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Ossington station

Ossington
TTC - Line 2 - Bloor-Danforth line.svg
Ossington TTC tiles.JPG
Location 746 Ossington Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°39′44″N 79°25′36″W / 43.66222°N 79.42667°W / 43.66222; -79.42667Coordinates: 43°39′44″N 79°25′36″W / 43.66222°N 79.42667°W / 43.66222; -79.42667
Platforms side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections
Construction
Structure type underground
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 25 February 1966
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 31,610
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Kipling
TTC - Line 2 - Bloor-Danforth line.svg Bloor–Danforth
toward Kennedy

Ossington is a subway station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at Ossington Avenue just north of Bloor Street West and opened in 1966 as part of the original segment of the subway line. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.

The main station entrance is on the west side of Ossington Avenue, just north of Bloor. In December 2016, elevators were installed at this station, thus making Osssington station a fully accessible station. There is a second automatic entrance, where as of October 2016 can only be entered using Presto cards or Metropasses, on Delaware Avenue, beside a TTC electrical substation.

As part of the 2016 renovation, the station acquired the artwork Ossington Particles by Scott Eunson. The artwork uses 800 stick-on coloured acrylic tiles arranged in clusters near stairways on the platform and mezzanine levels. Plaques in the station provide an artist's message: "The Particles inhabit the tile grid of Ossington Station to tell a story of the natural and human history of this site, mapping the local Garrison Creek watershed and recalling the ancient landscape and geology of this neighborhood."


In the summer of 2014, work has begun on the station to make it accessible to all customers. Improvements to the station include two new elevators to access the subway platforms, automatic sliding doors, barrier free access to the platform, security upgrades, and signage improvements.


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