Wellesley (TTC)

Wellesley TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	551 Yonge Street
Coordinates	43°39′55″N 79°23′02″W
Lines	Yonge–University–Spadina
Connections	TTC buses
Structure	underground
Platforms	side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	30 March 1954
Presto card	No
Traffic
Passengers (2009-10)	23,120
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station College toward Downsview Yonge–University–Spadina Bloor toward Finch

Wellesley is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the Toronto, Ontario, Canada subway. It is located at 551 Yonge Street at Wellesley Street East.

Wellesley is the only downtown TTC subway station with only one street entrance, and although multiple options were considered for a second exit, nothing has yet been implemented.

History

Wellesley Station opened in 1954 as part of the original stretch of the Yonge line from Union to Eglinton Station, and was listed as a heritage property by the City of Toronto in 1984. The address given for this listing of 16 Wellesley Street East/15 Dundonald Street, which differs from the TTC address, more accurately describes the location of the station structure which runs between those streets, to the rear of the properties fronting on the east side of Yonge Street.

On February 6, 2006, the only baby to be born on the subway, Mary Kim of Scarborough, was delivered on the Wellesley platform. Her mother Sun Hee Paik took the subway with her family to St. Michael's Hospital from their Scarborough home. She did not make it to the downtown hospital, going into labour on the train. Her husband delivered the baby after they disembarked at Wellesley and Toronto EMS arrived later to help finish the birth and send the mother and child to St. Michael's. TTC officials later promised to provide Mary with lifetime transit access.

Surface connections

Main article: List of bus routes in Toronto

• 94 Wellesley (no transfer required)
• 97B Yonge (rush hours only — transfer required for boarding on Yonge Street)

Station entrance and bus on route 94 Wellesley exiting the bus platform

External links

• Wellesley Station at the Toronto Transit Commission