O'Connor stop
O'Connor  | |||||||||||
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 Looking west from Eglinton Square: The bollards stand along the track/platform alignment | |||||||||||
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Eglinton Ave. E. & Victoria Park Ave. Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°43′29″N 79°18′06″W / 43.72472°N 79.30167°WCoordinates: 43°43′29″N 79°18′06″W / 43.72472°N 79.30167°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | ||||||||||
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| Opening | 2021[1] | ||||||||||
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O'Connor 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 Golden Mile neighbourhood at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue and Victoria Park Avenue.[2] It is scheduled to open in 2021.
Metrolinx is planning to locate the stop in the middle of Eglinton Avenue East between Victoria Park Avenue and the street Eglinton Square. The stop will have parallel side platforms. Access to the stop will be from both platform ends using an adjacent pedestrian crossing at each of two signalized intersections – at Victoria Park Avenue on the west side of the stop and at the street Eglinton Square on the east side. As of January 14, 2016, Metrolinx says these plans are still subject to change.[2]
Line 5 Eglinton actually crosses the street Eglinton Square rather than O'Connor Drive both of which are effectively the same street with a change of name at Victoria Park Avenue. The shopping centre Eglinton Square is situated on the south side of its eponymous street. The streets Eglinton Avenue, Eglinton Square and Victoria Park Avenue enclose the triangular Victoria Park - Eglinton Parkette, which is just south of the O'Connor stop.[3]
During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the stop was given the working name "Victoria Park", which is identical to the pre-existing Victoria Park 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 stop was renamed "O'Connor" after the nearby O'Connor Drive." Using "Eglinton Square" as the name for the stop would be similar to the pre-existing names for Eglinton station and Eglinton West station, the latter to be renamed to "Cedarvale" to avoid confusion with the former.[1]
Surface connections
The following routes would serve this station according to the report presented at the board meeting on February 25, 2016:[4]
| Route | Name | Additional Information |
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| 24 | Victoria Park | Northbound to Steeles Avenue East and southbound to Victoria Park station |
| 70 | O'Connor | Northbound to Pharmacy Avenue and southbound to Coxwell station |
| 924 | Victoria Park Express | Northbound to Steeles Avenue East and southbound to Victoria Park station |
References
- 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.
- 1 2 "Victoria Park Stop". Eglinton Crosstown. January 14, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Eglinton Square, Scarborough, ON, Canada". Google Maps. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Changes to TTC Bus Routes in Eglinton Corridor for Line 5 Rapid Transit Line" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. February 25, 2016.
