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Science Centre station

Science Centre
TTC - Line 5.svg
Construction of bus bays, NE corner of Don Mills and Eglinton, for the Crosstown LRT, 2017 01 17 (32558791425).jpg
By January 2017 construction of Science Centre Station had begun. This photo shows bus bays being built on the NE corner of Don Mills and Eglinton.
Location Eglinton Ave E. at Don Mills Rd
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°43′14″N 79°20′20″W / 43.72056°N 79.33889°W / 43.72056; -79.33889Coordinates: 43°43′14″N 79°20′20″W / 43.72056°N 79.33889°W / 43.72056; -79.33889
Platforms Centre platform
Tracks 2
Connections BSicon BUS1.svg TTC buses
Construction
Structure type Underground
Bicycle facilities Indoor bike parking
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Under construction
History
Opening 2021
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Mount Dennis
TTC - Line 5.svg Eglinton
Opens 2021
toward Kennedy

Science Centre is a planned underground LRT station on the Toronto Transit Commission's Eglinton Crosstown line. It will be located in the Flemingdon Park neighbourhood at the intersection of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue. It is scheduled to open in 2021.

This station's main entrance will be built adjacent to the Ontario Science Centre at the southwest corner of the intersection with Don Mills Road. A secondary entrance will be on the opposite northeast corner, with a new bus terminal stretching beyond that to Gervais Drive.

Unlike the other underground stations on the line, this stop will be built in a cut-and-cover tunnel with at-grade stations on either side; a surface station was considered here as well, but given the expected ridership and potential for a junction with a future Don Mills LRT or perhaps the Relief Line, the underground approach was approved.

Destinations include the Ontario Science Centre, the Flemingdon Park neighbourhood, the Celestica headquarters, the Foresters building, Real Canadian Superstore, and a Mormon church.

The station was originally to be named Don Mills, however in a report to the TTC Board on 23 November 2015 it was recommended that stations on the Eglinton LRT have unique names to avoid confusion with existing stations. It was given its current name to both be more descriptive of the nearby Ontario Science Centre (in the same vein as Museum subway station), and to avoid confusion with the Don Mills subway station.

Science Centre is one of the Crosstown stations that has been reported to have most excited developers. On April 3, 2017, Urban Toronto reported that the City's planning department's initiative for intersection had been named "Don Mills Crossing", while it would be accompanied by a plan for nearby properties, in 2018.


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