Spadina station
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Spadina
 
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| Location | 6 Spadina Road Toronto, Ontario Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°40′02″N 79°24′14″W / 43.66722°N 79.40389°WCoordinates: 43°40′02″N 79°24′14″W / 43.66722°N 79.40389°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Toronto Transit Commission | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 side (2 on each line) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 per line) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | No (YU) Yes (BD) |
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| Architect | Adamson Associates (YU only) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 26 February 1966 (BD) 28 January 1978 (YU) 27 July 1997 (streetcar) |
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| Passengers (2015) | 13,790 (YU line) 33,210 (BD line) 47,000 Total |
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Spadina is a subway station on Line 1 (Yonge-University) and Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Spadina Road, north of Bloor Street West. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.
The station consists of two separate sections, one for each line, at the same level and 150 metres apart. The north-south platforms, which opened in 1978, were originally planned as a separate station, but the TTC decided to join to the existing 1966 east-west station with a pedestrian tunnel containing a pair of long moving walkways. The cost of the moving walkways themselves became an issue when they became due for refurbishment or replacement, and they were shut down and ultimately removed in 2004, leaving the corridor as a simple underground walkway. The former location of the moving walkways remains visible because the tiles used to cover their removal are noticeably different. Warnings to hold the handrails are still embossed on the walls where the ends of the moving walkways were once located.
Changing trains between the two subway lines here is not recommended. It is much more convenient to transfer at neighbouring St. George, with one set of platforms being directly above the other and wheelchair accessible via elevator.
An underground loop for the 510 Spadina streetcar was added in 1997 near the east end of the east-west platforms. The streetcar platform adds Postmodern finishes to the station's mix of styles. These range from the basic Modernist tiles of the Bloor-Danforth line platform, to the more intricate round tiles and backlit signage of the Yonge-University line platform.
In 1997, this station became accessible only to the Bloor-Danforth platforms and exit.
The largest above ground structure is the bus station, with its entrance on the east side of Spadina Road just north of Bloor Street, which currently serves as the terminus of the 127 Davenport bus route. Originally, it was built to serve as a looping facility for the former 77 Spadina bus which operated until the underground streetcar loop was added and the buses were replaced by 510 Spadina streetcars. This rather subdued building, with its pseudo mansard roof and brick arches and no obvious bold signage like most other station entrances, is located at the easterly end of the Bloor line platforms. There is a more typical secondary entrance building, directly opposite, on the west side of Spadina Road.
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