Broadview is a
subway station
A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in the ...
on
Line 2 Bloor–Danforth in
Toronto, Ontario
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
, Canada. The entrance to the building is from
Broadview Avenue Broadview can refer to:
Places Australia
*Broadview, South Australia
Canada
*Broadview (electoral district), in Ontario
*Broadview (TTC), a Toronto subway station
*Broadview Avenue, a street in Toronto
*Broadview, Saskatchewan
United States
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just north of
Danforth Avenue
Danforth Avenue (informally also known as the Danforth) and Danforth Road are two historically-related arterial streets in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Danforth ''Avenue'' is an east-west street that begins in Old Toronto at the Prince Edward ...
.
The station, which is the north-eastern terminus of the
504B King and
505 Dundas
The 505 Dundas is a Toronto streetcar route run by the Toronto Transit Commission in Ontario, Canada. The route is roughly U-shaped running mainly along Dundas Street between Dundas West and Broadview stations several blocks south of the Line ...
streetcar routes, has two streetcar platforms and five bus bays to allow riders to transfer between connecting routes. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.
History
Broadview station was opened in 1966 as part of the original segment of the Bloor–Danforth line, from
Keele station in the west to
Woodbine station
Woodbine is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is at the southeast corner of Woodbine Avenue and Strathmore Boulevard, just north of Danforth Avenue.
Description
The main entrance, collector, an ...
in the east. In that same year, the streetcar loop at Broadview station replaced the nearby Erindale Loop formerly located at the corner of Erindale and Broadview avenues.
In 2003, a renovation of the station began, adding an extra streetcar track, additional bus bays, new signage, and elevators/stairways to the platforms, satisfying fire safety requirements for a second exit. The elevators entered service in 2006,
and the stairs from the westbound subway to the bus/streetcar platform afterwards. The next stage of the renovation was to build a stairway from the bus/streetcar platform to the eastbound subway platform. This was completed and opened in 2008; however, it was closed shortly afterwards due to water ingress. It has since been re-opened.
In early 2020, the 504 King streetcar platform was extended to accommodate two
Flexity Outlook streetcars in order to relieve the queuing of streetcars waiting on the street to enter the station.
Nearby landmarks
The station, located at the east end of the
Prince Edward Viaduct, serves the local communities of
Playter Estates,
Greektown
Greektown is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Greeks or people of Greek ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood.
History
The oldest Greek dominated neighborhood outside of Greece were probably the Fener in Istanbu ...
and
Riverdale and nearby destinations such as
Danforth Music Hall
The Danforth Music Hall (originally Allen's Danforth Theatre) is a music venue and event theatre on Danforth Avenue in the neighbourhood of Riverdale in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is served by Broadview station on the TTC's Bloor–Danforth ...
and
Riverdale Park.
Parkette
The northwest corner of the station property, which was not required for transit purposes, was leased to the former City of Toronto's Parks Department, since the early 1970s, for use as a public park. During the upgrading of the station facilities in the 2000s, part of the parkette land was required to expand the streetcar platforms and the remainder was used as a staging area during the construction.
Subsequently, in 2010 the TTC declared this portion of the site surplus to its operating requirements and the
City of Toronto, Parks, Forestry and Recreation agreed to maintain the re-landscaped land for use as a parkette.
Surface connections
When the subway is closed, an on-street transfer is required at the parkette. TTC routes serving the station include:
References
External links
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Line 2 Bloor–Danforth stations
Toronto streetcar loops
Railway stations in Canada opened in 1966
Pocket parks
Toronto subway stations located underground