Christie (TTC)

Christie TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	726 Bloor Street West
Coordinates	43°39′51″N 79°25′06″W
Lines	Bloor–Danforth
Structure	underground
Platforms	side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	25 February 1966
Presto card	No
Traffic
Passengers (2009-10)	12,060
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Ossington toward Kipling Bloor–Danforth Bathurst toward Kennedy

Christie is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. Its official adddress is 726 Bloor Street West with the actual entrance being on the east side of Christie Street just north of Bloor Street.

History

Christie Station opened in 1966, as part of the first phase of the Bloor-Danforth line.

The station was damaged in 1976 when a fire was set on board a late-evening train. Nobody was hurt, but four cars of the train were destroyed and part of the station's platform area, including the tiled wall, suffered severe damage. During the repair parts of the trim were replaced with a different colour; red-brown instead of the original green tile.. The stairway exit from the platform to the mezzanine level is now marked with red on one side and green on the other.

Christie Street is named after the baker William Mellis Christie, the namesake of the Mr. Christie brand of cookies, now owned by Nabisco/Kraft, and so the reference to the station as "Mr. Christie Station" has some validity.

Different colour of trim tiles on either side of the exit stairway; new red-brown and the original green

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include Korea Town and Christie Pits.

Surface connections

Main article: List of bus routes in Toronto

• 126 Christie to St Clair West Station

External links

Media related to Christie Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Christie Station at the Toronto Transit Commission