Lansdowne station (Toronto)
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691 Lansdowne Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°39′33″N 79°26′34″W / 43.65917°N 79.44278°WCoordinates: 43°39′33″N 79°26′34″W / 43.65917°N 79.44278°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | underground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | No | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 February 1966 | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2015[1]) | 19,250 | ||||||||||
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Lansdowne is a subway station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The main station entrance is located just north of Bloor Street on Lansdowne Avenue, with a secondary entrance on Emerson Avenue. Opened in 1966, the station lies approximately 561 metres (1,842 feet) from its nearest station to the west, Dundas West.[2] The station is in the Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction neighbourhood on the edge of the Bloordale Village strip. Wi-Fi service is available at this station. [3]
The station is considered to require "special attention" from the Toronto Police vice squad, due to the prevalence of drug dealers, prostitutes and other offenders in the area, especially at the Coffee Time diner across the street.[4][5] In one month, 94 people were charged with selling crack cocaine.[6] Along with Lawrence West, Warden, and Kennedy Stations, the Toronto Star reported this station to be a "known problem area" in terms of crime in the subway system in 2008.[7]
Under a GO Transit proposal for Regional Express Rail, a new station on their Barrie line would be built 200m west of this station and offer connections between the services. [8]
Surface connections
A paper transfer is required to connect between the subway and buses, which use a curbside stops on either side of Lansdowne Avenue at this station.
- 47A Lansdowne northbound to St. Clair Avenue and southbound to Queen Street West
- 47B northbound to Yorkdale Station via Caledonia Road and Bridgeland Avenue and southbound to Queen Street West
- 47C northbound to Yorkdale Station via Caledonia Road and Orfus Road and southbound to Queen Street West
References
- ↑ "Subway ridership, 2015" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
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.
- ↑ Transit Toronto - Content: A History of Subways on Bloor and Queen Streets
- ↑ "There's now free WiFi at over 40 TTC subway stations". blogTO. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
- ↑ http://www.adamgiambrone.ca/newsletter.php?id=16
- ↑ Friends of Dufferin Grove Park | (Police & Park Safety) News 2006 - Compilation of Stories
- ↑ Vine People | Greenspots | Dyanmarie.Com
- ↑ 4 held in subway swarmings
- ↑ Spurr, Ben (June 21, 2016). "Locations of four new Toronto GO stations announced". Toronto Star. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
External links
Media related to Lansdowne Station at Wikimedia Commons
