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Ellesmere station

Ellesmere
TTC - Line 3 - Scarborough RT line.svg
Ellesmere Station TTC.jpg
Location 1025 Ellesmere Road
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°46′01″N 79°16′35″W / 43.76694°N 79.27639°W / 43.76694; -79.27639Coordinates: 43°46′01″N 79°16′35″W / 43.76694°N 79.27639°W / 43.76694; -79.27639
Platforms side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections
Construction
Structure type at grade
Parking 68 spaces
Disabled access No
History
Opened 22 March 1985
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 1,560
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Kennedy
TTC - Line 3 - Scarborough RT line.svg Scarborough
toward McCowan

Ellesmere is a station on the Scarborough Rapid Transit (SRT) line of the subway/RT system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at Ellesmere Road, between Kennedy Road and Midland Avenue.

Ellesmere is the least-used station on the entire TTC network. On average, only 1,850 passengers boarded trains here each day in 2006-2007 and only 1,678 in 2007-2008. Part of the reason for this is that there are no bus bays or at least a direct connection to any bus stop at the station; passengers would have to walk to the nearest bus stop on Ellesmere Road.

The future of the station is still in question, as many proposals have been made about either the extension of the Bloor–Danforth line or a light rail transit replacement for the Scarborough RT. If a subway is to be built, it would involve the elimination of this station, along with Midland , McCowan and, Lawrence East stations.

Ellesmere station opened in 1985, along with the rest of the Scarborough RT line.

The station is located underneath the elevated section of Ellemere Road, in the Kennedy Road and Midland Avenue corridor. The station is fairly small, and is similar in appearance with Lawrence East station. It is built on two levels, with the ground level being the RT platforms, and the single entrance and collector underneath it.

The entrance can be accessed from either side of the station through two sets of stairs, from either Kennedy Road or Midland Avenue via Service Road. Since entering the station requires the use of stairs, this station is not accessible whatsoever.


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