Eglinton Crosstown LRT

Mount Dennis Station will be the Western terminal station of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, located at the intersection of Weston Road and Eglinton Avenue West.

The station is a Mobility Hub and will include: a transfer to the GO Transit Kitchener Line and UP Express, an off-street TTC Bus Terminal and a Passenger Pick-Up and Drop-Off (PPUDO) area. As a terminal station, Mount Dennis will include special track work for LRT operations. 

The station will have three accessible entrances:

• the main entrance will be at the west end of the station between Weston Road and the GO Transit Kitchener corridor, with an underground connection from the main entrance to 3500 Eglinton Avenue West (the former Kodak building);
• the secondary entrance will be at east of the GO Transit Kitchener corridor on the north side of Eglinton Avenue West; and
• the third will be at 3500 Eglinton Avenue West. 

A new GO station and a new UP Express station will be constructed as part of the project. The GO and UP Express platforms will be accessible from the underground connection between the main entrance and 3500 Eglinton Avenue West. The GO and UP Express waiting area and public washrooms will be located on the main level of 3500 Eglinton Avenue West. 

The bus terminal will include 15 bus bays for TTC buses and will have an underground, accessible connection to the 3500 Eglinton Avenue West building. 

The PPUDO will be designed to be jointly used by the LRT line, TTC, GO and UP Express passengers. There will be four taxi stands adjacent to the PPUDO.

Retail spaces will be located in the main and basement levels of 3500 Eglinton Avenue West and in the bus terminal.

Station plazas will be located at the main entrance and at 3500 Eglinton Avenue West. 

There will be 40 outdoor and 80 indoor bicycle parking spaces. The indoor bicycle storage will be located at the main entrance.

Keelesdale Station (formerly Keele) will be an underground station located at the intersection of Keele Street, Trethewey Drive, and Eglinton Avenue West. 

The station will have three entrances:

• the main, fully accessible entrance at the northeast corner of Eglinton and Trethewey;  
• secondary -  at the northwest corner of Eglinton and Trethewey, adjacent to York Memorial Collegiate Institute; and
• third– at the southeast corner of Eglinton and Keele.

The station will include an off-street bus loop with four bus bays to serve TTC buses. There will also be on-street connections to TTC buses.There will be a landscaped outdoor public space outside of the northeast station entrance, as well as 60 outdoor bicycle parking spaces.

Caledonia Station will be an underground station located on Eglinton Avenue West between Blackthorn Avenue and Croham Road, approximately 200 metres west of Caledonia Road and immediately west of the GO Transit Barrie corridor. The station will include a pedestrian connection to a future GO Transit station and an off-street TTC bus loop. It will also include the following:

• There will be one fully accessible entrance at north side of Eglinton, west of the GO Transit corridor.
• The station will include a bus loop with two bus bays to serve TTC buses.
• There will also be a plaza facing Eglinton Avenue West, between the main entrance and the driveway to the Westside Mall.
• Retail spaces will be located at street level in the main entrance.
• There will be 60 outdoor bicycle parking spaces.

Fairbank Station (formerly Dufferin) will be an underground station located at the intersection of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West. 

At this location, there will be two entrances:

• the main, fully accessible entrance at the southeast corner of Dufferin and Eglinton; and
• the secondary entrance at the northwest corner of Dufferin and Eglinton.

On-street connections will be provided to TTC buses.The station will include a plaza at the main entrance. The plaza will incorporate the existing St. Hilda’s Parkette, located at the southeast corner of Eglinton and Dufferin Street. Retail spaces will be located at street level within the main entrance.

There will be 30 outdoor bicycle parking spaces at this station.

Oakwood Station will be an underground station located on Eglinton Avenue West at Oakwood Avenue. Oakwood is the westernmost of three mined stations on the Crosstown, a construction method that involves forming a cavern underneath an active roadway. It will include two entrances:

• the main, fully accessible entrance on the north side of Eglinton and Oakwood Avenue; and
• the secondary entrance on the south side of Eglinton between Oakwood Avenue and Times Road.

At this location, there will be 24 outdoor bicycle parking spaces.

The Cedervale station (formerly Eglinton West) will be underground, serving as an interchange station that connects to the TTC University subway line.

As an interchange station, Cedervale will be one of the busiest. There will be two entrances at Cedervale: one on the east side and one on the west.There will be secure indoor bike parking at this station.

Forest Hill Station (formerly Bathurst) will be an underground station located at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue West. The station will primarily serve local businesses and residents.  

There will be two entrances:

• the main, fully accessible entrance at the northeast corner of Eglinton and Bathurst Street; and
• the secondary located on the north side of Eglinton, west of Bathurst Street.

On-street connections will be provided to TTC buses. Retail spaces will be located at street level accessible from the secondary entrance. 

There will be 60 outdoor bicycle parking spaces.

Chaplin Station will be an underground station located at the intersection of Chaplin Crescent and Eglinton Avenue West.

There will be three entrances:

• The main, fully accessible entrance will be located at the northwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and Gilgorm Road. This entrance will be sized to minimize the impact to Chaplin Parkette.
• The secondary entrance will be at southeast corner of Eglinton Avenue and the Kay Gardner Beltline Trail.
• And, the third entrance will be near the southeast corner of Eglinton Avenue and Chaplin Crescent, in place of a portion of the existing fire hall.

There will be on-street connections to TTC buses. This station will also include plazas at both the main and secondary entrances, with the main entrance plaza integrated with the existing Chaplin Parkette. There will be 32 outdoor bicycle parking spaces

Avenue Station will be an underground station located at the intersection of Avenue Road and Eglinton Avenue West. The station will also be a turnback station and will have special trackwork for ECLRT operations.

A turnback station allows trains to change directions, while the special trackwork allows a train to be stored between the tracks and not disrupt service. 

There will be two entrances:

• the main, fully accessible entrance at the northwest corner of Avenue Road and Eglinton Avenue;
• the secondary entrance at the north side of Eglinton between Avenue Road and Oriole Parkway. Retail spaces will be located at street level at both the main and secondary entrances.  

At this location, there will be on-street connections to TTC busees, and 50 outdoor bicycle parking spaces.

The Eglinton Crosstown station will be underground, serving as an interchange station that connects to the TTC Yonge subway line. As an interchange station, Eglinton will be one of the busiest.

Mount Pleasant will be an underground station located at the intersection of Mount Pleasant Road and Eglinton Avenue East.

At this location, there will be two entrances:

• The main, fully accessible entrance at the northwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and Mount Pleasant Road. This entrance will also retain and integrate the exterior of the existing building, and will include retail space at street level.
• The secondary entrance will be located at the northeast corner of Eglinton and Mount Pleasant Road.

There will be on-street connections to TTC buses, and there will be 30 outdoor bicycle parking spaces.

Leaside Station (formerly Bayview) will be an underground Station located at the intersection of Bayview Avenue and Eglinton Avenue East. 

There will be two entrances:

• the main, fully accessible entrance at the southeast corner of Eglinton Avenue  and Bayview Avenue; and
• the secondary entrance at the northwest corner of Eglinton and Bayview Avenue.

Retail spaces will be located at street level in the main entrance, and the station will have on-street connections to TTC buses. 

There will be a station plaza located at the main entrance, providing visual and pedestrian connections to Howard Talbot Park. As well as 60 outdoor bicycle parking spaces.

Laird Station will be an underground station located at the intersection of Laird Drive and Eglinton Avenue East. The station will also be a turnback station and will have special trackwork for LRT operations. 

A turnback station allows trains to change directions. The special trackwork allows a train to be stored between the tracks. For example, a disabled train could be stored there so it does not disrupt service. 

The main, fully accessible entrance will be located at the southwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and Laird Drive. This entrance will also include a station plaza and retail spaces at street level. The secondary entrance will be located south of Eglinton Avenue East, just east of Laird Drive.

There will be on-street connections to TTC buses, and 60 outdoor bicycle parking spaces.

The Sunnybrook Park stop (formerly Leslie) at Leslie will be at surface level. The accessible stop will likely be a parallel side platform, with the stop located on the east side of the intersection of Leslie Street and Eglinton Avenue East.

The existing stair connection to Seton Park on the south side of Eglinton East (at the Leslie Street intersection) will remain intact or be replaced for opening day.

Metrolinx will coordinate with the City for a new trail connection in the north-west corner.

Between Brentcliffe Road and Victoria Park Avenue, there will be a 0.5 meter wide buffer on both sides of Eglinton to provide additional space between the bike lanes and vehicular lanes.

Science Centre Station (formerly Don Mills) will be an underground station and Mobility Hub, located at the intersection of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East. The station will include an off-street TTC Bus Terminal. 

There will be two fully accessible entrances:

• the main at the southwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and Don Mills Road and;
• the secondary entrance, incorporated into the bus terminal on the northeast corner of Eglinton and Don Mills Road.

The bus terminal will include seven bus bays for TTC buses, with on-street bus connections. There will also be an underground, accessible connection to the LRT concourse level, along with retail spaces at this level. There will be 30 outdoor and 30 indoor bicycle parking spaces.

The Aga Khan Park & Museum stop (formerly Ferrand) will be at surface stop. The accessible stop will be a centre platform or parallel side platform, with the stop located on the west side of the intersection of the DVP southbound exit ramp and Eglinton Avenue East.

Between Brentcliffe Road and Victoria Park Avenue, there will be a 0.5 meter wide buffer on both sides of Eglinton to provide additional space between the bike lanes and vehicular lanes.

The Wynford stop in the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will be at surface. The accessible stop will be a parallel side platform, with the stop located on Eglinton Avenue East, on the west side of the bridge over Wynford Drive.

There will be a sidewalk on each of these existing ramps: exit ramp from Eglinton Avenue eastbound to Wynford Drive, and entrance ramp from Wynford Drive to Eglinton Avenue westbound.

Between Brentcliffe Road and Victoria Park Avenue, there will be a 0.5 meter wide buffer on both sides of Eglinton to provide additional space between the bike lanes and vehicular lanes.

The Sloane stop (formerly Bermondsey) will be at surface. The accessible stop will be a centre platform, with the stop located on the east side of the intersection of Bermondsey Road and Eglinton Avenue East.

Between Brentcliffe Road and Victoria Park Avenue, there will be a 0.5 meter wide buffer on both sides of Eglinton to provide additional space between the bike lanes and vehicular lanes.

The O'Connor (formerly Victoria Park) stop will be at surface. The accessible stop will be a parallel side platform, with the stop located between Victoria Park Avenue and Eglinton Square. 

Access to this stop would be provided from both ends of the platform. 

Between Brentcliffe Road and Victoria Park Avenue, there will be a 0.5 meter wide buffer on both sides of Eglinton to provide additional space between the bike lanes and vehicular lanes.

The Crosstown stop at Pharmacy will be at surface. The accessible stop will be a parallel side platform, with the stop located on the east side of the intersection of Eglinton Avenue East and Pharmacy Avenue.

The Crosstown stop at Hakimi Lebovic (formerly Lebovic) will be at surface. The accessible stop will be a far side platform, with the stop located at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue East and Lebovic Avenue. 

The Golden Mile stop (formerly Warden) will be at surface. The accessible stop will be a far side platform, with the stop located at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue East and Warden Avenue.

The Crosstown stop at Birchmount will be at surface. The accessible stop would likely be a parallel side platform, with the stop located on the east side of the intersection of Eglinton Avenue East and Birchmount Road.

The Crosstown stop at Ionview will be at surface. The accessible stop would likely be a parallel side platform, with the stop on the west side of the intersection of Eglinton Avenue East and Ionview Road.

Kennedy Station will be the terminal station at the Eastern end of the LRT line, and will also serve as an interchange station since it connects directly with the TTC Bloor-Danforth subway line. It is located at Transway Crescent and Eglinton Avenue East, approximately 300 metres east of Kennedy Road. Kennedy Station is yet another station along the LRT line that will serve as a Mobility Hub. 

The station will include connections to: 

• the GO Transit Stouffville Line, 
• the TTC Scarborough RT, 
• the TTC Bloor-Danforth subway, and 
• a TTC bus terminal. 

The four existing TTC commuter parking lots will be reconfigured, the existing TTC PPUDO will remain, and a GO Transit PPUDO will be added. 

At this location, there will be four entrances – the most of all the stations along the LRT line. 

• The main entrance will be located at the southwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and Transway Crescent.
• The secondary entrance will be Integrated with the new GO Transit ticketing building.
• The third will be at the existing TTC south entrance;
• While the fourth will be the existing GO Transit south entrance. All the entrances will be accessible. 

There will be station plazas outside all but the fourth station entrance. Retail spaces will be located on the concourse level, within both the fare-paid and non-fare paid zones. There will be 40 outdoor and 80 indoor bicycle parking spaces.