Queen's Quay-Ferry Docks (TTC)

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Queen’s Quay-Ferry Docks Queen’s Quay West
Opened	June 22, 1990
District	Old Toronto
Line	509 Harbourfront LRT 510 Spadina LRT
Next station	north to Union west to York Street
Daytime Connections	6 Bay, 97 Yonge
Night Connections	320 Yonge
Platforms	Side platforms, connected via walkway
Accessibility

Entrance to the station on the east side of Bay St. The Royal York Hotel, Air Canada Centre and TD Centre are in the background

Queen's Quay-Ferry Docks is the only dedicated underground streetcar station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that is not part of an existing station on the city's subway/rapid transit system. (Streetcars travel underground to meet subway trains at Union, Spadina, and St. Clair West stations). It was opened in 1990 as part of the former Harbourfront LRT route. Located in a streetcar tunnel, the station is now served by the 509 Harbourfront and 510 Spadina routes.

North of this station, the lines enter an underground loop at Union TTC station, below Union Station, the city's main railway station; to the south, they emerge from the tunnel onto Queen's Quay, where they run west in a dedicated right-of-way as far as Spadina Avenue, where the two routes diverge; the 509 continues west to Exhibition Place, while the 510 turns north towards Spadina TTC station.

This station serves Queen's Quay Terminal, the Toronto Island Ferry Docks, WaterPark Place, and Westin Harbour Castle.

Queen's Quay-Ferry Docks is the only station in Toronto that does not have any employee washrooms nor an employee lunchroom as there is no collector on duty at the station. The streetcar platform is not in a fare-paid zone, thus passengers boarding pay their fare on board the streetcar.

Queen's Quay station is also the only station in Toronto with a pedestrian crossing between platforms at track level, as there is no electrified rail to contend with. Streetcars crossing the pedestrian walkway must stop and sound their gong before proceeding; Union-bound streetcars stop immediately after rounding a sharp curve, ring their gong, and proceed into the stopping zone to load and unload passengers. Exhibition- and Spadina-bound streetcars enter the station, load and unload passengers, ring their gong, then proceed out of the station.

[edit] Nearby attractions

• Toronto Island ferry services
• Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant
• Queen's Quay Terminal
• Toronto Star Building
• Air Canada Centre

[edit] See also

• Toronto Transit Commission
• Toronto streetcar system

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