Kipling (TTC)

Kipling
File:Kipling-interior.jpg
Location	950 Kipling Avenue Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates
Platforms	centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses Kipling GO Station
Construction
Structure type	at grade
Parking	1488 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	November 21, 1980
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	54,780 Ranked 12th of 69
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Terminus Bloor–Danforth Islington toward Kennedy

Kipling is the western terminus of the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Canada. The station is served by buses and subway trains operated by the Toronto Transit Commission and is adjacent to Kipling GO Station on the Milton line. It is located in the Islington-Six Points area on St. Albans Road at Aukland Road, just west of the overpass of Kipling Avenue, after which it is named. The Toronto Parking Authority operates three commuter parking lots near the station.

History

Kipling station, in what was then the Borough of Etobicoke, officially opened on 21 November 1980, but not until 22 November 1980 was it opened to the public, along with Kennedy station as part of east-west extensions to the Bloor-Danforth line. As the western terminus of the line, the subway station is built with a centre platform allowing trains to stop at either side. The platform walls are yellow with black stripes and show the station's name in Univers.

As a result of the initial lack of density near the station, and its location near a hydro substation, it was originally designed around commuter travel, with a large amount of parking space and a roughed-in platform for a future LRT line. Due to this design, the area around Kipling station is considered to be a travel hub and it is being further developed to contain a regional bus platform as well as improved access to the nearby Kipling GO Station.

In 1999, this station became accessible with elevators.

Facilities

The main entrance is located at the west end of Kipling station, with access to the GO station, commuter parking lots, and a kiss and ride area for passenger drop-off. An entrance at the east end makes the bus platform level accessible by way of a ramp, with an elevator providing a connection with the train platform below. Fares can be paid for at this station by using tokens, tickets, passes, as well as the Presto smart card. Currently it serves the high density residential and commercial developments that are being built, while acting as a hub for commuter travel.

Above the subway tracks on the south side of the station, opposite the bus bays on the same level, is an unfinished platform for a proposed but unbuilt Etobicoke RT line similar to the Scarborough RT.

East of the station towards Islington, the line continues on the surface alongside the railway right-of-way which parallels Dundas Street at a distance. It crosses over Bloor Street to the north side alongside the railway tracks, then dives underground below the tracks and turns parallel to Bloor.

Construction on a new 14-bay inter-regional bus terminal is planned and was originally scheduled to be completed in 2010. This would see GO Transit buses use the facility, and Mississauga Transit buses terminate at Kipling station instead of Islington. The current parking facilities will be reconfigured to allow for the construction of the terminal. The modernization project would also include landscaping and revitalization of interior and exterior station finishes and lighting.

Surface Connections

File:Kipling TTC bus bays.jpg

Bus bays are a level above the subway trains on the north side of the station

The bus platform is in the fare-paid zone, allowing passengers to quickly transfer between the subway and the following bus routes:

Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

• 30A Lambton to High Park Station

30B to High Park via High Park Station

• 44 Kipling South to Lake Shore Boulevard and Humber College Lakeshore Campus
• 45A Kipling to Steeles Avenue past Etobicoke North GO Station

45B to Carlingview Drive via Belfield Road

45E to Steeles Avenue (Express service)

• 46 Martin Grove to Steeles Avenue
• 49 Bloor West to Markland Wood west of Highway 427
• 111 East Mall to Eglinton Avenue (Willowridge & Richgrove)
• 112A to Eglinton Avenue

112B to Skymark Avenue

112C to Disco Road

112E Express to Renforth Drive and Eringate Drive (Michael Power/St. Joseph High School)

• 123A Shorncliffe to Sherway Gardens via North Queen Street

123B to Long Branch Loop via The East Mall

123C to Long Branch Loop via North Queen Street

• 191A Highway 27 Rocket to Humber College North Campus

191B to Steeles Avenue

191C to Steeles Avenue via Attwell Drive/Royalcrest Road

• 192 Airport Rocket to Toronto Pearson International Airport (Express service)

• An IKEA Etobicoke customer courtesy shuttle (not a TTC route), departs from Subway Crescent north of the Kiss and ride area.

• MiWay bus routes do not directly connect to the station, unlike at Islington. Buses can be boarded and dropped off on Dundas Street at Aukland Road. It is considered an accessible connection between MiWay and the TTC.

External links

• Kipling Station at the Toronto Transit Commission