Warden station

Warden
Location	701 Warden Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43°42′41″N 79°16′47″W / 43.71139°N 79.27972°W / 43.71139; -79.27972Coordinates: 43°42′41″N 79°16′47″W / 43.71139°N 79.27972°W / 43.71139; -79.27972
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses  9  Bellamy  16  McCowan  17  Birchmount  68  Warden  69  Warden South  70C  O'Connor  102  Markham Rd  135  Gerrard  902  Markham Road Express
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	1,071 spaces
Disabled access	No
History
Opened	10 May 1968
Traffic
Passengers (2016[1])	29,500
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Victoria Park toward Kipling Bloor–Danforth Kennedy Terminus

Warden is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the southeast corner of St. Clair Avenue East and Warden Avenue.

The main pedestrian street entrance is on the east side of Warden, with another entrance from St. Clair along a walkway on the west side of the elevated tracks. Vehicle entry to the passenger pick up and drop off entrance is on the south side of St. Clair, east of Warden, exiting on to Warden south of St. Clair.

The station is on four levels: the subway platform is on the upper floor, the bus concourse to the connecting routes is below it, the two collector entrances and the concourse are found above street level, and the two entrances and the bus platforms are on the lower floor.

1,071 parking spaces are located at this station for commuter use, with 920 in the North Lot and 151 in the South Lot.

History

Wall tiles at Warden station

Warden Station was opened in 1968 in what was then the Borough of Scarborough, and served as the Bloor-Danforth line's eastern terminus for 12 years until the extension to Kennedy was completed in 1980.

Until 1973, the buses and the subway trains serving the station were in separate fare zones and so the turnstiles and collector booths were placed between the bus bays and the subway platforms. When the zones were abolished, the layout was reconfigured to bring the buses inside the station's fare-paid area; one collector booth, left isolated inside the fare-paid zone, became an information booth.

The station's previous address was 3276 St. Clair Avenue East. Since around 2013-14, it has been changed to its present address, 701 Warden Avenue.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

View from an eastbound train approaching the station

After exiting the station eastbound towards Kennedy Station, the track returns to an underground tunnel at the Chestnut Portal, where it continues on its diagonal alignment under the former Canadian National Railway (CNR) spur line.

West of the station a small siding and storage shed are on the south side of the above ground tracks, which continue along the track bed of the former CNR line, all the way to Victoria Park Station.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include the Providence Healthcare, Warden Woods Park, Warden Hilltop Community Centre and Pine Hills Cemetery. It is near much vacant industrial land (including the former site of Centennial College and Warden Woods Mall/Power Centre) where major redevelopment is expected over the coming years, including numerous new housing developments on the former Power Centre property.^[2] It is also near the Toronto District School Board high school W.A. Porter C.I., which brings about 700 students in the station each year.

Surface connections

Entrances to the bus platforms

When the subway is closed, passengers may board or disembark from buses at the intersection of Warden Avenue and St. Clair Avenue.

TTC routes serving the station include:

References

External links

Media related to Warden Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Warden Station at the Toronto Transit Commission