Rosedale (TTC)

Rosedale TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	1009 Yonge Street
Coordinates	43°40′37″N 79°23′20″W
Lines	Yonge–University–Spadina
Connections	TTC buses
Structure	Open cut
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	30 March 1954
Presto card	No
Formerly	Crescent
Traffic
Passengers (2009-10)	7,520
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Bloor toward Downsview Yonge–University–Spadina Summerhill toward Finch

Rosedale is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1009 Yonge Street at Crescent Road.

Despite its proximity to downtown Toronto, it is one of the lesser used stations in the subway system, reflecting its lack of high volume surface route connections and the lower population and employment density of the affluent Rosedale neighbourhood.

Architecture

Platform canopies and unique tiled walls in the open-air station

This open-air station has separate canopies over the two platforms. Two pedestrian bridges allow access to the northbound platform on the east side; one from the main entance off Crescent Road and the other from the bus platforms on the west side of the station

The station, designed by John B. Parkin in 1947 and opened in 1954, was designated as a heritage property, under PART IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by City of Toronto By-law 440-90, passed 13 August 1990. Note that the address given for the designation of 7 Crescent Road, differs from the TTC address, but more accurately describes the location.

Concrete rehabilitation continues on the station platforms, which have deteriorated due to years of exposure to the outside elements.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

Tracks in open cut north of the station

After leaving Bloor station northbound, the Yonge–University–Spadina line crosses under Church Street in a tunnel and emerges to the surface at the Ellis Portal, running in a cutting through Rosedale station. Originally the line continued north in open cut all the way to the Price Portal, where the tunnel resumed, but a one-block section from Rowanwood Drive to Price was roofed over in 2002 for parking.

Budd Sugarman Park

Budd Sugarman Park
Coordinates	43°40′33″N 79°23′20″W

The southwesterly portion of the property, which is surplus to the needs of the TTC for use as part of the subway or bus station, has been developed as a public park. The park is named in honour of the civic activist Budd Sugarman, who died in 2004. In 2008 the City of Toronto, Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division proposed an expansion of the park along Yonge Street and a reconfiguration of the bus loop. This was rejected by the TTC on the grounds that it would negatively affect passengers and bus operations, while providing no transit benefits, and eliminate any potential long term development of the site, which is contrary to a stated policy of encouraging development at subway stations.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include Ramsden Park, the Studio Building and the neighbourhood of Rosedale.

Surface connections

Main article: List of bus routes in Toronto

• 82 Rosedale - loops within the station
• 97 Yonge - a transfer is required for boarding on Yonge Street

External links

Media related to Rosedale Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Rosedale Station at the Toronto Transit Commission