Osgoode (TTC)

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Osgoode 250 University Avenue


Opened	February 28, 1963
District	Old Toronto
Line	Yonge-University-Spadina line
Next station	≅0.5 km north to St. Patrick 1 min ≅0.4 km south to St. Andrew 1 min
Daytime Connections	141 Downtown/Mt Pleasant Express, 142 Downtown/Avenue Road Express, 143 Downtown/Beach Express, 144 Downtown/Don Valley Express, 501 Queen, 502 Downtowner
Night Connections	301 Queen
Daily Boardings	20,930
Rank 2007-08	46th busiest out of 69
Platforms	Centre platform
Accessibility	1 elevators

Coordinates: 43°39′02.95″N 79°23′11.77″W / 43.6508194, -79.3866028 Osgoode is a station on the University line of the subway/RT system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Osgoode Station is located at 250 University Avenue at Queen Street West. It opened in 1963, and is named for the nearby Osgoode Hall. Other nearby landmarks include the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square, and the United States consulate.

When Osgoode station was built, some utility lines were relocated away from the station to allow for a future Lower Osgoode station on the projected but never-built Queen Street subway, but unlike at Lower Queen, no actual construction took place. Osgoode opened as the only station on the University Line to have vitrolite tiles adorning its walls.^[1]

Currently, there is a proposal to revamp the interior aesthetics of stations on the University line, rename Osgoode station "Osgoode-Opera", and decorate the station to reflect the opera house, which is located at the intersection and which opened in 2006.

[edit] Surface connections

(A transfer is required to transfer between surface routes and subway at this station.)

141 Downtown/Mt Pleasant Express
142 Downtown/Avenue Road Express
143 Downtown/Beach Express
144 Downtown/Don Valley Express
501 Queen (TTC)
502 Downtowner (TTC)

[edit] References

^ University Subway -- Under Construction (Transit Toronto)

[edit] External links

Lower Osgoode (Transit Toronto)

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Yonge University Spadina	Finch \| North York Centre \| Sheppard-Yonge ■ \| York Mills \| Lawrence \| Eglinton \| Davisville \| St. Clair \| Summerhill \| Rosedale \| Bloor-Yonge ■ \| Wellesley \| College \| Dundas \| Queen \| King \| Union \| St. Andrew \| Osgoode \| St. Patrick \| Queen's Park \| Museum \| St. George ■ \| Spadina ■ \| Dupont \| St. Clair West \| Eglinton West \| Glencairn \| Lawrence West \| Yorkdale \| Wilson \| Downsview \| Sheppard West \| Finch West \| York University \| Steeles West \| Highway 407 Transitway \| Vaughan Corporate Centre

Bloor-Danforth	Kipling \| Islington \| Royal York \| Old Mill \| Jane \| Runnymede \| High Park \| Keele \| Dundas West \| Lansdowne \| Dufferin \| Ossington \| Christie \| Bathurst \| Spadina ■ \| St. George ■ \| Bay \| Bloor-Yonge ■ \| Sherbourne \| Castle Frank \| Broadview \| Chester \| Pape \| Donlands \| Greenwood \| Coxwell \| Woodbine \| Main Street \| Victoria Park \| Warden \| Kennedy ■

Scarborough RT	Kennedy ■ \| Lawrence East \| Ellesmere \| Midland \| Scarborough Centre \| McCowan

Sheppard	Sheppard-Yonge ■ \| Bayview \| Bessarion \| Leslie \| Don Mills

Streetcars	Queen's Quay-Ferry Docks \| Exhibition Loop

Legend: - wheelchair-accessible station (as of May 2007) \| ■ - connection \| proposed station \| Washroom at station