St. Clair West station
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Location | 370 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, Ontario Canada | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°41′02″N 79°24′54″W / 43.683888°N 79.415113°W | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | Side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Architect | TTC in house architects[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Website | Official station page | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | January 28, 1978 | |||||||||||||||
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2019[2] | 34,954 | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 23 of 75 | |||||||||||||||
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St. Clair West is a
The addition of automatic sliding doors, accessible fare gates, and elevators made the station fully accessible in 2017.[3] Wi-Fi service is available at this station.[4]
History
This station was opened in 1978, as part of the subway line extension from
The sports field of St. Michael's College School is directly above the length of the station and a Loblaws supermarket is located over the entrance on the north side of St. Clair Avenue.
The
On September 3, 2017, the new
Entrances
The station has three entrances, all of which currently accept Presto cards:
- The main entrance is located on the northeast side of Bathurst and St. Clair beside Loblaws. It has elevator access to all station levels.
- An entrance is located on the southeast corner of Bathurst and St. Clair which provides, via a tunnel, access to the main entrance and also to an automatic entrance to the platform level.
- An unstaffed automatic entrance is located on Heath Street adjacent to Tichester Road just east of Bathurst Street. This entrance has an elevator from street level to the concourse level, but not to the platform level. This automatic entrance only accepts Presto cards.
Architecture and art
St. Clair West, designed by the TTC's in-house architects,
The
The station has a second artwork, The Commuters by Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, installed during the 2016/17 station renovations.[8] The artwork consists of many bronze snails of about 50-centimetres in size clinging to the walls of a staircase leading from the bridge over the subway tracks to the streetcar/bus platform. The work was inspired by Pierre Berton’s book for children: The Secret World of Og.[9]
Subway infrastructure in the vicinity
South of the station, the subway tunnel
Also constructed by
Connections
These routes can be boarded in the underground loop:[11]
Route | Name | Additional Information |
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33 | Forest Hill | Northbound to Eglinton Avenue West (Roselawn Avenue) |
90A | Vaughan | Northbound to Oakwood Avenue |
90B | Northbound to Eglinton Avenue West | |
126 | Christie | Southbound to Christie station |
312 | St. Clair-Junction | Blue Night service; Eastbound to St. Clair station and westbound to Jane station Overnight service stops on St. Clair Avenue West and does not enter the station. |
512 | St. Clair | Streetcar; Eastbound to St. Clair station and westbound to Gunns Loop (west of Keele Street) |
To connect to these bus routes, passengers can walk outside the station to Bathurst Street:[12]
Route | Name | Additional Information |
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7 | Bathurst | Northbound to Steeles Avenue West and southbound to Bathurst station |
307 | Blue Night service; Northbound to Steeles Avenue West and southbound to Exhibition Loop |
References
- ^ "Architectural Index for Ontario". Archived from the original on October 24, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ "Subway ridership, 2019" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 28, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
This table shows the typical number of customer-trips made on each subway on an average weekday and the typical number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on an average weekday.
- ^ "St. Clair West Station Easier Access Project" (PDF). TTC. June 25, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "There's now free WiFi at over 40 TTC subway stations". blogTO. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "512 St Clair – Introduction of Low-Floor Streetcars". Toronto Transit Commission. September 3, 2017. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- ^ a b Moffatt, Robert (October 28, 2010). "Art and architecture on the Yonge–University subway". Toronto Modern. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "Gordon Rayner". Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "Approval of Art Concepts for Coxwell, Wellesley, Royal York,Ossington and St. Clair West Stations" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. December 16, 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Bateman, Chris (December 9, 2015). "Artistic overhaul coming to five TTC subway stations". Metro News. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ "Lost River Walks: Nordheimer Reach". Archived from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ^ "St Clair West Station: Connections to". Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ^ "TTC: Walking Transfers". Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
External links
- Media related to St. Clair West Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official station page