Kennedy station
Kennedy is the eastern terminal station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway system. Opened in 1980, it is located east of the Kennedy Road and Eglinton Avenue intersection.[2] With the adjacent Kennedy GO station on the Stouffville line of GO Transit, Kennedy is an intermodal transit hub and the fifth busiest station in the system, after Bloor–Yonge, St. George, Sheppard–Yonge, and Union, serving a total of approximately 113,961 customer trips a day.
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| Location | 2455 Eglinton Avenue East Toronto, Ontario Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°43′57″N 79°15′49″W / 43.73250°N 79.26361°W | |||||||||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 729 spaces | |||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official station page | |||||||||||||||||
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| Opening | Line 5: 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Closed | Line 3: July 24, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | 5 of 75 | |||||||||||||||||
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The station's main complex consists of four floors with wheelchair accessible entrances. The ground level is the bus terminal surrounded with ten platforms that serve 16 Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus routes. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.[3]
Kennedy station was previously the southern terminus of Line 3 Scarborough before it was permanently closed on July 24, 2023. The line was opened in 1985. The station's bus terminal is being expanded to handle replacement buses.[4]
Construction to expand the station began in 2017 to add a platform for the future Line 5 Eglinton, which will terminate at the station when its first phase opens in 2024.[5]
Station complex Edit
The station is located south of Eglinton Avenue, east of Kennedy Road. The station complex consists of four levels. Trains of the former Line 3 Scarborough previously ascended via a bridge to the platform located at the top level of the station complex. The ground floor (third floor) consists of ten bus platforms surrounding the main building. Four satellite pedestrian entrances to the station can be found at the South Parking Lot, next to the Don Montgomery Community Centre, at the service road of Eglinton Avenue, and the passenger pick-up and drop-off roundabout on Transway Crescent. Below the ground level is the concourse that spans the length of the station, connecting to all pedestrian entrances. Below the concourse is the platform for subway trains on the Line 2 Bloor–Danforth.
Four park and ride lots, that have a combined total of 729 spaces, are located around the station.[3]
Line 2 Bloor–Danforth Edit
Line 2 Bloor–Danforth was opened on February 25, 1966, and was extended westwards to Warden station on May 10, 1968 and to Kennedy station on November 21, 1980.[6]
An extension of Line 2, called the Scarborough Subway Extension, is under construction that will make Kennedy a through-station. From Kennedy station, the three-stop, 7.8-kilometre (4.8 mi) extension will travel east under Eglinton Avenue, then north under Danforth Road and McCowan Road to terminate at Sheppard Avenue.[7]
Line 5 Eglinton Edit
Kennedy is being expanded to become the eastern terminus of Line 5 Eglinton. The Line 5 station will be underground, south of Eglinton Avenue East, and about 30 metres (98 ft) north of the Line 2 platforms.[8]
The main entrance to Kennedy station at the southwest corner of West Service Road and Transway Crescent was demolished and has been replaced by a new entrance to access the Line 5 concourse to be located one level above the Line 5 platforms. Two elevators will connect the Line 5 concourse to the Line 5 platform. Two north–south passages will connect the Line 5 concourse to the existing Line 2 concourse. There will be few changes to the Line 2 concourse. A secondary entrance on the east side of the existing GO rail corridor serves as the main entrance to the GO station.[8]
As part of a program to install artworks at major interchange stations along Line 5 Eglinton, Kennedy station will feature two artworks. A mural titled Reorganization of One Hedge by artist Dagmara Genda will consist of photographs of leaves taken from the same hedge, that will be printed on the glass of a skylight.[9] A second artwork titled Locations of Meaning by artist Joseph Kosuth will consist of etched tiles with stainless steel inserts, each spelling the word "meaning" in one of 72 languages.[10]
Line 3 Scarborough Edit
In 1985, Kennedy station was expanded to serve Line 3 Scarborough, an elevated light metro line with six stations. In 2023, Line 3 was decommissioned and is planned to be replaced by a Line 2 extension to Scarborough City Centre.
Although Line 3 trains had bidirectionally operated metro trains, the tracks for Line 3 extended beyond the top-floor platform into an above-ground turning loop, similar to those found on the Toronto streetcar system. This was because Line 3 had been planned as a dedicated right-of-way streetcar line rather than a metro line. As such, the top-floor platform was designed to operate streetcars. Line 3 was later built as a medium-capacity rail transport line to use the Intermediate Capacity Transit System train models built by Bombardier Transportation. The line began using two-car trains, which were able to travel along the turning loop, but was later converted to use four-car trains, which could not be operated along the tight loop. Thus, the use of the loop for reversals was discontinued after 1988, although the loop's elevated structure remains over the passenger pick-up and drop-off building and was occasionally used as a tail track to store trains. The station platform was reduced to a single track and began using the Spanish solution of unloading and boarding passengers at Kennedy. Original floor finishing and platform edge markings for the planned light rail can also be seen along the current tracks.
Surface connections Edit
There are two bus platforms at Kennedy Station. Platform A, within the fare-paid zone, contains bus bays 1 through 10. Bus platform B, opened on October 8, 2023, is located outside of the station building on the south side of platform A and contains bus bay 11, serving bus route 903 Kennedy – Scarborough Centre Express.[11]
While the subway is closed, passengers may board buses outside the station near Transway Crescent. TTC routes serving the station include:
| Bay number | Route | Name | Additional information |
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| 1 | Spare | ||
| 2 | 20 | Cliffside | Westbound to Main Street station |
| 113 | Danforth | Westbound to Main Street station | |
| 300B | Bloor–Danforth | Blue Night service; westbound to West Mall | |
| 3 | 86A | Scarborough | Eastbound to Toronto Zoo |
| 86B | Eastbound to Highland Creek (Rush hour service) | ||
| 86C | Eastbound to Sheppard Avenue East | ||
| 86D | Eastbound to Beechgrove Drive via Lawrence Avenue East | ||
| 4 | 334 | Eglinton East | Blue Night service; eastbound to Neilson Road and Finch Avenue East via Kingston Road and Morningside Avenue |
| 905A | Eglinton East Express | Eastbound to Conlins Road via Ellesmere Road and U of T Scarborough (Weekdays only) | |
| 905B | Eastbound to U of T Scarborough (Weekends only) | ||
| 986 | Scarborough Express | Eastbound to Sheppard Avenue East (Rush hour service) | |
| 5 | 116 | Morningside | Eastbound to Finch Avenue East and Morningside Heights |
| 6 | Wheel-Trans | ||
| 7 | 12A | Kingston Rd | Westbound to Victoria Park station via Brimley and Variety Village |
| 12B | Westbound to Victoria Park station via Brimley Road | ||
| 57 | Midland | Northbound to Steeles Avenue East | |
| 8 | 34A | Eglinton East | Westbound to Eglinton station |
| 34B | Westbound to Don Mills Road and Wynford Drive (Saturday only) | ||
| 201[12] | Bluffer's Park | Southbound to Bluffer's Park | |
| 334 | Eglinton East | Blue Night service; westbound to Eglinton station | |
| 9 | 43A | Kennedy | Northbound to Steeles Avenue East |
| 43C | Northbound to Village Green Square (Rush hour service) | ||
| 343 | Kennedy | Blue Night service; northbound to Steeles Avenue East | |
| 943 | Kennedy Express | Northbound to Steeles Avenue East (Rush hour service) | |
| 10 | 21C | Brimley | Northbound to Steeles Avenue East via Scarborough Centre station |
| 43B | Kennedy | Northbound to Scarborough Centre station via Progress Avenue | |
| Line 2 | Shuttle bus | Westbound to Warden station | |
| 11 | 903 | Kennedy – Scarborough Centre Express | Northbound to Scarborough Centre station (Implemented August 26, 2023, to replace Line 3 shuttle bus)[13][14] |
| ? | 954 | Lawrence East Express | Eastbound to Starspray Boulevard via Kennedy Road (northbound) and Midland Avenue (southbound) (began October 10, 2023)[14] |
| Future: To be implemented on November 19, 2023, until the extension of Line 2 to Sheppard Avenue East[4] | |||
| 38A | Highland Creek | Eastbound to Rouge Hill GO Station | |
| 38B | Eastbound to U of T Scarborough | ||
| 43B | Kennedy | Northbound to Centennial College To replace the 134C Progress service | |
| 129A | McCowan North | Northbound to Major Mackenzie Drive (Extra fare required north of Steeles Avenue) | |
| 129B | Northbound to Steeles Avenue East | ||
| 131 | Nugget | Eastbound to Old Finch Avenue and Morningview Trail | |
| 133 | Neilson | Northbound to Morningside Heights | |
| 938 | Highland Creek Express | Eastbound to U of T Scarborough (AM rush hour service) | |
| 939A | Finch Express | Westbound to Finch station | |
| 939B | Westbound to Finch West station via Finch station | ||
| 985A | Sheppard East Express | Westbound to Don Mills station | |
| Future: To be implemented upon the opening of Line 5 Eglinton[15] | |||
| 34 | Eglinton | Westbound to Mount Dennis station To replace all branches of current bus route 34 Eglinton East | |
Notes Edit
See also Edit
- Eglinton East LRT, a proposed LRT line to run east on the surface from Kennedy station via Eglinton Avenue, Kingston Road and Morningside Avenue to Sheppard Avenue
References Edit
- ^ "Subway ridership, 2019" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. (PDF) from the original on November 28, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
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.
- ^ "TTC Kennedy Station". Toronto Transit Commission. from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- ^ a b "Kennedy Station". www.ttc.ca. from the original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ a b The future of TTC’s Line 3 Scarborough (SRT)
- ^ Ranger, Michael (May 16, 2023). "Eglinton Crosstown won't open until 2024, construction group to take legal action: Metrolinx". CityNews. from the original on May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ . Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ "Scarborough Subway Extension". Metrolinx. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ^ a b "Eglinton Crosstown LRT Interchange Stations – Final Designs" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. March 20, 2018. pp. 4 & Attachment 2. (PDF) from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ^ Spurr, Ben (January 15, 2018). "Art installations will enliven Eglinton Crosstown LRT". Toronto Star. from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ "See the new art installations going up at Eglinton Crosstown LRT stations". Metrolinx. June 30, 2022. from the original on June 30, 2022.
- ^ "903 Kennedy-Scarborough Centre Express". Toronto Transit Commission. October 8, 2023.
- ^ "TTC service adjustments". Toronto Transit Commission. from the original on February 11, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ "The future of TTC's Line 3 Scarborough (SRT)". Toronto Transit Commission. October 10, 2023.
- ^ a b . Toronto Transit Commission. October 8, 2023. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ^ "2022 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. February 10, 2022. p. 37. (PDF) from the original on February 8, 2022.
External links Edit
- Official station page
- Integrated Art - Dagmara Genda on YouTube published by the Crosstown project about an art piece to be installed at Kennedy station