Castle Frank station

Castle Frank
Location	600 Bloor Street East Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°40′25″N 79°22′08″W / 43.67361°N 79.36889°W / 43.67361; -79.36889Coordinates: 43°40′25″N 79°22′08″W / 43.67361°N 79.36889°W / 43.67361; -79.36889
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses  65  Parliament  94  Wellesley  300   Bloor–Danforth  365   Parliament
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	No
History
Opened	February 26, 1966
Passengers
2018[1]	9,760
Rank	60 of 75
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Sherbourne toward Kipling Bloor–Danforth Broadview toward Kennedy

Castle Frank is a station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway. It is located at the northwest corner of Bloor Street East and Castle Frank Road. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.^[2]

Without any major commercial, industrial or entertainment destinations, the station primarily serves the residents of South Rosedale within walking distance, and St. James Town and Cabbagetown by way of the 65 Parliament and 94 Wellesley bus routes. Nearby landmarks include Rosedale Heights School of the Arts and St. James Cemetery.

Entrances[]

The entrance to the station is located on the corner of Castle Frank Road and Bloor Street East.

The station was rated as high priority in the requirement for a second exit^[3] which, although scheduled to be finished by January 2010,^[4] finally opened in December 2012 after many delays.^[5] This project still did not make the station accessible although the stairs give subway riders a direct connection to the bus bays. Only an exit is provided through turnstile gates, without any way to get into the station using a pass or token that is available at the secondary entrance to many other stations.

The much-delayed second exit, which opened in 2012

History[]

Castle Frank historical marker

Castle Frank station, opened in 1966, is named after the community that it serves. Its streets, and the brook that flows through it, are in turn named after John Graves Simcoe's summer residence in the area overlooking the Don River, which burned down in 1829.^[6] The residence was named after his son Francis Simcoe. In 1954 a historical marker was placed in Prince Edward Viaduct Parkette, near the site of the historic Castle Frank residence, on the south side of Bloor Street at Castle Frank Road.

The Parliament streetcar line operated to its northerly terminus at the Viaduct Loop until 1966. No consideration was given to construct the short connection, from that location at Bloor Street East and Parliament Street across the Rosedale Ravine, which would have made the streetcar route a genuine feeder line to the subway station.^[7] The site of the streetcar loop is now Bloor–Parliament Parkette.^[8]

Viaduct Loop in 1926 was a terminus for streetcars.

Bloor–Parliament Parkette in 2013 has a bus stop beside it.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity[]

Covered bridge spanning Rosedale Valley Road

East of the station, the line runs under Bloor Street to use the lower deck of the Prince Edward Viaduct. At the end of the Viaduct it swings to parallel Danforth Avenue on the north side. Immediately west of the station the line crosses the Rosedale Ravine in a covered concrete bridge then continues in a tunnel to Sherbourne station.

Surface connections[]

When the subway is closed, buses do not enter the station. TTC routes serving the station include:

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castle Frank Station.

• Castle Frank station at the Toronto Transit Commission
• Castle Frank Brook