Eglinton West (TTC)
Eglinton West is an above-ground subway station in Toronto. It lies on the Yonge- University - Spadina line of the Toronto Subway, at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue and Allen Road. The station has side platforms, is used daily by an average of 19,850 passengers (2009 /10). There are Umsteigemöghlichkeiten to three bus lines.
Station
The station is located in the middle of the tire Allen Road ( main road to Highway 401) which opens directly south in the Eglinton Avenue. The station design was by the renowned architect Arthur Erickson, in collaboration with Clifford & Lawrie. The main hall on the ground floor located is surrounded by a space frame made of concrete, resting on eight round pillars. The ceiling is a large plate that hangs over the entrance. A curtain wall gives the station a moving impression. Skylights allow natural light to shine through. The walls are mostly sandblasted, bringing Eglinton West differs from the other stations where prevail tiles.
The platforms are decorated with two email murals by Gerald Zeldin called Summertime Streetcar. Submit two stories high and provide PCC streetcars from various distances and angles Represents the southern end of the station is also the tunnel portal. In July 2009, the Toronto Transit Commission installed a green roof on the northern end of the station in order to reduce the cost of maintenance of the roof and its life be extended by around 50 years. The planting consists mainly of low-maintenance sedum.
History
The opening took place on 28 January 1978 together with the section between St. George and Wilson. Originally, the route should also extend south of Eglinton West in the middle strip of the planned Spadina Expressway. After protests from local residents, the provincial government decided in 1971, south of the former city limits to promote only the construction of the subway and not as planned to complete the expressway to the city center. The only erected portion is today's Allen Road. The Subwaystrecke south of it was laid in a tunnel.
In 1994, the construction of the Eglinton West subway was planned. This metro line should run from here to the west. Below the existing station of the Yonge- University - Spadina Line was a second station level. After a change of government in the following year an immediate halt to construction was due to the large budget deficit in the province of Ontario has filled and the completed shell in the lower level.
Medium term, the Eglinton West station will receive a second level. As part of the road project City Transit a light rail line will be built along Eglinton Avenue. That person, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line will be 33 km long when completed and connect the Toronto airport with the station Kennedy in Scarborough district. In the central portion of the Eglinton subway stations and an underground Eglinton West route is planned. Its course corresponds essentially to the Eglinton West Subway unrealized; by the existing lower level could be still used.