Dupont (TTC)
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| Location | 263 Dupont Street Toronto, Ontario Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°40′29″N 79°24′25″W / 43.674584°N 79.40683°WCoordinates: 43°40′29″N 79°24′25″W / 43.674584°N 79.40683°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | underground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | No | ||||||||||
| Architect | Dunlop-Farrow Architects | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 January 1978 | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2014) | 16,490 | ||||||||||
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Dupont is a subway station on the Yonge–University line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Spadina Road at Dupont Street in The Annex neighbourhood of the city. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.
The station opened in 1978, as part of the "Spadina" extension of the subway line from St. George to Wilson Station.
The 1995 Russell Hill subway accident happened on August 11, 1995, when a train southbound from St. Clair West station rear-ended another stationary train just north of Dupont station. Three people were killed and 30 were taken to hospital with injuries, and this section of the subway line was shut down for five days. Subsequent investigations found that a combination of human error and a design flaw in a mechanical safety device caused the accident.
On 1 June 2006, at 9:30 a.m., as a train entered the station, a metal cover in the bottom of the last subway car came loose and wedged in the third rail. This filled the train with smoke, forcing the evacuation of the station and disrupting service for about an hour. The possibility that this incident may have resulted from sabotage by striking TTC personnel was discarded by the Toronto Police.
Three elevators and improved fare gates are to be constructed, to make the station accessible. An open house was held on September 24, 2015 to outline the work involved.
Dupont Station was designed by Dunlop-Farrow Architects. The two entrances to the station, located at the northwest and southeast corners of Dupont Street and Spadina Road, take the form of glass "bubbles" with orange-painted metal frames covering the stairways and escalators. A motif of rounded surfaces and finishes is used, with the interior walls of the station being clad in small circular orange tiles and all corners curved. On the platforms unique built-in concrete benches are also rounded and covered with the same tiles as the walls and the use of large circular lighting fixtures throughout the station reinforces the theme. The overall effect of the interior's rounded surfaces and colour scheme is of an earthly cavern.
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