Summerhill station

Summerhill is a subway station on the Yonge–University line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Shaftesbury Avenue just east of Yonge Street, with the entrance being at the north end of the train platforms. The station opened in 1954 as part of the original Yonge line. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.[2]

Summerhill
Location16 Shaftesbury Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°40′56″N 79°23′27″W
PlatformsSide platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessNo
History
OpenedMarch 30, 1954
Passengers
2018[1]5,710
Rank69 of 75
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Vaughan
Yonge–University
toward Finch

Like Rosedale station, the next station to the south, it is currently among the least-used stations, with only 5,710 average weekday ridership. This is mainly due to having no surface transit connections except the parallel Yonge Street bus and no major local destinations. The station has to rely entirely on the immediate Summerhill residential neighbourhood for passengers.

In a February 2020 meeting of the TTC board, the TTC proposed a secondary exit for emergency use. The station entrance is at the north end of the station. The proposed exit would be at the south end of the station and emerge to the surface at Scivener Square. There would be underground corridors to connect the platforms to the new exit with one corridor running under the subway tracks from the northbound platform to the west side of the tracks.[3]

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

Covered original open-cut north of the station

The tunnel originally ended immediately north of the station at Summerhill Avenue and continued in open cut as far as Pleasant Boulevard, just before St. Clair, the next station. Various sections of this open cut were roofed over as the years passed, and since the early 1980s it has been entirely under cover, except when one block was opened to allow new construction above it. Passengers who look out from the train into the tunnel on this section can still see the sloping sides of the original cut, the stumps of lamp posts and trees, and the undersides of four bridges which still carry side streets over the line.

South of the station, the tunnel emerges to the surface at Rowanwood Drive. Originally the line surfaced at Price Portal, but a one-block section from Rowanwood Drive to Price Street was roofed over in 2002 for parking.

Nearby landmarks

The station entrance

Surface connections

All connecting bus routes require a transfer and can be boarded at curbside stops.

TTC routes serving the station include:

Route Name Additional Information
97B Yonge Northbound to York Mills station and southbound to Queens Quay
320 Blue Night service; Northbound to Steeles Avenue and southbound to Queens Quay

References

  1. "Subway ridership, 2018" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved February 5, 2019. This table shows the typical number of customer-trips made on each subway on an average weekday and the typical number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on an average weekday.
  2. "There's now free WiFi at over 40 TTC subway stations". blogTO. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  3. "Summerhill Station – Second Exit/Entrance – Authorization of Third Party Design/Construction Agreement and Property Acquisition" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. February 25, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  4. Archdiocese of Toronto: Contact Us
  5. "GO Transit's Future Midtown Line". Transit Toronto. October 6, 2006. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  6. Toronto Lawn Tennis Club is located between Summerhill and Rosedale subway stations, just east of Yonge

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