Leslie (TTC)

Leslie TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	1209 Sheppard Ave. East Toronto, ON, Canada
Coordinates	43°46′17″N 79°21′55″W
Lines	Sheppard
Connections	TTC buses
Structure	underground
Platforms	centre
Other information
Opened	24 November 2002
Accessible
Presto card	No
Traffic
Passengers (2009-10)	5,610
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Bessarion toward Sheppard-Yonge Sheppard Don Mills Terminus

Leslie is a station on the Sheppard line of the Toronto subway and RT. It is located at 1209 Sheppard Avenue East at Old Leslie Street in Toronto. It was opened in 2002.

It features 102 spaces of commuter parking. Cost is $7 per day or $2 per hour from 5:00 am to 2:00 am daily. As with all TTC lots, no overnight parking is allowed between 2:00 am and 5:00 am.

Public art

Lexier's Ampersand

The public art in the station, entitled Ampersand (2002) and created by Canadian artist Micah Lexier, consists of 17,000 ceramic tiles each with a printed ampersand and above and below it the words "Sheppard" and "Leslie", based on 3,400 different pieces of handwriting from the community collected in 1997.

According to the artist's statement posted in the station, this piece of artwork "acknowledges the duality of being both an individual and part of a larger community." This piece can be seen on both the concourse and platform levels, including the bus terminal.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

Enclosed bridge over the river

Just east of the station, the line emerges from the subway tunnel to cross the Don River East Branch on a fully enclosed bridge, then returns into the tunnel.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include the East Don River, the Betty Sutherland Trail, North York General Hospital, IKEA North York, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (formerly Seneca College's School of Nursing) and Canadian Tire.

Surface connections

Main article: List of bus routes in Toronto

• 51 Leslie north and southbound
• 85 Sheppard East (transfer to bus on street; requires proof of payment)
• IKEA North York shuttle bus (E350 shuttle, not a TTC route)

A bus terminal, located one level above concourse, is integrated with Leslie station. Although the terminal is quite spacious and has several bus bays, currently it serves only TTC route 51 (Leslie).

Leslie station is located near Oriole Station on GO Transit's Richmond Hill line, but they are not adjacent. No action has yet been taken on proposals to move the GO station to connect directly with the subway. Passengers wishing to transfer to the GO station are directed to the exit outside the bus terminal; a short walk to the intersection of Old Leslie Street and Esther Shiner Boulevard brings pedestrians to a walkway which connects to the north end of the GO platform.

In addition to regular TTC and GO Transit connections, IKEA runs a shuttle bus service between the station and IKEA North York. The shuttle picks up passengers and departs from a loop outside Leslie Station’s bus terminal. However, because the entrance outside the bus terminal is unmanned and therefore cannot be used by passengers carrying large or many items, when the shuttle returns from IKEA, it drops off passengers outside the entrance at the track level instead.

External links

Media related to Leslie Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Leslie Station at the Toronto Transit Commission