Jane (TTC)

Jane
Location 15 Jane Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°38′59.7″N 79°29′02″W / 43.649917°N 79.48389°W / 43.649917; -79.48389Coordinates: 43°38′59.7″N 79°29′02″W / 43.649917°N 79.48389°W / 43.649917; -79.48389
Platforms side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections
Construction
Structure type underground
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 10 May 1968
Traffic
Passengers (2014[1]) 20,090
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Kipling
 Bloor–Danforth
toward Kennedy

Jane is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located just north of Bloor Street West, spanning the block east of Jane Street to Armadale Avenue, with entrances from all three streets. It opened in 1968 as part of the westerly extension from Keele to Islington Station.[2]

In 2006, this station became accessible with elevators.

Entrances

Accessible entrance from Bloor Street

The station's street entrances lead directly into the bus platform area in a layout that would not allow it to be readily brought into the station's fare-paid area. Until 1973 this was largely irrelevant because the station was on a fare zone boundary and the subway trains and some of the buses serving it were in separate zones.

At the west end, the Jane Street entrance is located just north of Bloor, on the east side of Jane Street. Similarly, at the other end of bus platform, there is an entrance directly from the west side of Armadale Avenue. Additionally, the station is accessible through automatic doors via a pedestrian walkway located mid-block on the north side of Bloor Street, between Jane and Armadale.[3]

Nearby landmarks

The station serves the local communities of Bloor West Village, Swansea, Runnymede, Old Mill and Baby Point and nearby destinations such as Bloor West Health Centre, St. Pius X Catholic School, St. Olave's Anglican Church, Windermere United Church and Jane/Dundas Public Library.[4]

Surface connections

Since the bus platform is located outside the fare-paid area, a paper transfer is required to connect surface routes.

The following bus routes[5] terminate at the station:

35B to Pioneer Village and Steeles Avenue
35C to Steeles Avenue - the main branch
35D to Langstaff Road - extra fare required north of Steeles Avenue

Transit City LRT plan

The Transit City proposal calls for a new LRT line known as the Jane LRT line, running along Jane Street from Pioneer Village Station to Jane Station.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Subway ridership, 2014" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved September 12, 2015. 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. ↑ James Bow. "A History of Subways on Bloor and Queen Streets". Transit Toronto. Retrieved January 2014. the subway was extended to Islington in 1968 Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ Jane: Accessible Alternative
  4. ↑ Toronto Public Library: Jane/Dundas Branch
  5. ↑ Jane Station: Connections to
  6. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions Proposed Jane Street Light Rail Transit (LRT)" (PDF). City of Toronto. August 2008. Retrieved August 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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