| Ellesmere TTC Subway Station |
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| Address | 1025 Ellesmere Avenue | ||||||||||
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| Structure | at grade | ||||||||||
| Platforms | side | ||||||||||
| Parking | 60 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 22 March 1985 | ||||||||||
| Presto card | No | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2009-10) | 1,360 | ||||||||||
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Ellesmere is a station on the Scarborough Rapid Transit (SRT) line of the subway/RT system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1025 Ellesmere Road, between Kennedy Road and Midland Avenue. It was opened in 1985.
Ellesmere is the least-used station on the entire TTC network. On average, only 1,850 passengers boarded trains here each day in 2006-2007 and only 1,678 in 2007-2008.[1] Part of the reason for this is that there are no bus bays or at least a direct connection to any bus stop at the station; passengers would have to walk to the nearest bus stop on Ellesmere Road.
As part of the line's future upgrate to LRT technology and integration into the Eglinton–Scarborough Crosstown line, it is anticipated that Ellesmere station will be closed. [2]
The upgrade and replacement of the Scarborough RT portion is scheduled to start in late 2015,[3] after the conclusion of the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2015 Parapan American Games. Scarborough RT riders will be bussed for three years until the upgrade is completed.[4]
The on-site park-and-ride lot has room for 60 vehicles.
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North of this station, the line turns 90° east, dipping briefly into tunnel to cross under nearby railway tracks, then rising to an elevated structure for the remainder of its route. South of the station, the subway continues to travel at ground level for the remainder of the route.
Nearby the station is Roadsport Honda dealership and former Scarborough Public Library HQ.