Birchmount stop

Birchmount
Location Eglinton Ave East/Birchmount Rd
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°43′48″N 79°16′40″W / 43.73000°N 79.27778°W / 43.73000; -79.27778Coordinates: 43°43′48″N 79°16′40″W / 43.73000°N 79.27778°W / 43.73000; -79.27778
Platforms Side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections TTC buses
Construction
Structure type At grade
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Under construction
History
Opening 2021[1]
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Mount Dennis
 Eglinton
Opens 2021
toward Kennedy

Birchmount is a surface light rail transit (LRT) stop to be constructed on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system It will be located in the Ionview neighbourhood at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue and Birchmount Road.[2] It is scheduled to open in 2021.

Metrolinx is planning to locate the stop in the middle of Eglinton Avenue on the east side of its intersection with Birchmount Avenue. The stop will have parallel side platforms to be accessed from the pedestrian crossing on the east side of the signalized street intersection. As of December 2015, Metrolinx says these plans are still subject to change.[2]

Westminster Presbyterian Church is located at the southeast corner of Eglinton Ave and Birchmount Ave

Surface connections

The following routes would serve this station according to the report presented at the board meeting on February 25, 2016:[3]

Route Name Additional Information
17 Birchmount Northbound to Steeles & Warden and southbound to Warden station

References

  1. ↑ "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. November 23, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Birchmount Stop". Eglinton Crosstown. December 3, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Changes to TTC Bus Routes in Eglinton Corridor for Line 5 Rapid Transit Line" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. February 25, 2016.


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