alongside the railway right-of-way, paralleling Dundas Street at a distance. After crossing over Bloor Street to the north side, it turns somewhat to the right to take up the normal alignment parallel to Bloor. At this point the line goes underground.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include The Essex community of condominium high-rises and Six Points Plaza.

Surface connections

• 30 Lambton via Dundas Street to/from High Park Station
• 44 Kipling South to Lake Shore Boulevard and Humber College-Lakeshore Campus
• 45 Kipling to Steeles Avenue past Etobicoke North GO Station

45A to Carlingview Drive along Belfield Road

45E express service to Steeles Avenue

• 46 Martin Grove to Steeles Avenue
• 49 Bloor West to Markland Wood west of Highway 427
• 111 East Mall to Eglinton Avenue
• 112 West Mall

112C to Eglinton Avenue, and to Disco Road

112D to Eglinton and Skymark Avenues during the morning midday and afternoon peak period

112E express service to Renforth and Eringate Drives

• 123 Shorncliffe to Sherway Gardens Shopping Area, at The Queensway and Highway 427
• 191 Highway 27 Rocket serving Humber College Main Campus, and northern Etobicoke
• 192 Airport Rocket express service to Toronto Pearson International Airport
• 300 Bloor-Danforth Blue Night serving Toronto Pearson International Airport, Bloor Street and Danforth Avenue when the Bloor-Danforth Subway does not operate.
• IKEA Etobicoke shuttle bus (not a TTC route)

Station modernization

Construction on a new 14-bay inter-regional bus terminal is planned and was originally scheduled to be completed in 2011. This would see GO Transit buses use the facility, and Mississauga Transit buses terminate at Kipling station instead of Islington as they currently do. The current parking facilities will be reconfigured to allow for the construction of the terminal. The modernization project would also include landscaping and revitalization of interior and exterior station finishes and lighting ^{[2] [3]}

References

External links

• Official TTC page for Kipling Station

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