King station
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| Location | 3 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°38′57″N 79°22′40″W / 43.64917°N 79.37778°WCoordinates: 43°38′57″N 79°22′40″W / 43.64917°N 79.37778°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Toronto Transit Commission | ||||||||||
| Platforms | side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | underground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | No | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 March 1954 | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2015) | 55,810 | ||||||||||
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King is a subway station on the Yonge–University line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is located at the intersection of King and Yonge Streets in Toronto's financial district. Wi-fi service is available at this station.
King Station opened in 1954 as part of the first stretch of subway line built in Toronto, between Union and Eglinton stations.
The original address for the station was 70 Yonge Street, which is still used in TTC maps, but the official website uses the address 3 King Street East, which both point to the intersection of the two streets, and the numbers are not used by nearby buildings.
A scissors crossover was installed just north of the station when the line was built, so that trains could easily crossover from one track to another, but was later removed in May 1984 during track rehabilitation because of maintenance costs. In 2012, the TTC decided to put this crossover back, as it would allow trains to turn back during service disruptions, once automatic train control is implemented in 2016.
The station lies underneath Yonge Street at King Street, and is built on three levels. All five entrances are located on ground level, with three of them being sidewalk staircases from the northeast, southwest, and southeast corners of the Yonge Street and King Street intersection. The other two entrances are located at the entrance to Scotia Plaza, and an automatic one at 21 Melinda Street (Commerce Court East) respectively. There is also an "exit only" sidewalk staircase from the southbound subway platform, just south of Melinda Street. There are no elevators in this station, and it is not accessible for persons with physical disabilities.
Below ground level are two separate concourses, located under King Street (north concourse), and under Commerce Court (south concourse). All entrances and exits connect to the north concourse except for ones along Melinda Street. Below the concourses are the subway platforms, connected by stairs and one escalator to the northbound platform on weekdays from 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm.
There are no tenants located within the station.
As part of its Public Art Program announced in June 2017, the TTC intends to install an artwork titled Light Canopy by artist Sean Martindale. The work is an animated lighting system to be set into the ceiling above the stairwell at King Station’s western entrance, and will give passers-by the feeling of passing under tree foilage.
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