Lawrence East station

Lawrence East
Location 2444 Lawrence Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°45′01″N 79°16′13″W / 43.75028°N 79.27028°W / 43.75028; -79.27028Coordinates: 43°45′01″N 79°16′13″W / 43.75028°N 79.27028°W / 43.75028; -79.27028
Platforms Side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections
Construction
Structure type At grade
Parking 90 spaces
Disabled access
  • Yes (southbound platform)
  • No (northbound platform)
History
Opened March 22, 1985 (1985-03-22)
Traffic
Passengers (2016[1]) 7,850
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
Terminus
 Scarborough
toward McCowan

Lawrence East is a station on Line 3 Scarborough of the Toronto subway. It is located at Lawrence Avenue East between Kennedy Road and Midland Avenue.

Lawrence East is the third-busiest station on Line 3, after Kennedy and Scarborough Centre.

History

Lawrence East opened in 1985, along with the rest of Line 3. All bus routes that operated along Lawrence Avenue East at the time were rerouted to serve the station on March 23, 1985, one day after the opening.[2]

The station was renovated around 2011–2012 to include automated sliding doors, allowing the station to be accessible for the southbound platform and the bus platform.

On August 10, 2012, just after 1:00 pm, a 19-year-old man was shot many times in the stomach at the east side of the station near the GO train tracks. The victim was rushed to Sunnybrook Hospital and made a full recovery, the suspect was never found, and no arrests were made. TTC service was not affected, but the parking lot was closed off for police investigations.[3][4] The victim was identified as one of the emerging leaders of the Galloway Boys gang.[5]

The station will be closed in the upcoming years when either the Scarborough line is closed and replaced with a Line 2 Bloor–Danforth extension, or other light rail transit plans that the city is considering. With plans from different views, the station may be moved eastward to the McCowan Road area.[6]

On December 13, 2016, Lawrence East station was the last station on Line 3 Scarbrough to be Presto enabled; all of the stations along Line 3 are Presto-enabled.[7]

Station description

Entrance to the underpass east of the station at night

The station is located underneath the elevated portion of Lawrence Avenue East, in the Midland Avenue and Kennedy Road corridor. The station is fairly small and is only built on two levels.

The RT platforms, bus platforms, as well as the only entrance are located on ground level. The entrance is an automatic sliding door facing north with a sidewalk connecting to Lawrence Avenue East to the west side, and an underpass underneath both the RT and GO rails towards the commuter parking lot, Access Road, and Prudential Drive. Below ground level in the interior of the station is an underpass that connects the entrance to the northbound platforms through the means of stairs and escalators.[8]

This station is a "half accessible" station, as all services within the station except for the northbound platform are accessible. The TTC suggests that people in need of accessible service onto the northbound platform to take the RT southbound to Kennedy station, and back up. An accessible fare gate is also available inside the station at the main fare booth.

Parking

A commuter parking lot is located just east of the station, also underneath the elevated section of Lawrence Avenue East. As of 1 January 2012, the daily rate of parking from 5:00 am to 2:00 am is $3.00 on weekdays, while in the afternoon and evening rate from 3:00 pm and later is $2.00. The parking is free during weekends and statutory holidays. The capacity of the parking lot is 90 spots.

Rapid transit infrastructure in the vicinity

The Line 3 tracks continue to travel on ground level, straight north after Lawrence East station, running parallel to the nearby railway tracks. South of the station, the tracks continue to travel on ground level but they become elevated shortly before reaching Kennedy station and make a 90-degree turn.

Surface connections

The bus platform is located at the west side of the station. When the subway is closed, buses do not enter the station.

TTC routes serving the station include:

Route Name Additional Information
54A/B Lawrence East Westbound to Eglinton station
54A Eastbound to Starspray Boulevard
54B Eastbound to Orton Park Road
954 Lawrence East Express Eastbound to Starspray Boulevard
(Rush hour service)

References

  1. ↑ "Subway ridership, 2016" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved July 3, 2018. 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.
  2. ↑ Kay, Jeffrey. "54 Lawrence East - Transit Toronto". Transit Toronto. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Findlay, Stephanie; Taddese, Yamri (10 August 2012). "Shooting near Lawrence East SRT station sends man, 19, to hospital". Toronto Star. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Police seek suspect after Lawrence East station shooting". CBC News. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Poisson, Jayme; Dempsey, Amy (12 September 2012). "Danzig St.: Police link Scarborough barbecue deaths with Galloway Boys gang war". Toronto Star. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Province to Extend Bloor-Danforth Subway Line". Ontario News. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  7. ↑ https://twitter.com/PRESTOcard?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
  8. ↑ "TTC Lawrence East Station". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
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