Eglinton 2190 Yonge Street
Opened	March 30, 1954
District	Old Toronto
Line	Yonge-University-Spadina line Proposed Eglinton Crosstown LRT line
Next station	≅2. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Old City of Toronto refers to the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as it existed before the " The Yonge-University-Spadina Line is the oldest and busiest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is a proposed Light rail line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as part of the Transit City proposal 3 km north to Lawrence 3 min ≅0. Lawrence is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 8 km south to Davisville 2 min
Daytime Connections	5 Avenue Road, 32 Eglinton West, 34 Eglinton East, 51 Leslie, 54 Lawrence East, 56 Leaside, 61 Avenue Road North, 97 Yonge, 100 Flemingdon Park, 103 Mt Pleasant North
Night Connections	305 Eglinton East, 307 Eglinton West, 320 Yonge, 354 Lawrence East
Daily Boardings	73,090
Rank 2007-08	6th busiest out of 69
Platforms	Centre platform
Accessibility	1 elevators
Washrooms

A Cinnabon store in Eglinton Station. Davisville is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Cinnabon is a chain of American Baked goods stores and kiosks formerly owned by AFC Enterprises, and As of 2004, owned by FOCUS Brands

Eglinton is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This is a list of all current stations of the Toronto Transit Commission ' s subway/RT system. The Yonge-University-Spadina Line is the oldest and busiest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Toronto subway and RT is the main Rapid transit (RT railway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada operated by the Toronto Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It is at 2190 Yonge Street at Eglinton Avenue West/East, and was opened in 1954. Yonge Street (pronounced "young" is a major arterial street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and its northern Suburbs It was formerly Eglinton Avenue is an east-west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and in Mississauga to the west Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) It has two tracks, north and southbound, and a central platform.

It is one of the larger stations on the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), and several shops are located inside including Seattle-based Cinnabon, which commuters can smell throughout the station. The Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC) is a Public transport authority that operates Buses streetcars, subways and Rapid transit Cinnabon is a chain of American Baked goods stores and kiosks formerly owned by AFC Enterprises, and As of 2004, owned by FOCUS Brands Nearby landmarks include the TVOntario studios, Eglinton Park, the Yonge-Eglinton Centre, and Canada Square. TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO, ( Call signs CICA, CICE, CICO) is a publicly-funded educational English language Eglinton Park is a public park located in the North Toronto neighbourhood of Toronto Ontario, Canada, a few blocks west of the Eglinton Subway Station

This station is used as a switchover point for subways operators who are coming off or coming on their shift. There are sometimes slight delays at this station as subway operators are being changed.

Parts of the Canada Square complex are built directly over the station. North of the station, the line changes to bored tunnel with cut-and-cover tunnel at stations. It swings to the right to run directly under Yonge Street again.

In 2004, the station's old bus transfer area (where each route had a stand, and there was a blinking light at the bottom of the staircase to signify that a bus had arrived) was put out of service. It was replaced with a bus terminal converted from a bus maintenance building directly south of the old transfer area. The facility now offers wheelchair access and all platforms are in a carbon monoxide monitored area. Carbon monoxide, with the chemical formula CO is a colorless odorless tasteless yet highly toxic Gas.

Eglinton was the northern terminus of the original 1954 subway line. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) It is also the only one of the original Yonge stations to retain its Vitrolite tiling scheme. Vitrolite was an opaque pigmented Glass available in different colors that was used for Tiles in Buildings from the 1920s to the 1950s

On April 23, 2007, TTC employee Antonio Almeida was killed in the tunnel just north of the station when a platform on their work car dislodged. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[1]

Surface connections

• 5 Avenue Road
• 32 Eglinton West
• 34 Eglinton East
• 51 Leslie
• 54 Lawrence East
• 56 Leaside
• 61 Avenue Road North
• 97 Yonge
• 100 Flemingdon Park
• 103 Mt Pleasant North

Transit City proposal

The Transit City proposal calls for a new LRT line known as the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line, running along Eglinton Avenue from Toronto Pearson International Airport and Mississauga to Kennedy Station, passing through Eglinton and Eglinton West stations on the way. Transit City is a plan for public transportation for the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, announced by Mayor of Toronto David Miller The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is a proposed Light rail line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as part of the Transit City proposal Eglinton Avenue is an east-west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and in Mississauga to the west Lester B Pearson International Airport is a major International airport serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated 27 kilometres (17 mi northwest Mississauga (ˌmɪsɪˈsɑgə) incorporated in 1974 is a City located in the Regional Municipality of Peel Kennedy is a station on the Bloor-Danforth and Scarborough RT lines of the Toronto, Ontario, Canada, subway system Eglinton West is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

See also

• Yonge and Eglinton

References

1. ^ Toronto transit worker dies in subway tunnel accident