Bay (TTC)

Bay is an underground subway station in Toronto. It lies on the Bloor- Danforth line of the Toronto Subway, at the intersection of Bloor Street and Bay Street. The station is used daily by an average of 28,730 passengers (2009 /10). It is performed in two levels, each with a central platform. The lower level is now a ghost station, but served as a backdrop for numerous films. In the vicinity are the Manulife Centre and the exclusive shopping district Yorkville. Bay is known as the site of the central offices of the Fund Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC).

History

Along with the station Bay also the first section of Bloor - Danforth Line between the stations Keele in the West and Woodbine was opened in the East on 26 February 1966.

The lower level of the station ( also called Lower Bay ) was regularly after the opening only to September 1966. At the start of operation of the Bloor- Danforth line with that of the Yonge- University - Spadina Line was linked. Every second train on the Bloor- Danforth line from the west turned to the station of St. George south to the University Avenue. From the east, every second train arrived on the lower level of the station Bay to then swing also in southern direction. The TTC gave this instruction to form after a six- month trial period, since they proved to be trouble- prone and failed to the expected time savings by eliminating forming transfers. In addition, many passengers were undecided on what level you train wrong, which is why they often waited on the steps in between and thereby blocking the other way.

Since the abandonment of the original three-line concept, the lower level is no longer used for passenger traffic, but still held ready for use. This new metro drivers are trained, tested new surfaces for the platforms and trains exchanged between the routes. Usually, the lower level is not publicly available and locked to prevent illegal "Urban Explorations ". After more than four decades, the TTC held in May 2007 first time the Open Day, which was met with great interest.

Filming

The TTC began in the 1990s, to rent the lower level of film production companies, so that they there realistic subway scenes to rotate. Especially since the shooting of Do not Say a Word 2001 has the meaning increased markedly as a filming location: The producers leaving the TTC 150,000 dollar backdrop that is recreated down to the last detail of a typical station of the New York City Subway, and since then numerous other films has been reused.

Movies with scenes that were shot in the lower level of the station Bay, include: