Kipling (TTC)

Kipling TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	5247 Dundas Street West
Coordinates	43°38′15.3″N 79°32′08″W
Lines	Bloor–Danforth
Connections	TTC buses   Kipling GO Station
Structure	underground
Platforms	centre
Parking	1751
Other information
Opened	November 22, 1980
Accessible
Presto card	Since July 26, 2010
Traffic
Passengers (2009-10)	53,640 Ranked 12th of 69
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Terminus Bloor–Danforth Islington toward Kennedy

Kipling is the western terminus station of the Bloor–Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the westernmost station in the system. It is located on St. Albans Road at Aukland Road, near 5247 Dundas Street West at its more westerly intersection with Bloor Street West, and near Kipling Avenue.

The station was designed around commuter travel, as it is the terminus of the line, and there is little density in the area. The station is also underneath power lines, and is near a hydro substation. This provides space for parking (1751 spaces in four surrounding lots) and other amenities such as a ‘Kiss & Ride’ passenger pick up/drop off area. Space was provided on the station’s bus level for a connecting rapid transit line similar to the original concept for the Scarborough RT, but an empty track bed and platform at the south end of the bus level is all that was built. High density residential and commercial developments are replacing some of the previous land uses, namely light industrial/commercial, and the former site of Michael Power/St. Joseph High School.

Kipling connects with GO Transit's Kipling station on the Milton line. Also, one of two bus lines that provide regular service to Toronto Pearson International Airport originates from this station.

History

Kipling Station opened in what was then the Borough of Etobicoke, along with Kennedy station on the other end of the line, as part of east-west extensions to the Bloor-Danforth line. The station was opened to the public on November 22, 1980.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

A third tunnel structure exists on the north side of the station at ground level. This was to be the entrance into a subway yard that the TTC were considering building at the time when the station was being planned. There is a gravel bed trailing out eastward from the end of the tracks west of the station, likely meant for an extension of the line. There are no tracks laid on this section and it remains unused.

For most of the way east to the next station (Islington) the line continues on the surface, alongside the railway right-of-way, paralleling Dundas Street at a distance. After crossing over Bloor Street to the north side, it turns somewhat to the right to take up the normal alignment parallel to Bloor. At this point the line goes underground.

Surface connections

Main article: List of bus routes in Toronto

• Route 30: Lambton

30 to High Park Station via Dundas Street

30B to Colborne Lodge via High Park Station

• Route 44 Kipling South to Lake Shore Boulevard and Humber College-Lakeshore Campus
• Route 45: Kipling

45 to Steeles Avenue past Etobicoke North GO Station

45A to Carlingview Drive along Belfield Road

45E express service to Steeles Avenue

• Route 46: Martin Grove to Steeles Avenue
• Route 49: Bloor West to Markland Wood west of Highway 427
• Route 111: East Mall to Eglinton Avenue (Willowridge & Richgrove)
• Route 112: West Mall

112A to Renforth Loop

112C to Disco Road

112D to Eglinton and Skymark

112E express service to Renforth and Eringate Drive (Michael Power/St. Joseph High School)

• Route 123: Shorncliffe

123 to Sherway Gardens Shopping Area, at The Queensway and Highway 427

123A to Sherway via North Queen

123C to Long Branch via North Queen and Sherway

• Route 191: Highway 27 Rocket to Steeles via Humber College North Campus
• Route 192: Airport Rocket Express service to Toronto Pearson International Airport

• IKEA Etobicoke customer courtesy shuttle (not a TTC route)

Modernization

Construction on a new 14-bay inter-regional bus terminal is planned and was originally scheduled to be completed in 2011. This would see GO Transit buses use the facility, and Mississauga Transit buses terminate at Kipling station instead of Islington as they currently do. The current parking facilities will be reconfigured to allow for the construction of the terminal. The modernization project would also include landscaping and revitalization of interior and exterior station finishes and lighting

External links

• Kipling Station at the Toronto Transit Commission