Mount Pleasant station (Toronto)

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Mount Pleasant
TTC - Line 5.svg
Mount Pleasant Main Entrance July 2022.jpg
Mount Pleasant station main entrance under construction in July 2022
General information
LocationEglinton Avenue & Mount Pleasant Road
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°42′30.2″N 79°23′24.6″W / 43.708389°N 79.390167°W / 43.708389; -79.390167Coordinates: 43°42′30.2″N 79°23′24.6″W / 43.708389°N 79.390167°W / 43.708389; -79.390167
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBSicon BUS1.svg TTC buses
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusUnder construction
History
Opening2023 (0 years ago) (2023)[1]
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Toronto Transit Commission.svg Toronto Transit Commission Following station
Eglinton
towards Mount Dennis
 Eglinton
(opens 2023)
 Leaside
towards Kennedy

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.[2] 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 2023.

Description

Photo of a sleek, modern subway station entrance under construction
Secondary entrance to Mount Pleasant station under construction in July 2022

The station will have two entrances. The main, accessible entrance will be at the northwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and Mt. Pleasant Road. The secondary entrance will be just east of Mount Pleasant Road on the north side. The station will have storage for 30 bicycles.[2]

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. Metrolinx had the building's façade disassembled brick-by-brick, cataloged, labelled and stored for reassembly upon completion of station structure. Only the building's façade will be preserved.[3][4]

Surface connections

Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

As of February 2022, the following are the proposed connecting routes that would serve this station when Line 5 Eglinton opens:[5]

Route Name Additional information
34 Eglinton Westbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Kennedy station
74 Mount Pleasant Southbound to St. Clair station and westbound to Eglinton station
103 Mount Pleasant North Westbound to Eglinton station and northbound to Doncliffe loop

References

  1. ^ Spurr, Ben (February 17, 2020). "Eglinton Crosstown faces another setback, delayed until 2022". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Pleasant Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  3. ^ "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.
  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. ^ "2022 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. February 10, 2022. p. 37. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 8, 2022.

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