Fairbank is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station under construction on

Line 5 Eglinton Line 5 Eglinton (also known as the Eglinton Crosstown or the Crosstown) is a light rail line that is under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Metrolinx and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the line will be part ...

, a new line that is part of the

Toronto subway The Toronto subway is a rapid transit system serving Toronto and the neighbouring city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It is a multimodal transport, multimodal rail network consisting of three Pa ...

system. It will be located in the Fairbank neighbourhood at the intersection of

Dufferin Street Dufferin Street is a major north–south street in Toronto, Vaughan and King, Ontario, Canada. It is a concession road, two concessions (4 km) west of Yonge Street. The street starts at Exhibition Place, continues north to Toronto's northe ...

and Eglinton Avenue West. Destinations include the Fairbank neighbourhood and

Fairbank Memorial Park Fairbank Memorial Park is a park located in the neighbourhood of Fairbank in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Description The park's official address is 2213 Dufferin Street. It is bordered on the west by Dufferin Street, on the north by Keywest Ave ...

. , construction work related to the station was in progress, having been scheduled to begin in 2014. The station is scheduled to open in 2023. During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name "Dufferin", which is identical to the pre-existing

Dufferin station Dufferin is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at Dufferin Street just north of Bloor Street West. It opened in 1966 as part of the original segment of the subway line. Wi- ...

Line 2 Bloor–Danforth Line 2 Bloor–Danforth is a subway line in the Toronto subway system, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It has 31 stations and is in length. It opened on February 26, 1966, and extensions at both ends were completed in 1968 a ...

. On November 23, 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system (including Line 5 Eglinton). Thus, the LRT station was renamed "Fairbank" after the Fairbank neighbourhood rather than the intersecting Dufferin Street. The main entrance will replace the Esso gas station on the east side of St. Hilda's Park, at the southeast corner of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue. A secondary entrance will be on the northwest corner, where a right-turn slip road will be removed to provide the necessary space. A third structure, for mechanical and venting purposes, will replace a storefront near the southwest corner. Fairbank station will include a decorative exterior plaza having grass, a misting feature, 14 shade trees, 15 benches and 10 bicycle parking spaces. It will be suitable for community events. Slide 22 for plaza, slide 15 for construction progress.

Surface connections

, the following are the proposed connecting routes that would serve this station when Line 5 Eglinton opens:

References

External links

Dufferin Station project page
at the Eglinton Crosstown website. * {{TTCstations Line 5 Eglinton stations Toronto Transit Commission stations located underground