Mount Pleasant station (Toronto)

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Mount Pleasant
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Eglinton and Mount Pleasant NW corner 8682271506.jpg
Second Cup coffee shop in the old bank building will be the location of the main station entrance.[1]
LocationEglinton Avenue & Mount Pleasant Road
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°42′30.2″N 79°23′24.6″W / 43.708389°N 79.390167°W / 43.708389; -79.390167Coordinates: 43°42′30.2″N 79°23′24.6″W / 43.708389°N 79.390167°W / 43.708389; -79.390167
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBSicon BUS1.svg TTC buses
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusUnder construction
History
Opening2022 (1 year's time) (2022)[2]
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Mount Dennis
TTC - Line 5.svg Eglinton
(opens 2022)
toward Kennedy

Mount Pleasant is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system.[3] The station will be located in North Toronto at the intersection of Mount Pleasant Road and Eglinton Avenue. Nearby destinations include Northern Secondary School and the Davisville Village neighbourhood. It is scheduled to open in 2022.

Description[]

The station will have two entrances. The main, accessible entrance will be at the northwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and Mt. Pleasant Road. The secondary entrance will be just east of Mount Pleasant Road on the north side. The station will have storage for 30 bicycles.[3]

The main entrance of the station at 256–258 Eglinton Avenue East was the location of a former branch of the Imperial Bank of Canada, in a building designed by architect Herbert Horner in 1928. Metrolinx had the building's façade disassembled brick-by-brick, cataloged, labelled and stored for reassembly upon completion of station structure. Only the building's façade will be preserved.[1][4]

Surface connections[]

Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

As of June 2021, the following are the proposed routes that would serve this station when Line 5 Eglinton opens:[5][6]

Route Name Additional information
34 Eglinton Westbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Science Centre station
74 Mount Pleasant Southbound to St. Clair station and westbound to Eglinton station
103 Mount Pleasant North Southbound to Eglinton station and northbound to Doncliffe loop

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "McDonalds to be demolished for Bayview LRT". . November 7, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2015. A nice bit of news on the northwest corner of Mt Pleasant and Eglinton where, according to Metrolinx information, the facade of the old building will be retained.
  2. ^ Spurr, Ben (February 17, 2020). "Eglinton Crosstown faces another setback, delayed until 2022". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mount Pleasant Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  4. ^ "Mount Pleasant Station Open House". Metrolinx. October 19, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2017. •Designed by architect Herbert Horner in 1928, and established as an Imperial Bank of Canada. •In July 2016 demolition of the 256–258 Eglinton Avenue East began. •The façade was disassembled brick-by-brick, cataloged, labelled and stored. •The east portion of the façade will be reassebled upon completion of station structure. From slide 32 of url's slideshow.
  5. ^ Munro, Steve (June 27, 2021). "TTC 2022 Service Plan Consultation". Steve Munro. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "Proposed TTC Routes Connecting to Line 5 Eglinton". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved June 29, 2021.

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