Kennedy (TTC)

"Kennedy station" redirects here. For the adjacent commuter rail station of GO Transit, see Kennedy GO Station.

Kennedy TTC Subway/RT Station
Station statistics
Address	2455 Eglinton Avenue East
Coordinates	43°43′57″N 79°15′49″W
Lines	Bloor–Danforth   Scarborough RT
Connections	TTC buses   Kennedy GO Station
Structure	underground (BD line) elevated (SRT line)
Levels	3
Platforms	centre (BD line) side (SRT line)
Other information
Opened	21 November 1980 (BD line) 22 March 1985 (SRT line)
Accessible
Presto card	No
Traffic
Passengers (2009-10)	68,160 (BD line) 36,200 (SRT line) 104,360 Total Ranked 4th of 69
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Warden toward Kipling Bloor–Danforth Terminus Terminus Scarborough RT Lawrence East toward McCowan

Scarborough RT leaving Kennedy Station

Kennedy is the terminal subway station of the Bloor-Danforth and Scarborough RT lines of the Toronto subway and RT. It is located at 2455 Eglinton Avenue East, just east of Kennedy Road. The station opened in 1980 in what was then the Borough of Scarborough with the Bloor-Danforth platform, and the Scarborough RT platform opened in 1985. The adjacent Kennedy GO Station on GO Transit's Stouffville rail line opened in 2005.

Kennedy is a four-level station, with the Scarborough RT on top, the bus terminal on ground level, the entry concourse underneath that leads to the GO station and parking, and the subway on the bottom. The subway and RT tracks through the station are parallel. All TTC levels are accessible by elevator. Four parking lots surround the station, providing commuters with a total of 1138 spaces. All lots charge cash fare from 5:00am to 3:00pm weekdays, and are free after 3:00pm and all day weekends and holidays. The cost for Kennedy North, North Service Road and South Lots is $5.00, and Kennedy East Lot is $3.00.

Kennedy is the fourth busiest station in the system, after St. George, Bloor-Yonge, and Sheppard-Yonge, serving a combined total of approximately 104,360 people a day. In 2008, the Toronto Star reported this station to be a "known problem area" in terms of crime in the subway system, along with Lawrence West, Lansdowne, and Warden stations.

The station will eventually be part of the Eglinton–Scarborough Crosstown line. The upgrade and replacement of the Scarborough RT portion is scheduled to start in late 2015, after the conclusion of the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2015 Parapan American Games. Scarborough RT riders will be bussed for three years until the upgrade is completed.

Infrastructure

Leaving the station, the Scarborough RT line descends to ground level and turns north to run alongside the Canadian National Railway railway tracks.

Although the Scarborough RT trains are bidirectional, at this station they originally reversed on a loop like single-ended streetcars, because when Kennedy station was built, the TTC planned to run the line as a dedicated right-of-way for streetcars, rather than the light metro that was eventually constructed. They would enter the station from the east, unload passengers, run onto an elevated loop west of the station to reverse, return to the station, and call at a second platform to load passengers before departing eastward.

The trains could not handle the sharp curves of the loop as well as expected, so the station was rebuilt in 1988 to eliminate its regular use. Because of another curve at the east end of the station, it was not possible to add a scissors crossover there, so the station was reduced to a single terminal track. Trains now use that single track to reverse; platforms on either side allow for trains to open their doors on both sides while stopped. The original loading platform on the south side of the tracks, extended to meet the single remaining track, is still the one primarily used for loading, and the other for unloading. The loop track still exists, now constituting a dead-end tail track where a train could be stored if necessary.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include the Don Montgomery Community Centre (formerly called Mid-Scarborough Community Centre).

Bus connections

Main article: List of bus routes in Toronto

• 12A Kingston Rd to Victoria Park Station via Brimley and Variety Village
• 20 Cliffside to Main Street Station
• 21 Brimley to Steeles via Scarborough Centre Station

21A to Scarborough Centre

• 34 Eglinton East

34 Eastbound to Kingston Road

34 Westbound to Eglinton Station

34C (Eastbound and Westbound)

• 43 Kennedy to Steeles Avenue

43B to Scarborough Centre Station via Progress Road

• 57 Midland to Steeles
• 86 Scarborough to Sheppard

86A to Toronto Zoo

86B to Highland Creek

86D to Beechgrove via Lawrence

86E Express to Sheppard (rush hours only)

• 113 Danforth to Main Street Station
• 116 Morningside to Finch

116A to Conlins via Ellesmere

116E Express to U of T Scarborough and Conlins via Ellesmere

• 131E Nugget Express to Old Finch/Morningview via Scarborough Centre Station (rush hours only)

External links

• Kennedy Station at the Toronto Transit Commission