Keelesdale station

Keelesdale is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system. It will be located in the Silverthorn neighbourhood at the intersection of Keele Street and Eglinton Avenue, and is scheduled to open in 2022.[2] Nearby destinations include the York Civic Centre, Keelesdale Park and Chris Tonks Arena, York Memorial Collegiate, George Harvey Collegiate Institute, the Humber River Regional Hospital's Keele campus, and the Silverthorn neighbourhood.

This article is about the future Eglinton LRT station. For the subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth, see Keele station.

Keelesdale
Construction in front of York Memorial Collegiate
Location	2620 Eglinton Avenue West,[1] Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°41′25″N 79°28′30″W
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Architect	Arup Canada and NORR Architects[1]
Other information
Status	Under construction
History
Opening	2022 (2022)[2]
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Mount Dennis toward Mount Dennis Eglinton (opens 2022) Caledonia toward Kennedy

During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name "Keele", which is identical to the pre-existing Keele station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. On November 23, 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system (including Line 5 Eglinton). Thus, the LRT station was renamed "Keelesdale". (Silverthorn was also considered.)[3]

The primary entrance and an off-street bus loop will be located at the northeast corner of Eglinton Avenue and Trethewey Drive replacing former EMS Station 19 and a car wash. A secondary entrance will be on the northwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and Trethewey Drive adjacent to York Memorial Collegiate. A third entrance will be at the southeast corner of Eglinton Avenue and Keele Street on the site of a former parking lot. All three entrances will have a station plaza with a landscaped public space. The station will have four bus bays plus on-street connections for TTC buses. There will be outdoor parking for 60 bicycles.[4]

Surface connections

Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

The following routes would serve this station according to the report presented at the board meeting on February 25, 2016:[5]

Route	Name	Additional Information
34	Eglinton	Westbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Science Centre station
41	Keele	Northbound to Pioneer Village station and southbound to Keele station
58	Trethewey	Northbound to Jane and Lawrence
941	Keele Express	Northbound to Finch West station and southbound to Keele station

References

1. "Keele Crosstown Station : Urban Toronto". Urban Toronto. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
2. Spurr, Ben (February 17, 2020). "Eglinton Crosstown faces another setback, delayed until 2022". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
3. "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. November 23, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015. TTC staff evaluated the initial report and the proposed names and provided feedback and recommendations. A primary TTC concern was to avoid replication and redundancy with existing TTC station names. The proposed names are unique and are not likely to be confused with existing station names.
4. "Keelesdale (formerly Keele) Station". Eglinton Crosstown. October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
5. "Changes to TTC Bus Routes in Eglinton Corridor for Line 5 Rapid Transit Line" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. February 25, 2016.

External links

• Keelesdale Station project page at the Eglinton Crosstown website.