Dundas West station
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| Location | 2365 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°39′25″N 79°27′10.5″W / 43.65694°N 79.452917°W | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |    Bloor GO | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 26 February 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023–2024[1] | 23,861 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Dundas West is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located just north of Bloor Street West at the corner of Dundas Street and Edna Avenue. The station is about 200 metres west of Bloor GO Station on the GO Transit Kitchener line and the Union Pearson Express.
The station, which is the north-western terminus of the 504A King and 505 Dundas streetcar routes, has two streetcar platforms and five bus bays to allow riders to transfer between connecting routes. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.[2] A McDonald's restaurant serves the station, with access from both the fare-paid and non-fare-paid areas of the station's upper level, and there is a Gateway Newstand on the mezzanine level.
Overview
To the east of the station, the subway runs in a twin bored tunnel until just before the next station (Lansdowne). This allowed the tracks to pass underneath nearby railway lines without disturbing them during construction. To the west, the tracks follow a short "cut and cover" tunnel before emerging outside at the Dorval Portal. Trains run in open-air until they enter Keele Station.
South of the subway platforms, underground, are the four tunnels that comprise the Vincent Subway Yard. This station is also home to the Subway Track Maintenance Office, located on the Mezzanine level.
Nearby landmarks include The Crossways residential and retail complex, Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School, The Lithuanian House banquet hall, Roncesvalles and The Junction neighbourhoods.
History
Dundas West station opened in 1966 as a part of the initial segment of the Bloor–Danforth line between Keele and Woodbine.
In 2002 as part of a scheduled reconstruction of the streetcar tracks on Dundas Street, a second streetcar track and platform was added in an effort to improve reliability on both the 504 King and 505 Dundas streetcar routes. Until the completion of the second track, a streetcar waiting in the station on either route could hold up vehicles on the other. At the same time, elevators were added, making the station wheelchair-accessible.
Following controversy over the namesake of Dundas Street – Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, who delayed the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade[3] – Toronto City Council voted in 2021 to rename Dundas Street and other civic assets named after Dundas, such as Dundas West station.[4] A new name will be chosen in April 2022.[4]
In April 2022, the streetcar loop was closed for two months to replace track and to extend the 505 streetcar platform to accommodate two Flexity Outlook streetcars.[5][6]
Surface connections
TTC routes serving the station include:
| Route | Name | Additional information |
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| 40A | Junction–Dundas West | Westbound to Kipling station |
| 40B | Westbound to Jane Street | |
| 168 | Symington | Northbound to Rogers Road and Weston Road |
| 304 | King | Blue Night Network; eastbound to Broadview station |
| 306 | Carlton | Blue Night Network; eastbound to Main Street station |
| 312 | St. Clair-Junction | Eastbound to St. Clair station |
| 402 | Parkdale | Community bus |
| 504A | King | Streetcar; eastbound to Distillery Loop |
| 505 | Dundas | Streetcar; eastbound to Broadview Station |
Connection to Bloor GO station
Metrolinx plans to build a direct connection to Dundas West station to the nearby Bloor GO Station with a new pedestrian tunnel from the east end of the subway platforms.[7] Currently customers transferring from the TTC to GO/UPX need to walk 200 metres (220 yd) east along city streets from the only station entrance, at the west end of the subway platforms.[8] Provincial agency Metrolinx began proceedings to expropriate necessary properties for a pedestrian tunnel in September 2017.[9] Metrolinx intended to start construction in 2018, but this was delayed when the ownership of The Crossways changed hands. Metrolinx expects property within The Crossways' parking garage necessary for tunnel construction to be transferred to Metrolinx in 2019. As of July 2022,[update] this work was planned to start in early 2023.[10]
References
- ^ "Subway ridership, 2023-2024" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
This table shows the typical number of customer-boardings made on each subway line and the number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on a typical weekday in Sep 2023-Aug 2024.
- ^ "There's now free WiFi at over 40 TTC subway stations". blogTO. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Recognition Review Project Update and Response to the Dundas Street Renaming Petition" (PDF). Toronto City Council. 29 June 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Toronto city council votes to rename Dundas street, other amenities with same name". CTV News. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Dundas West Station - streetcar track renewal and platform expansion". Toronto Transit Commission. 11 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022.
- ^ Munro, Steve (6 April 2022). "Dundas West Station Reconstruction (Revised)". Steve Munro.
- ^ "GO and TTC make a connection at Dundas West" Tess Kalinowski, Toronto Star. 22 March 2011
- ^ Kalinowski, Tess (22 May 2015). "Union Pearson Express riders at Bloor face two-year wait for tunnel to TTC". Toronto Star. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/MetrolinxOfficial/posts/10155714412328035 [user-generated source]
- ^ "Another round of work kicks off on the Kitchener Line that will see an upgraded Bloor GO Station and West Toronto Railpath". blog.metrolinx.com. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
External links
Media related to Dundas West station at Wikimedia Commons- Dundas West
