Laird LRT station

Laird
The main entrance will replace this building
Location	Eglinton Av/Laird Dr Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°42′48″N 79°21′54″W / 43.71333°N 79.36500°W / 43.71333; -79.36500Coordinates: 43°42′48″N 79°21′54″W / 43.71333°N 79.36500°W / 43.71333; -79.36500
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Under construction
History
Opening	2021
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Leaside toward Mount Dennis Eglinton Opens 2021 Sunnybrook Park toward Kennedy

Laird is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system. It will be located in the Leaside neighbourhood at the intersection of Laird Drive and Eglinton Avenue. It is scheduled to open in 2021.

This station's entrances are both on the south side of Eglinton. The main entrance is at the southwest corner of the Laird Drive intersection replacing a small strip mall and the secondary one is east of that in the Leaside Centre parking lot, just beyond the Pier 1 Imports store.

At Laird station, there will be a third track between the eastbound and westbound tracks either to store a train or to allow a train to change direction due to an emergency or a change in service. Laird station is the last underground station eastbound in the main tunnel; the line will emerge in the Eglinton median about 250m east of Brentcliffe Drive.

Destinations include the many commercial establishments to the southeast: Leaside Centre, the SmartCentres on Laird, and the Leaside Business Park on Eglinton.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne officiated at the ground-breaking for the station on June 30, 2016.

The following routes would serve this station according to the report presented at the board meeting on February 25, 2016:* 34 Eglinton: westbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Science Centre station