Woodbine station

Woodbine is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is at the southeast corner of Woodbine Avenue and Strathmore Boulevard, just north of Danforth Avenue.

Woodbine
Location991 Woodbine Avenue
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
Coordinates43°41′11″N 79°18′46″W
PlatformsSide platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedFebruary 26, 1966
Passengers
2018[1]14,960
Rank53 of 75
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Kipling
 Bloor–Danforth
toward Kennedy

Description

The main entrance, collector, and bus platform are at street level (on the northeast corner of Woodbine and Danforth), the concourse is on the second level, and the subway platforms are on the lower level. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.[2] Automatic sliding doors, accessible fare gates and the addition of elevators, made the station fully accessible in late September 2017 which also coincided with the opening of a new secondary automated entrance on the northwest corner of Woodbine and Danforth.[3]

Artwork Directions Intersections Connections by Marmin Borins

The artwork titled Directions Intersections Connections by Marmin Borins hangs on the exterior wall at the station's bus platform. Covering 93 m2 (1,000 sq ft), the artwork consists of brightly-coloured coated metal panels arranged in geometric patterns. According to the TTC's Public Art page, the geometric patterns "express the motion and directional routes of transit, the intersections of communities and place, and the connections of site to both the present and the past".[4]

History

Woodbine station was opened in 1966 as the eastern terminus of the original Bloor–Danforth line. Although the station was a terminus for two years, it was known that this would be temporary, so it was built with side platforms rather than a single centre platform that would have conveniently served departures from either track.

Disused section of streetcar track on Strathmore Boulevard

The Bloor–Danforth subway line replaced the Bloor streetcar line, which ran from Jane Loop to Luttrell Loop, near the present Jane and Victoria Park stations. With the opening of the subway from Keele to Woodbine in 1966, streetcar service was reduced to a short Bloor route from Jane Loop to Keele station, and a Danforth route from Woodbine station to Luttrell Loop. These portions were in turn eliminated when the subway was extended in 1968 to run from Islington to Warden. However, evidence of the temporary loop at Woodbine station for Danforth streetcars still exists: a single disconnected streetcar track runs west from Cedarvale Avenue along Strathmore Boulevard, curving towards the east end of the station, and an irregular wall in the station's mezzanine indicates the former passage to the streetcar platform.[5] The walled-off section of this passage has been partially converted into a staff room and storage area.[6]

Surface connections
Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

TTC routes serving the station include:

Route Name Additional Information
91C Woodbine Northbound to York Mills Road
91D Northbound to York Mills via Railside Road
(Rush hour service)
92 Woodbine South Southbound to Lake Shore Boulevard East (Ashbridge's Bay Loop – Woodbine Beach)
93 Parkview Hills Northbound to Parkview Hills

Automatic entrance

In June 2010, the TTC announced plans to add secondary entrances and exits to 3 subway stations on Line 2. They were recommended after a fire safety audit due to the stations only having one primary means of emergency access and egress.[7] The plan was to construct a new unmanned automated entrance at surface level on Strathmore Boulevard.[8] In order to build these new access points, the TTC expropriated residential land and demolished a home on the northwest corner of Woodbine and Strathmore.[9] The decision to do so proved controversial in the neighbourhoods affected; although the TTC stated it would review their plan, it ultimately went ahead. Construction of the new unstaffed automated entrance was completed in September 2017. It is accessible to Presto card holders only.[3][10]

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. "OUR STATIONS – TCONNECT.ca". TCONNECT.ca. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  3. "Woodbine Station: Easier Access and Second Ext Project". ttc.ca. TTC. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  4. "TTC Public Art Program". Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  5. Clayton, Liz (November 23, 2002). "Ghosts of Toronto's public transit". National Post. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  6. "The Abandoned Streetcar Shuttle Connection Passages". Transit Toronto. April 11, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  7. "Board Meetings".
  8. "Easier Access and Second Exit Design Concept for Woodbine Station" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. June 2, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  9. "Real Estate Acquisitions – TTC Woodbine Station" (PDF). Staff Report. City of Toronto. July 28, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  10. Romano, Lito (March 2014). "Woodbine Station Upgrades" (PDF). ttc.ca. Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved October 12, 2017.

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