Osgoode (TTC)

Osgoode TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	250 University Avenue
Coordinates	43°39′02.95″N 79°23′11.77″W / 43.6508194°N 79.3866028°W / 43.6508194; -79.3866028Coordinates: 43°39′02.95″N 79°23′11.77″W / 43.6508194°N 79.3866028°W / 43.6508194; -79.3866028
Lines	Yonge–University–Spadina
Structure	underground
Platforms	centre
Other information
Opened	28 February 1963
Accessible
Presto card	No
Traffic
Passengers (2009-10)	23,250
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station St. Patrick toward Downsview Yonge–University–Spadina St. Andrew toward Finch

Osgoode is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway/RT system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Osgoode Station is located at 250 University Avenue at Queen Street West. Osgoode Station was opened in 1963, and is named for the nearby Osgoode Hall.

History and construction

Osgoode is a centre platform station, constructed using the cut-and-cover method.

When Osgoode Station was built, some utility lines were relocated away from the station to allow for a future "Lower Osgoode" station on the projected but never-built Queen Street subway, but unlike at Lower Queen, no actual construction took place. When it opened, Osgoode, like St. Andrew Station, boasted Vitrolite tiles on its walls.^[1] Cracks resulting from the high water table at the station forced the TTC to cover over most of these tiles in the 1970s with vertical panels along the outer walls of the tracks and ceramic tiles on the platform walls.

• Wall treatments
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  Tiles on platform walls

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  Clad wall on outside of the tracks

Entrances were all built as open stairwells, with the panel above the lintel emblazoned with the scales of justice, which referenced the Superior Court of Justice at Osgoode Hall. Subsequent refurbishment resulted in a generic TTC style replacing the unique symbolism. In 2006 a new entrance, with elevator access to the concourse level, was integrated into the construction of the Four Seasons Centre, at the southeast corner of Queen and University. Along with an elevator to the platform level within the fare paid area, this makes the station fully accessible.^[2] Current plans call for Diamond and Schmitt Architects, who were responsible for the opera house, to design complementary covered entrances at the other three corners of the intersection.^[3]

• Entrances
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  Original design of entrance stairwell

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  Current stairs with generic TTC signage

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  Four Seasons Centre subway entrance

Unspecified plans also call for the upgrade of the platform level, as part of a program to modernize several older stations.^[4]

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square, Osgoode Hall, the South African War Memorial, 299 Queen Street West, the Canada Life Building and the United States Consulate.

Surface connections

Main article: List of bus routes in Toronto

No buses or streetcars enter the station and so a transfer is required to connect between surface routes and subway at this station.

• 141 Downtown/Mt Pleasant Express - rushhour only, extra fare required
• 142 Downtown/Avenue Road Express - rushhour only, extra fare required
• 143 Downtown/Beach Express - rushhour only, extra fare required
• 144 Downtown/Don Valley Express - rushhour only, extra fare required
• 501 Queen
• 502 Downtowner

In Osgoode facing southward toward St. Andrew Station in 1999.

References

1. ^ University Subway -- Under Construction (Transit Toronto)
2. ^ Installation Of Elevators At Osgoode Station
3. ^ Retrofit Of Subway/Srt Open Stairway Entrances
4. ^ TTC Station Modernization Program

External links

• Osgoode Station at the Toronto Transit Commission
• Lower Osgoode on Transit Toronto