Fairbank station

Fairbank
Location 1815 Eglinton Avenue West,[1]
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°41′44″N 79°27′00″W / 43.69556°N 79.45000°W / 43.69556; -79.45000Coordinates: 43°41′44″N 79°27′00″W / 43.69556°N 79.45000°W / 43.69556; -79.45000
Platforms Centre platform
Tracks 2
Connections TTC buses
Construction
Structure type Underground
Disabled access Yes
Architect IBI Group Architects and
SNC-Lavalin[1]
Other information
Status Under construction
History
Opening 2021[2]
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Mount Dennis
 Eglinton
Opens 2021
toward Kennedy

Fairbank is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system.[3] It will be located in the Fairbank neighbourhood at the intersection of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West. Destinations include the Fairbank neighbourhood and Fairbank Memorial Park. As of 2017, construction work related to the station was in progress,[4] having been scheduled to begin in 2014.[5] The station is scheduled to open in 2021.

During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name "Dufferin", which is identical to the pre-existing Dufferin station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. On November 23, 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system (including Line 5 Eglinton). Thus, the LRT station was renamed "Fairbank" after the Fairbank neighbourhood rather than the adjacent Dufferin Street.[2]

The main entrance will replace the Esso gas station on the east side of St. Hilda's Park, at the southeast corner of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue.[5] A secondary entrance will be on the northwest corner, where a right-turn slip road will be removed to provide the necessary space. A third structure, for mechanical and venting purposes, will replace a storefront near the southwest corner.[3] Fairbank station will include a decorative exterior plaza having grass, a misting feature, 14 shade trees, 15 benches and 10 bicycle parking spaces. It will be suitable for community events.[4]

Surface connections

The following routes would serve this station according to the report presented at the board meeting on February 25, 2016:[6]

Route Name Additional Information
29A/C Dufferin Northbound to Wilson station
29A Southbound to Exhibition Place (Dufferin Gate)
29C Southbound to Exhibition Place (Princes' Gate)
34 Eglinton Westbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Science Centre station
929 Dufferin Express Northbound to Wilson station and southbound to Exhibition Place (Dufferin Gate)

References

  1. 1 2 "Dufferin Crosstown Station". Urban Toronto. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. November 23, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015. TTC staff evaluated the initial report and the proposed names and provided feedback and recommendations. A primary TTC concern was to avoid replication and redundancy with existing TTC station names. The proposed names are unique and are not likely to be confused with existing station names.
  3. 1 2 "Dufferin Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Fairbank Station Public Information Session". Metrolinx. August 24, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017. Slide 22 for plaza, slide 15 for construction progress.
  5. 1 2 Fannie Sunshine (January 31, 2012). "Residents get peek at Crosstown's Dufferin station design". InsideToronto.com. Metroland News. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Changes to TTC Bus Routes in Eglinton Corridor for Line 5 Rapid Transit Line" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. February 25, 2016.
  • Dufferin Station project page at the Eglinton Crosstown website.
  • "Dufferin and Eglinton/Then and Now". Lost Toronto.


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