Glencairn (TTC)
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785 Glencairn Avenue Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°42′32″N 79°26′27″W / 43.70889°N 79.44083°WCoordinates: 43°42′32″N 79°26′27″W / 43.70889°N 79.44083°W | ||||||||||
| Structure type | at grade in highway median | ||||||||||
| Platforms | centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 January 1978 | ||||||||||
| Architect | Adamson Associates | ||||||||||
| Presto card | No | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011-12[1]) | 6,130 | ||||||||||
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Glencairn is a subway station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the median of William R. Allen Road at Glencairn Avenue.
The station is in the Glen Park neighbourhood of the city, a lower-density residential area, and despite being near a cluster of high-density residential buildings to the south, it is one of the least-used stations.
History
The station opened in 1978 in what was then the Borough of North York. It was part of the subway line extension from St. George to Wilson station.
A station at Glencairn and Yonge was considered for the North Yonge extension in the late 1960s and early 1970s. However, this was dropped (along with Glen Echo Station at Yonge Boulevard) because of budgetary concerns. If built, it would have been placed between Eglinton and Lawrence stations on the Yonge line.
Architecture and art
Glencairn was designed by Adamson Associates.[2][3] It is located in the median of Allen Road (above ground) underneath the Glencairn Avenue bridge. Entrances are located on the Glencairn and Viewmount Avenue bridges. A central vaulted glass roof spans the length of the station, allowing the penetration of natural light to all areas of the station. At night, the glass roof allows the station's lighting to be seen from above as a long strip of light, allowing the station to be more easily identified.
The glass roof is directly above the single centre platform. Similarly to Yorkdale Station, the interior walls of the station at platform level are unfinished concrete, and curve over the tracks to form a lower ceiling. Unlike at Yorkdale, the curve is less sudden and therefore the walls are more rounded in appearance. They are clad with white horizontal panels between vertical concrete "ribs", along with a wider single orange strip of panels with the station name. Platform level seating is unique to the station, and sheltered with glass walls. Wayfinding signage is backlit. Floors and certain walls are clad with red-brown tiles.
Glencairn formerly featured a stained glass skylight entitled Joy designed by Rita Letendre,[4] which was removed at the artist's request after it became faded.
Surface connections
The station has no off street bus platforms and a valid paper transfer or pass is required to connect between the subway and the surface bus route at curb side stops.
- 14 Glencairn - operates between Davisville Station and Glencairn Avenue at Caledonia Road.
References
- ↑ "Subway ridership, 2011-2012". Toronto Transit Commission. "This table shows the typical number of customer-trips made on each subway on an average weekday and the typical number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on an average weekday. Five stations serve two subways, and so are listed twice, once for each subway"
- ↑ "Design for Transit", Canadian Architect 21, 1976: 35
- ↑ "Information on Building Name: Glencairn Subway Station". Architectural Index for Ontario. Toronto Public Library. Retrieved August 2012.
- ↑ "Rita Letendre". VIDEO PORTRAITS. Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art. Retrieved August 2012.
External links
Media related to Glencairn Station at Wikimedia Commons
