Science Centre station

This article is about the future Eglinton LRT station initially named Don Mills. For the subway station on Line 4 Sheppard, see Don Mills (TTC).
Science Centre
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 TTC buses
Construction
Structure type Underground
Bicycle facilities Indoor bike parking[1]
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Under construction
History
Opening 2021[2]
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Mount Dennis
 Eglinton
Opens 2020
toward Kennedy

Science Centre[2] is a planned underground LRT station on the Toronto Transit Commission's Eglinton Crosstown line.[1] 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 2020.

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.[3] 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, and the Foresters building.

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.[2] 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Don Mills Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved October 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. 23 November 2015. Retrieved November 2015. TTC staff evaluated the initial report and the proposed names and provided feedback and recommendations. A primary TTC concern was to avoid replication and redundancy with existing TTC station names. The proposed names are unique and are not likely to be confused with existing station names. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ Chris Bateman (August 6, 2014). "Crosstown LRT spurs massive redevelopment proposal". blogTO. Retrieved October 2014. An underground stop on the Eglinton-Crosstown LRT is due to be built on the southwest corner of Eglinton and Don Mills Check date values in: |access-date= (help)


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