Warden (TTC)
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701 Warden Avenue Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°42′41″N 79°16′47″W / 43.71139°N 79.27972°WCoordinates: 43°42′41″N 79°16′47″W / 43.71139°N 79.27972°W | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | elevated | ||||||||||
| Platforms | centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking | 1,050 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 May 1968 | ||||||||||
| Presto card | No | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011-12[1]) | 29,610 | ||||||||||
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Warden is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Canada. It is located at the southeast corner of St. Clair Avenue East and Warden Avenue.
In 2008, the Toronto Star reported this station to be a "known problem area" in terms of crime in the subway system, along with Lawrence West, Lansdowne, and Kennedy stations.[2]
1,050 parking spaces are located at this station for commuter use, with 899 in the North Lot and 151 in the South Lot.
History
Warden Station was opened in 1968 in what was then the Borough of Scarborough, and served as the Bloor-Danforth line's eastern terminus for 12 years until the extension to Kennedy was completed in 1980.
Until 1973, the buses and the subway trains serving the station were in separate fare zones and so the turnstiles and collector booths were placed between the bus bays and the subway platforms. When the zones were abolished, the layout was reconfigured to bring the buses inside the station's fare-paid area; one collector booth, left isolated inside the fare-paid zone, became an information booth.
Subway infrastructure in the vicinity
After exiting the station eastbound, the track returns to an underground tunnel at the Chestnut Portal. It continues on its diagonal alignment under a former Canadian National railway spur line.
A small yard and storage shed exists south of the tracks to the west of the station.
Nearby landmarks
Nearby landmarks include the Providence Healthcare, Warden Woods Park, Warden Hilltop Community Centre and Pine Hills Cemetery. It is near much vacant industrial land (including the former site of Centennial College and Warden Woods Mall/Power Centre) where major redevelopment is expected over the coming years, including numerous new housing developments on the former Power Centre property.[3] It is also near the Toronto District School Board high school W.A. Porter C.I., which brings about 700 students in the station each year.[citation needed]
Surface connections
- 9 Bellamy to Scarborough Centre Station
- 16 McCowan to Scarborough Centre Station
- 17 Birchmount to Steeles Avenue
- 17A to 14th Ave - extra fare required north of Steeles
- 68 Warden to Steeles Avenue
- 68B to Major MacKenzie - extra fare required north of Steeles
- 69 Warden South to Kingston Road via Warden
- 69B to Kingston Road via Birchmount
- 70 O'Connor to Coxwell Station
- 102 Markham Road to McNicoll Avenue
- 102A to Progress/Centennial College
- 102C to Passmore
- 102D to Mount Joy GO Station - extra fare required north of Steeles
- 135 Gerrard to Main Street Station
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"
- ↑ 4 held in subway swarmings
- ↑ http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/planning/warden-vicpark.htm
External links
Media related to Warden Station at Wikimedia Commons
