Mount Pleasant station (Toronto)

Mount Pleasant 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.[3] The station will be located in North Toronto at the intersection of Mount Pleasant Road and Eglinton Avenue. Nearby destinations include Northern Secondary School and the Davisville Village neighbourhood. It is scheduled to open in 2022.

Mount Pleasant
Second Cup coffee shop in the old bank building will be the location of the main station entrance.[1]
LocationEglinton Av/Mount Pleasant
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°42′30.2″N 79°23′24.6″W
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
Connections TTC buses
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusUnder construction
History
Opening2022 (2022)[2]
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Mount Dennis
 Eglinton
(opens 2022)
toward Kennedy

Station site

Uniquely in the TTC system, this underground station's main entrance will occupy the site of a former commercial building, preserving only its façade.[1][4] The building is on the northwest corner of Mount Pleasant Road and Eglinton. A secondary entrance will be just east of Mount Pleasant on the north side, replacing two small commercial buildings. The main entrance of the station at 256–258 Eglinton Avenue East was the location of a former branch of the Imperial Bank of Canada, in a building designed by architect Herbert Horner in 1928. The southeast corner of the building eventually became a Second Cup coffee shop. Metrolinx had the building's façade disassembled brick-by-brick, cataloged, labelled and stored for reassembly upon completion of station structure.[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
74 Mount Pleasant Southbound to St. Clair station
103 Mount Pleasant North Southbound to Eglinton station and northbound to Doncliffe loop

References
  1. "McDonalds to be demolished for Bayview LRT". Bayview News. November 7, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2015. A nice bit of news on the northwest corner of Mt Pleasant and Eglinton where, according to Metrolinx information, the facade of the old building will be retained.
  2. Spurr, Ben (February 17, 2020). "Eglinton Crosstown faces another setback, delayed until 2022". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  3. "Mount Pleasant Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  4. "Mount Pleasant Station Open House". Metrolinx. October 19, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2017. •Designed by architect Herbert Horner in 1928, and established as an Imperial Bank of Canada. •In July 2016 demolition of the 256–258 Eglinton Avenue East began. •The façade was disassembled brick-by-brick, cataloged, labelled and stored. •The east portion of the façade will be reassebled upon completion of station structure. From slide 32 of url's slideshow.
  5. "Changes to TTC Bus Routes in Eglinton Corridor for Line 5 Rapid Transit Line" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. February 25, 2016.


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