Queens Quay (TTC)

Queens Quay
Station platforms looking south, with the pedestrian crossing visible at the far end
Location	10 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°38′29″N 79°22′37″W / 43.64151°N 79.37704°W / 43.64151; -79.37704Coordinates: 43°38′29″N 79°22′37″W / 43.64151°N 79.37704°W / 43.64151; -79.37704
Platforms	side
Connections	Jack Layton Ferry Terminal TTC buses
Construction
Structure type	underground
History
Opened	1990
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Streetcar line toward Exhibition 509 Harbourfront Union Terminus Streetcar line toward Spadina 510 Spadina

Queens Quay is an underground streetcar station of the Toronto streetcar system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the only underground streetcar station that is not part of or connected to a Toronto subway station (Union, Spadina, and St. Clair West subway stations have underground stations for streetcars as well). It was opened in 1990 as part of the former Harbourfront LRT route. The station is now served by the 509 Harbourfront, 510 Spadina daytime routes and the 317 Spadina night route.

The station is named after Queen's Quay, an adjacent street skirting Toronto's waterfront. The station's internal signage bears the subtitle "Ferry Docks", a reference to the nearby Jack Layton Ferry Terminal for the Toronto Island Ferry that provides pedestrian access to the Toronto Islands.

This station did not open at the same time as the rest of the Harbourfront line it served, due to disputes regarding direct access to nearby businesses that eventually fell through. Additionally, after the station did open, the "FERRY DOCKS" subtitle was not yet present.

Queens Quay is a unique station in Toronto because it is served by streetcars rather than subways. It is the only station to have a pedestrian crossing between platforms at track level, as there is no electrified rail to contend with. Streetcars crossing the pedestrian walkway must stop and sound their gong before proceeding; Union-bound streetcars stop immediately after rounding a sharp curve, ring their gong, and proceed into the stopping zone to load and unload passengers. Exhibition- and Spadina-bound streetcars enter the station, load and unload passengers, ring their gong, then proceed out of the station.

Originally there was to have been an underground station in front of the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel and the Toronto Island Ferry Docks. Patrons of the hotel were to have had underground access to the station. Plans for the station were cancelled when the hotel changed its mind about sharing in the station's cost. This meant that the fallback location on Bay would require ferry passengers to cross a busy street on foot.