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Main Street
TTC Subway Station
Station statistics Address 2550 Danforth Avenue Coordinates 43°41′20.5″N 79°18′06″W / 43.689028°N 79.30167°WCoordinates: 43°41′20.5″N 79°18′06″W / 43.689028°N 79.30167°W Lines Bloor–DanforthConnections TTC busesStructure underground Platforms side Other information Opened 10 May 1968 Accessible 
Presto card No Traffic Passengers (2009-10) 22,670 Services Preceding station TTC Following station toward KiplingBloor–Danforth toward Kennedy
Main Street is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is located at 2550 Danforth Avenue at Main Street, in Danforth Village. 350 metres to the south, Main Street connects to Danforth station on GO Transit's Lakeshore East railway line.
This station is wheelchair accessible. An elevator leads directly from street level to the eastbound subway track. A second elevator is available one sub-level down, accessible from the first elevator, which leads to the westbound subway track. In addition, there are sliding automatic doors at the entrance, an accessible faregate, improved signage and a bus bay is reserved for WheelTrans riders.
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History
Main Street Station was opened in 1968. The station was built on the site of the former Main Loop, which was the eastern terminus of the Carlton streetcar line. This loop closed in 1966 for construction of the subway station.
'Main Street' was the main street of the suburban town of East Toronto, which was amalgamated into Toronto in 1908. Unlike most TTC stations, its name includes the word 'Street' in order to avoid the possible misreading that it is the subway's 'main' station.
The station was built with its turnstiles and collector booths on the mezzanine level between the bus and streetcar terminal and the subway platforms. This may have been because until 1973 it was near a fare zone boundary and there was an intention to bring buses from both fare zones into the terminal, as was done at Jane station; however, this 1968 map shows the boundary to one side of the station. The booths and turnstiles were later moved to just inside the street entrance, bringing the buses and streetcars inside the station's fare-paid area.
Subway infrastructure in the vicinity
Just east of Main street station, the tracks angle north away from Danforth Avenue. Just west of Victoria Park Station at the Tyra Portal, the tracks emerge to run on the surface.
Surface connections
Main article: List of bus routes in Toronto- 20 Cliffside to Kennedy Station
- 23 Dawes to St. Clair Ave. East
- 62 Mortimer to Broadview Station
- 64 Main to Eastdale
- 64 Main to Queen
- 87 Cosburn to Broadview Station
- 113 Danforth to Kennedy Station
- 135 Gerrard to Warden Station
- 506 Carlton to High Park Loop
External links
Categories:- Bloor-Danforth Line Stations
- Toronto streetcar system
- Railway stations opened in 1968
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