Warden (TTC)

Warden TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	3276 St. Clair Avenue East
Coordinates	43°42′41″N 79°16′47″W
Lines	Bloor–Danforth
Connections	TTC buses
Structure	elevated
Platforms	centre
Parking	1092
Other information
Opened	10 May 1968
Presto card	No
Traffic
Passengers (2009-10)	26,830
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Victoria Park toward Kipling Bloor–Danforth Kennedy Terminus

Warden is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is located at 3276 St. Clair Avenue East, on the southeast corner of the intersection with Warden Avenue.

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 Kennedy stations.

1092 parking spaces are located at this station for commuter use.

History

Warden Station was opened in 1968 in what was then the Borough of Scarborough, and served as the Bloor-Danforth line's eastern terminus for 12 years, until the extension to Kennedy was completed in 1980.

Until 1973 the buses and the subway trains serving the station were in separate fare zones and so the turnstiles and collector booths were placed between the bus bays and the subway platforms. When the zones were abolished, the layout was reconfigured to bring the buses inside the station's fare-paid area; one collector booth, left isolated inside the fare-paid zone, became an information booth.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

After exiting the station eastbound, the track returns to an underground tunnel at the Chestnut Portal. It continues on its diagonal alignment under a former Canadian National railway spur line.

A small yard and storage shed exists south of the tracks to the west of the station.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include the Providence Healthcare, Warden Woods Park, and Pine Hills Cemetery. It is near much vacant industrial land (including the former site of Centennial College and Warden Woods Mall/Power Centre) where major redevelopment is expected over the coming years, including numerous new housing developments on the former Power Centre property. It is also near the Toronto District School Board high school W.A. Porter C.I., which brings about 700 students in the station each year.^{[citation needed]}

Surface connections

Warden Station from the perspective of an approaching eastbound subway train

Main article: List of bus routes in Toronto

• 9 Bellamy to Scarborough Centre Station
• 16 McCowan to Scarborough Centre Station
• 17 Birchmount to Steeles Ave.

17A to 14th Ave - extra fare required north of Steeles

• 68 Warden to Steeles Ave.

68B to Major MacKenzie - extra fare required north of Steeles

• 69 Warden South to Kingston Road via Warden

69B to Kingston Road via Birchmount

• 70 O'Connor to Coxwell Station
• 102 Markham Road to McNicoll Ave.

102A to Progress/Centennial College

102C to Passmore

102D to Mount Joy GO Station - extra fare required north of Steeles

• 135 Gerrard to Main Street Station

External links

• Warden Station at the Toronto Transit Commission