23-695: Chaplin Estates is a neighbourhood that covers the southwest portion of the Yonge and Eglinton area in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. It lies west of Yonge Street and is bounded by Eglinton Avenue to the north and Avenue Road to the west. The southern boundary is Chaplin Crescent, which runs parallel to the former Beltline Railway line , now the Beltline Trail , a scenic walking and biking trail. A portion of
46-509: A metro line. As such, the top-floor platform was designed to operate streetcars. Line 3 was later built as a medium-capacity rail transport line to use the Intermediate Capacity Transit System train models built by Bombardier Transportation . The line began using two-car trains, which were able to travel along the turning loop, but was later converted to use four-car trains, which could not be operated along
69-469: A survey conducted in 2017 by Toronto Life , it was the highest-ranked neighbourhood in Greater Toronto in terms of housing, crime rate, transit, health, entertainment, people and employment. It is geographically central to the city of Toronto and surrounded by a number of the country's highly affluent neighbourhoods, including Forest Hill , Lytton Park and Lawrence Park . The neighbourhood
92-503: Is a neighbourhood in Toronto , Ontario, Canada, at the intersection of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue . It is central to the area of Midtown Toronto , one of four central business districts outside Downtown Toronto . The City of Toronto defines its boundaries as Briar Hill Avenue to the north, Yonge Street to the east, Frobisher Avenue and a line in that direction west to Elmsthorpe Avenue, then north to Eglinton Avenue , east to Avenue Road and north to Briar Hill. According to
115-479: Is being expanded to become the eastern terminus of Line 5 Eglinton . The Line 5 station will be underground, south of Eglinton Avenue East, and about 30 metres (98 ft) north of the Line 2 platforms. The main entrance to Kennedy station at the southwest corner of West Service Road and Transway Crescent was demolished and has been replaced by a new entrance to access the Line 5 concourse to be located one level above
138-677: Is located east of the Kennedy Road and Eglinton Avenue intersection. With the adjacent Kennedy GO station on the Stouffville line of GO Transit , Kennedy is an intermodal transit hub and the fifth busiest station in the system, after Bloor–Yonge , St. George , Sheppard–Yonge , and Union , serving a total of approximately 42881 customer trips a day. It was built as part of the extensions east to Kipling and west to this station. The station's main complex consists of four floors with wheelchair accessible entrances. The ground level
161-414: Is the bus terminal surrounded with ten platforms that serve 16 Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus routes. Wi-Fi service is available at this station. Kennedy station was previously the southern terminus of Line 3 Scarborough before it was permanently closed on July 24, 2023. The line was opened in 1985. The station's bus terminal is being expanded to handle replacement buses. Construction to expand
184-401: Is the concourse that spans the length of the station, connecting to all pedestrian entrances. Below the concourse is the platform for subway trains on the Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. Four park and ride lots, that had a combined total of 729 spaces, used to be located around the station. As of August 21, 2023, these lots no longer exist. Line 2 Bloor–Danforth was opened on February 25, 1966, and
207-648: The City of Toronto government named a local street "Cowbell Lane." In 1837, the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern took place just north of the Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue intersection. In 1884, the Metropolitan Street Railway began operating a horse-drawn streetcar route on Yonge Street from Toronto to the village. Rapid housing development soon followed. As the population grew the area
230-459: The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Canada Square is an office tower complex at the intersection holding other corporate offices. 43°42′24″N 79°23′54″W / 43.706802°N 79.398271°W / 43.706802; -79.398271 Kennedy station Kennedy is the eastern terminal station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway system. Opened in 1980, it
253-565: The Toronto Transit Commission 's Yonge-University-Spadina subway line runs above ground along the eastern fringe of Chaplin Estates, and transit access is provided through Davisville station and Eglinton station . Chaplin Estates is one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in Toronto. 43°42′N 79°24′W / 43.70°N 79.40°W / 43.70; -79.40 Yonge and Eglinton Yonge–Eglinton
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#1732780336196276-539: The Line 5 platforms. Two elevators will connect the Line 5 concourse to the Line 5 platform. Two north–south passages will connect the Line 5 concourse to the existing Line 2 concourse. There will be few changes to the Line 2 concourse. A secondary entrance on the east side of the existing GO rail corridor serves as the main entrance to the GO station. In 1985, Kennedy station was expanded to serve Line 3 Scarborough , an elevated light metro line with six stations. In 2023, Line 3
299-568: The elevator) consists of ten bus platforms surrounding the main building. Three satellite pedestrian entrances to the station can be found at the South Parking Lot, next to the Don Montgomery Community Centre, and the passenger pick-up and drop-off roundabout on Transway Crescent. (A fourth entrance, at the service road of Eglinton Avenue, was demolished in 2018 and no longer exists.) Below the ground level
322-490: The fare-paid zone, contains bus bays 1 through 10. Bus platform B, opened on October 8, 2023, is located outside of the station building on the south side of platform A and contains bus bays 11 through 18, primarily serving buses running express to Scarborough Centre station. As of February 18, 2024, bus bays 6 through 10 are closed for construction related to the Scarborough Subway Extension. While
345-475: The line opens. A mural titled Reorganization of One Hedge by artist Dagmara Genda will consist of photographs of leaves taken from the same hedge that will be printed on the glass of a skylight. A second artwork, titled Locations of Meaning by artist Joseph Kosuth , will consist of etched tiles with stainless steel inserts, each spelling the word "meaning" in one of 72 languages used in Toronto. There are two bus platforms at Kennedy station. Platform A, within
368-469: The planned light rail can also be seen along the current tracks. Kennedy station used to feature a mural titled A Sense of Place by artist Frank Perna. The mural was completed in 1997 and used to wrap around the station's main entrance, but when the entrance was demolished in 2018, half of the mural was destroyed. As part of a program to install artworks at major interchange stations along Line 5 Eglinton, Kennedy station will feature two new artworks when
391-459: The station began in 2017 to add a platform for the future Line 5 Eglinton , which will terminate at the station when its first phase opens in 2024. The station is located south of Eglinton Avenue , east of Kennedy Road . The station complex consists of four levels. Trains of the former Line 3 Scarborough previously ascended via a bridge to the platform located at the top level of the station complex. The ground floor (third floor, but labelled 2 in
414-490: The tight loop. Thus, the use of the loop for reversals was discontinued after 1988, although the loop's elevated structure remains over the passenger pick-up and drop-off building and was occasionally used as a tail track to store trains. The station platform was reduced to a single track and began using the Spanish solution of unloading and boarding passengers at Kennedy. Original floor finishing and platform edge markings for
437-422: Was decommissioned and is planned to be replaced by a Line 2 extension to Scarborough City Centre . Although Line 3 trains had bidirectionally operated metro trains, the tracks for Line 3 extended beyond the top-floor platform into an above-ground turning loop , similar to those found on the Toronto streetcar system . This was because Line 3 had been planned as a dedicated right-of-way streetcar line rather than
460-422: Was extended north to York Mills . In 2024, a new light rail line, Line 5 Eglinton , is scheduled to open. It will run along Eglinton Avenue from Mount Dennis station to Kennedy station , with a stop at the existing Eglinton subway station to provide a transfer between Line 5 and Line 1 . A number of businesses have their corporate headquarters at the intersection, including Canadian Tire , TVOntario and
483-528: Was extended westwards to Warden station on May 10, 1968, and to Kennedy station on November 21, 1980. An extension of Line 2, called the Scarborough Subway Extension , is under construction that will make Kennedy a through-station. From Kennedy station, the three-stop, 7.8-kilometre (4.8 mi) extension will travel east under Eglinton Avenue, then north under Danforth Road and McCowan Road to terminate at Sheppard Avenue. Kennedy
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#1732780336196506-561: Was first settled by Europeans in the early nineteenth century, who founded the farming village of Eglinton . The area was part of the largest cattle grazing region in Upper Canada . The region was the first in North America to extend the use of cowbells to all cattle. Prior to this, it had been standard practice for a cowbell to be attached to only the best and leading piece of livestock. To honour this proud and storied heritage,
529-461: Was incorporated in 1890 into the town of North Toronto . North Toronto was then annexed to Toronto in 1912. In 1922, the Yonge streetcar line was extended north to replace the Metropolitan line passing Eglinton Avenue to terminate at Glen Echo Road. In 1954, the Yonge subway line opened its first twelve stations with its north terminus at Eglinton and remained so until 1973 when the line
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