Science Centre station
Science Centre  | |||||||||||
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.jpg) By January 2017 construction of Science Centre Station had begun. This photo shows bus bays being built on the NE corner of Don Mills and Eglinton. | |||||||||||
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Eglinton Ave E. at Don Mills Rd Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°43′14″N 79°20′20″W / 43.72056°N 79.33889°WCoordinates: 43°43′14″N 79°20′20″W / 43.72056°N 79.33889°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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 TTC buses | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Indoor bike parking[1] | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opening | 2021[2] | ||||||||||
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Science Centre[2] is a planned underground LRT station on the Toronto Transit Commission's Eglinton Crosstown line.[1] It will be located in the Flemingdon Park neighbourhood at the intersection of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue. It is scheduled to open in 2021.
This station's main entrance will be built adjacent to the Ontario Science Centre at the southwest corner of the intersection with Don Mills Road.[3] A secondary entrance will be on the opposite northeast corner, with a new bus terminal stretching beyond that to Gervais Drive.
Unlike the other underground stations on the line, this stop will be built in a cut-and-cover tunnel with at-grade stations on either side; a surface station was considered here as well, but given the expected ridership and potential for a junction with a future Don Mills LRT or perhaps the Relief Line, the underground approach was approved.
Destinations include the Ontario Science Centre, the Flemingdon Park neighbourhood, the Celestica headquarters, the Foresters building, Real Canadian Superstore, and a Mormon church.
The station was originally to be named Don Mills, however in a report to the TTC Board on November 23, 2015, it was recommended that stations on the Eglinton LRT have unique names to avoid confusion with existing stations.[2] It was given its current name to both be more descriptive of the nearby Ontario Science Centre (in the same vein as Museum subway station), and to avoid confusion with the Don Mills subway station.
Impact on local development
Science Centre is one of the Crosstown stations that has been reported to have most excited developers.[4] On April 3, 2017, Urban Toronto reported that the City's planning department's initiative for intersection had been named "Don Mills Crossing", while it would be accompanied by a plan for nearby properties, in 2018.
Surface connections
The following routes would serve this station according to the report presented at the board meeting on February 25, 2016:[5]
- 25 Don Mills: northbound to Steeles Avenue via Don Mills station and southbound to Pape station
- 34 Eglinton: westbound to Mount Dennis station
- 54A Lawrence East: eastbound to Starspray Boulevard via Lawrence East station
- 54B: eastbound to Orton Park Road via Lawrence East station
- 100A Flemingdon Park: southbound to Broadview station
- 100B: southbound to Broadview station via Linkwood Lane
- 184 Lawrence East Rocket: eastbound to Starspray Boulevard via Lawrence East station (express service)
- 185 Don Mills Rocket: northbound to Steeles Avenue via Don Mills station and southbound to Pape station (express service)
References
- 1 2 "Don Mills Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. November 23, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
TTC staff evaluated the initial report and the proposed names and provided feedback and recommendations. A primary TTC concern was to avoid replication and redundancy with existing TTC station names. The proposed names are unique and are not likely to be confused with existing station names.
- ↑ Bateman, Chris (August 6, 2014). "Crosstown LRT spurs massive redevelopment proposal". blogTO. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
An underground stop on the Eglinton-Crosstown LRT is due to be built on the southwest corner of Eglinton and Don Mills
- ↑ Julian Mirabelli (April 3, 2017). "Big Plans in Store for the Transformation of Don Mills & Eglinton". Urban Toronto. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
First, City Planning is undertaking a comprehensive planning study of the area they have named Don Mills Crossing, encompassing the four corners of the intersection while considering the neighbourhoods beyond, for which a Secondary Plan will be introduced in 2018.
- ↑ https://ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commission_reports_and_information/Commission_meetings/2016/February_25/Reports/Changes_to_TTC_Bus_Routes_in_Eglinton_Corridor_for_Line_5_Ra.pdf
External links
- Don Mills Station project page at the Eglinton Crosstown website.
- Crosstown LRT Walk-through Don Mills on YouTube by Infrastructure Ontario. (The video shows the old station name (Don Mills) which has since been renamed to Science Centre.)
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Media related to Don Mills Road Station, Eglinton Crosstown LRT at Wikimedia Commons
