Keele (TTC)

Keele TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	1733 Bloor Street West
Coordinates	43°39′20″N 79°27′35″W
Lines	Bloor–Danforth
Connections	TTC buses
Structure	elevated
Platforms	side
Other information
Opened	25 February 1966
Presto card	No
Traffic
Passengers (2009-10)	14,800
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station High Park toward Kipling Bloor–Danforth Dundas West toward Kennedy

Keele is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is located at 1733 Bloor Street West at Keele Street/Parkside Drive. Keele Station opened in 1966, and was the western terminus of the line until 1968.

History

When the Keele station was opened in 1966, as the western terminus of the Bloor-Danforth line, the Bloor streetcar service was dramatically reduced. The Bloor streetcar now travelled west from the Keele station's Indian Grove platform to Jane Street. On May 11, 1968, the Bloor streetcar was eliminated when the subway line was extended from Keele to Islington Avenue. During those two years, streetcars looped at the east end of the station on Indian Grove. To connect the subway platform with the streetcar loop, a moving walkway was installed between the eastbound subway platform and what is now the parking lot entrance. The walkway is now sealed off. Today, no streetcars serve Keele Station.

Keele along with Dundas West were considered the potential stations for the northwestern terminus of Phase Two of the formerly planned Downtown Relief Line.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

Just west of Keele Street, the line emerges from a hillside, changing directly from tunnel to an elevated alignment on an enclosed bridge, then enters the station. The fully enclosed station crosses over both Keele Street and a parallel side street named Indian Grove. Just east of the station the line emerges onto an open bridge, with a 221 space park and ride lot located underneath. The line then continues at ground level beside the no longer actively used Vincent Subway Yard, before descending into the Dorval Portal as it continues to Dundas West station.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include High Park, Keele Junior Public School, and the neighbourhood of The Junction.

Surface connections

Main article: List of bus routes in Toronto

• 41 Keele to York University and Steeles

41B to Steeles and Petrolia via York University

41E to York University - express service

• 80 Queensway to Sherway Gardens Shopping Mall
• 89 Weston to Albion Road

External links

• Keele Station at the Toronto Transit Commission