Osgoode (TTC)

Osgoode
Location	181 Queen Street West Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates
Owned by	Toronto Transit Commission
Platforms	centre platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	28 February 1963
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	25,040
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station St. Patrick toward Downsview Yonge–University St. Andrew toward Finch

Osgoode is a subway station on the Yonge–University line in Toronto, Canada. The station, which opened in 1963, is located under University Avenue where it is crossed by Queen Street West and is named for the nearby Osgoode Hall, which honours William Osgoode the province of Ontario's first chief justice. Wi-fi service is available at this station.

History and construction

The station has a centre platform and was constructed using the cut-and-cover method.

When Osgoode Station was built, some utility lines were relocated away from the station to allow for a future "Lower Osgoode" station on the projected but never-built Queen Street subway, but unlike at Lower Queen, no actual construction took place. When it opened, Osgoode, like St. Andrew Station, boasted Vitrolite tiles on its walls. Cracks resulting from the high water table at the station forced the TTC to cover over most of these tiles in the 1970s with vertical panels along the outer walls of the tracks and ceramic tiles on the platform walls.

Wall treatments

Tiles on platform walls

Clad wall on outside of the tracks

Entrances were all built as open stairwells, with the panel above the lintel emblazoned with the scales of justice, which referenced the Superior Court of Justice at Osgoode Hall. Subsequent refurbishment resulted in a generic TTC style replacing the unique symbolism. In 2006 a new entrance, with elevator access to the concourse level, was integrated into the construction of the Four Seasons Centre, at the southeast corner of Queen and University. Along with an elevator to the platform level within the fare paid area, this makes the station fully accessible since 2007. Current plans call for Diamond and Schmitt Architects, who were responsible for the opera house, to design complementary covered entrances at the other three corners of the intersection.

Entrances

Original design of entrance stairwell

Current stairs with generic TTC signage

Four Seasons Centre subway entrance

In 2015, tile walls for this station are being replaced as the current tiles are worn out.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square, Osgoode Hall, the South African War Memorial, 299 Queen Street West, the Canada Life Building and the United States Consulate.

Surface connections

Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

A transfer is required to connect between the subway system and these surface routes:

• 142 Downtown/Avenue Road Express northbound to Avenue Road & Bombay Avenue - rushhour only, extra fare required
• 143 Downtown/Beach Express eastbound to Neville Park Loop – rushhour only, extra fare required
• 144 Downtown/Don Valley Express northbound to York Mills Road & Victoria Park Avenue – rushhour only, extra fare required
• 301 Blue Night Queen eastbound to Neville Park Loop

301 westbound to Long Branch Loop

301A westbound to Humber loop

• 501 Queen eastbound to Neville Park Loop and westbound to Long Branch Loop or Humber Loop
• 502 Downtowner eastbound to Bingham Loop and westbound to McCaul Loop

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Osgoode Station at the Toronto Transit Commission
• Lower Osgoode on Transit Toronto