Oakwood LRT station

Oakwood

The main entrance to the Oakwood LRT station will be on the north side of the intersection of Oakwood and Eglinton.
Location Eglinton Av/Oakwood Av
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°41′50″N 79°26′35″W / 43.69722°N 79.44306°WCoordinates: 43°41′50″N 79°26′35″W / 43.69722°N 79.44306°W
Platforms centre platform
Tracks 2
Connections TTC buses
Construction
Structure type underground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status under construction
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Mount Dennis
 Eglinton Crosstown
Opens 2020
toward Kennedy

Oakwood is an LRT station under construction on the Toronto Transit Commission's Eglinton Crosstown line.[1] It will be located in Little Jamaica[2] at the intersection of Oakwood Avenue and Eglinton Avenue.[3] It is scheduled to open in 2020.

Local Member of Provincial Parliament Mike Colle organized a petition that led to a station at Oakwood being added to the Crosstown plan.[4]

Both entrances will replace existing storefronts; the main entry will be located directly at the northern end of Oakwood Drive, while the secondary will be on the south side of Eglinton some 80m west.[1]

The main destination will be the Eglinton West commercial strip.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "OakwoodStation". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved September 2014.
  2. ↑ Tess Kalinowski (5 April 2013). "Crosstown LRT: Eglinton’s big dig ends 30-year wait for renewal". Toronto Star. Retrieved September 2014. Folks are lined up out the door of Randy’s, waiting to buy some of the best Jamaican patties in the city. This stretch of Eglinton Ave., near Oakwood, is where Rasta meets pasta in Toronto.
  3. ↑ Rahul Gupta (2012-08-29). "Oakwood Avenue light rail station closer to reality". Inside Toronto. Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. That’s the contention of local city councillor Josh Colle, who believes provincial transit planning agency Metrolinx will eventually add an Oakwood stop to the station map for the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown LRT line scheduled for completion in 2020.
  4. ↑ Rahul Gupta (2012-10-26). "Modified LRT master agreement puts Oakwood station on the map: Colle". Inside Toronto. Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. Provincial Minister of Transportation Bob Chiarelli also indicated Friday in a tweet directed at Toronto Community News’ TOinTransit and Colle that an Oakwood stop on the Crosstown LRT is confirmed.

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