Bessarion (TTC)
| Bessarion TTC Subway Station |
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| Address | 701 Sheppard Avenue East | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°46′09″N 79°22′35″W / 43.76917°N 79.37639°WCoordinates: 43°46′09″N 79°22′35″W / 43.76917°N 79.37639°W | ||||||||||
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| Structure | underground | ||||||||||
| Platforms | centre | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 24 November 2002 | ||||||||||
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| Presto card | No | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2009-10) | 2,590 | ||||||||||
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Bessarion is a station on the Sheppard line of the subway/RT system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 701 Sheppard Avenue East at Bessarion Road and Burbank Drive, and was opened in 2002. The station is, as of 2008[update], the second least-used in the TTC’s subway network (after Ellesmere). As there are no commuter parking spaces at the station most commuters to the station arrive by bus, are dropped off or walk from nearby residences.
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[edit] History
Bessarion opened in 2002, in the first phase of the Sheppard line. The station is one of the stations originally planned for the Sheppard line[1]. Due to budget overruns during which had come up on several occasions there were many suggestions to remove it from the original plan. When the question was raised a last time in 1998, it was finally decided that the station should be built, because it was in a prime redevelopment area as an important selling feature for these housing units.[2]
When the site was excavated the soil was found to be contaminated with various levels of hydrocarbons. This was removed and decontaminated during the construction of the subway station.[3]
As of the late 2000s, Concord Park Place, a 45-acre (18 ha), master-planned multi-tower condominium and townhouse complex is under construction, on the former Canadian Tire warehouse site that adjoins the subway station.[2]
[edit] Public art
The public art in the station, by Toronto artist Sylvie Belanger, is a frieze of hands, feet, and backs of heads, which represent the users of the station. The feet images appear on the concourse level while the heads appear on the platform level. The hands images appear along the stairs between the Sheppard Avenue North Side entrance/exit and the concourse. [4]
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images of feet greet passengers at the concourse level
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backs of heads decorate a pillar on the platform
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legs & feet, dog & boy
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[edit] Surface connections
There are no off street bus platforms at this station and connecting service is available at the bus stops on Sheppard Avenue with a valid transfer.[5]
- 85 Sheppard East
- 85 - eastbound to Meadowvale, westbound to Sheppard-Yonge station
- 85B - eastbound to Toronto Zoo, westbound to Sheppard-Yonge
- 85H - eastbound to Rouge Hill GO Station via Toronto Zoo, westbound to Sheppard-Yonge
- 85J - eastbound to Don Mills station, westbound to Sheppard-Yonge
[edit] Gallery
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The south entrance and Concord development site (February 2008)
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The central platform of Bessarion Station, looking east
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The north entrance and its improbable environs
[edit] References
- ^ City of Toronto (June 1998). "Sheppard Subways Status of Permits and Approvals". http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/minutes/council/appa/cc980729/ny8rpt.htm. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ a b City of Toronto (August 2007). "Sheppard East Subway Corridor Secondary Plan". http://www.toronto.ca/planning/official_plan/pdf_secondary/9_sheppard_subway_aug2007.pdf. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ City of Toronto (July 2000). "Sheppard Subway - Bessarion Station Initiation of Civil Lawsuit to Recover Contamination Costs". http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2000/agendas/council/cc/cc000704/adm14rpt/cl008.pdf. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ "The Sheppard Subway". Transit Toronto. http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5110.shtml. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
- ^ "Bessarion Station". Toronto Transit Commission. http://www3.ttc.ca/Subway/Stations/Bessarion/station.jsp. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
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