Islington station (Toronto)

Islington
Location	1226 Islington Avenue Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°38′43″N 79°31′28″W / 43.64528°N 79.52444°W / 43.64528; -79.52444Coordinates: 43°38′43″N 79°31′28″W / 43.64528°N 79.52444°W / 43.64528; -79.52444
Platforms	center platform
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses  37  Islington  50  Burnhamthorpe  110  Islington South  300   Bloor - Danforth  337   Islington MiWay buses  1  Dundas  1C  Dundas - Collegeway  3  Bloor  11  Westwood  11A  Westwood - Darcel  11B  Westwood - Nashua  20  Rathburn  26  Burnhamthorpe  35  Eglinton  35A  Eglinton - Tenth Line  57  Courtneypark  70  Keaton  71  Sheridan - Subway  76  City Centre - Subway  101  Dundas Express  101A  Dundas Express  108  Meadowvale Business Express  109  Meadowvale Express
Construction
Structure type	underground
Parking	977 spaces
Disabled access	No
History
Opened	10 May 1968
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	37,410 Ranked 16th of 69
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Kipling Terminus Bloor–Danforth Royal York toward Kennedy

Islington is a subway station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north side of Bloor Street West on the west side of Islington Avenue. A central platform serves trains running in both directions.

Islington station opened in 1968 in what was then the Borough of Etobicoke as the western terminus of the Bloor-Danforth Line, and became a through station in 1980 when the line was extended to Kipling.

Until 1973, TTC buses and subway trains serving the station were in separate fare zones and so turnstiles and collector booths were placed between bus bays and subway platforms. The fare barrier was reconfigured after the zones were abolished to put the bus bays inside the fare-paid zone, and its layout was simplified in a later renovation.

However, the bus bays have also been used by non-TTC buses. In the early years some Gray Coach long-distance services called at Islington, and the Airport Express, also then operated by Gray Coach, had an Islington station route. Mississauga Transit (now MiWay) buses, which at first stopped outside the station, began using several of the bus bays after they were no longer needed for TTC buses once Kipling station opened. Since all these buses have had separate fares from the TTC, since the bus bays were put inside the fare barrier the buses have had to unload on the street outside the station entrance; they can use the bus bays only for boarding.

The station is located on the northwest side of Bloor Street West and Islington Avenue, and is built on three levels. Street level is where all three parking lots, all three entrances, as well as where the bus platform is located. The entrances to the station can be found at the main parking, and at the east and west sides of Islington Avenue respectively.

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