Ossington is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at Ossington Avenue just north of Bloor Street West and opened in 1966 as part of the original segment of the subway line. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.[2]
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| Location | 746 Ossington Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°39′44″N 79°25′36″W / 43.66222°N 79.42667°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Website | Official station page | ||||||||||
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| Opened | February 26, 1966 | ||||||||||
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| 2023–2024[1] | 22,109 | ||||||||||
| Rank | 28 of 70 | ||||||||||
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Description
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The main station entrance is on the west side of Ossington Avenue, just north of Bloor. In December 2016, elevators were installed at this station, thus making Ossington station a fully accessible station. There is a second automatic entrance, with entry only by Presto card, on Delaware Avenue, beside a TTC electrical substation.[3]
As part of the 2016 renovation, the station acquired the artwork Ossington Particles by Scott Eunson.[4] The artwork uses 800 stick-on coloured acrylic tiles arranged in clusters near stairways on the platform and mezzanine levels.[5] Plaques in the station provide an artist's message: "The Particles inhabit the tile grid of Ossington Station to tell a story of the natural and human history of this site, mapping the local Garrison Creek watershed and recalling the ancient landscape and geology of this neighborhood."[6]
Surface connections
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TTC routes serving the station include:
| Route | Name | Additional information |
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| 63A/B | Ossington | Southbound to Liberty Village |
| 63A | Northbound to Eglinton West station | |
| 63B | Northbound to St. Clair Avenue West (Rush hour service) | |
| 94A | Wellesley | Eastbound to Castle Frank station |
| 161 | Rogers Road | Westbound to Jane Street |
| 363 | Ossington | Blue Night service; northbound to Eglinton West Station and southbound to Canadian National Exhibition |
Easier access program
editIn the summer of 2014, work has begun on the station to make it accessible to all customers. Improvements to the station include two new elevators to access the subway platforms, automatic sliding doors, barrier free access to the platform, security upgrades, and signage improvements.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Subway ridership, 2023-2024" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
This table shows the typical number of customer-boardings made on each subway line and the number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on a typical weekday in Sep 2023-Aug 2024.
- ^ "There's now free WiFi at over 40 TTC subway stations". blogTO. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "Ossington Station - Easier Access Program". Toronto Transit Commission. December 2016. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ "Approval of Art Concepts for Coxwell, Wellesley, Royal York, Ossington and St. Clair West Stations" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. December 16, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Chris Bateman (December 9, 2015). "Artistic overhaul coming to five TTC subway stations". Metro News. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Scott Eunson (February 13, 2017). Ossington Particles (Plaque on station platform).
- ^ "TTC Ossington Station". Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
External links
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Media related to Ossington Station at Wikimedia Commons