Lawrence (TTC)

Lawrence TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	3101 Yonge Street
Coordinates	43°43′30″N 79°24′08″W
Lines	Yonge–University–Spadina
Connections	TTC buses
Structure	underground
Platforms	centre
Other information
Opened	31 March 1973
Presto card	No
Traffic
Passengers (2009-10)	22,230
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Eglinton toward Downsview Yonge–University–Spadina York Mills toward Finch

Lawrence is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 3101 Yonge Street at Lawrence Avenue.

Buses enter the station counter to the normal traffic directions in North America (to the left instead of the right), such that the buses' doors face the centre bus platform. A series of renovations have been completed to repair damage to the walls and roadway of the bus platform.

Entrances

Entrance at northeast corner of Lawrence and Yonge

• Lawrence Avenue northwest side of Yonge at Continental Place
• Lawrence Avenue northeast side of Yonge
• Bedford Park Avenue northwest side of Yonge (automatic entrance)
• Ranleigh Avenue northeast side of Yonge (automatic entrance)

History

Lawrence Station was opened in 1973, as an intermediate stop between Eglinton, the former northern terminus of the Yonge line, and York Mills, which acted as a temporary terminus for a year until the subway was extended to Finch. Lawrence was the first station on the network to feature an underground bus terminal (York Mills, St. Clair West, and Don Mills are the others). To this day, it is one of Toronto’s deepest stations.

On 23 April 2007, TTC employee Antonio Almeida was killed in the tunnel just south of the station when a platform on his work car was dislodged.

Lawrence Station platform area

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include Lawrence Park and the series of parks that run through Chatsworth and Blythwood ravines from Chatsworth Drive and Cheritan Avenue to Bayview Avenue.

• Alexander Muir Park and Gardens located here
• Toronto Public Library Locke Branch

Surface connections

Main article: List of bus routes in Toronto

• 52 Lawrence West to Martin Grove
• 97 Yonge
• 124 Sunnybrook to Sunnybrook Hospital
• 162 Lawrence-Donway to Don Mills

See also

• Lawrence Park

External links

• Lawrence Station at the Toronto Transit Commission