Keelesdale station
Keelesdale  | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Construction in front of York Memorial Collegiate | |||||||||||
| Location |
2620 Eglinton Avenue West,[1] Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°41′25″N 79°28′30″W / 43.69028°N 79.47500°WCoordinates: 43°41′25″N 79°28′30″W / 43.69028°N 79.47500°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |
 TTC buses | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect |
Arup Canada and NORR Architects[1] | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Under construction | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opening | 2021[2] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Keelesdale,[2] which had a working name of Keele, is an LRT station under construction on the Toronto Transit Commission's Eglinton Crosstown line. It will be located in the Silverthorn neighbourhood at the intersection of Keele Street and Eglinton Avenue, and is scheduled to open in 2020.[3]
The primary entrance and bus loop will replace the former EMS Station 19 and a car wash at the northeast corner of the Keele/Trethewey and Eglinton intersection. A secondary entrance on the northwest corner will be adjacent to York Memorial Collegiate, with a third to the southeast in a former parking lot. The station will be served by TTC buses, including the 41 Keele route.[3] Keelesdale station will have three entrances as well as an off-street bus loop with four bus bays.[4]
Destinations include the York Civic Centre, Keelesdale Park and Chris Tonks Arena, York Memorial Collegiate, George Harvey Collegiate Institute, the Humber River Regional Hospital's Keele campus, and the Silverthorn neighbourhood.
In a report to the TTC Board on 23 November 2015 it was recommended that stations on Line 5 Eglinton LRT should be given unique names.[2]
Ground-breaking ceremony was held 10 March 2016 for the start of construction on this first Eglinton Crosstown LRT station.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Keele Crosstown Station : Urban Toronto". Urban Toronto. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
TTC staff evaluated the initial report and the proposed names and provided feedback and recommendations. A primary TTC concern was to avoid replication and redundancy with existing TTC station names. The proposed names are unique and are not likely to be confused with existing station names.
- 1 2 "Keele Station : Crosstown". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- 1 2 "Construction begins on first Eglinton Crosstown LRT station". Local. CityNews. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
External links
- Keele Station project page at the Eglinton Crosstown website.
