Dundas (TTC)

Dundas (TTC)
Dundas
TTC Subway Station
Dundas TTC platform 2007.jpg
Station statistics
Address 300 Yonge Street
Coordinates 43°39′22.84″N 79°22′51.29″W / 43.6563444°N 79.3809139°W / 43.6563444; -79.3809139Coordinates: 43°39′22.84″N 79°22′51.29″W / 43.6563444°N 79.3809139°W / 43.6563444; -79.3809139
Lines
  Yonge–University–Spadina
Connections
Structure underground
Platforms side
Other information
Opened 30 March 1954
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Presto card Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2009-10) 69,150
Ranked 8th of 69
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Downsview
Yonge–University–Spadina
toward Finch

Dundas is a station of the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 300 Yonge Street at Dundas Street West/East.

Dundas is the only station in Toronto where the northbound and southbound platforms are in separate fare-paid areas, owing to the constrained space and difficult geology at this location. Separate street entrances had to be used for each direction until the Eaton Centre was built, at which time a tunnel was constructed under the tracks outside the fare-paid areas. If on the wrong platform, a passenger can take a transfer from the transfer machines available on the platform, exit the station, and re-enter the station on the other platform by showing the collector at the booth the transfer obtained.

The station has underground connections to the Eaton Centre, 10 Dundas East and the Atrium on Bay, and is one of five stations connected to PATH.

Contents

Entrances

Entrance from the Eaton Centre


All entrances are located at the intersection of Yonge and Dundas streets.

History

Dundas Station opened in 1954 as part of the original stretch of the Yonge subway line from Union to Eglinton Station.

On 27 September 1997, 23-year-old Charlene Minkowski was killed when she was pushed onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train at Dundas by Herbert Cheoung, a diagnosed schizophrenic. Cheoung was given a sentence which included no parole for 15 years.[1]

Public art

The station features William McElcheran's Cross Section, located by the northwest entrance and along the under-platform crosswalk. It depicts a vibrant urban scene of pets, shoppers, businessmen and other commuters. The piece was created out of terra cotta and fired in two-foot-square sections.[2]

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include Dundas Square, the north end of the Eaton Centre, Ryerson University, Olympic Spirit Toronto, the Toronto Coach Terminal, Old Chinatown, Toronto City Hall, the Canon Theatre, and Toronto Life Square.

Surface connections

A transfer is required to connect between the subway system and these surface routes:

References

  1. ^ "Man pleads guilty to Toronto subway murder". CBC News. 1998-12-01. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/1998/11/30/subway981130.html. Retrieved 2009-09-25. 
  2. ^ McIlveen, Eli (2006-12-17). "Art on the TTC". Transit Toronto. http://transit.toronto.on.ca/spare/0008.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-25. 

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