Sherbourne is a subway station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station, which opened in 1966, is located west of Sherbourne Street on the south side of Bloor Street East. The station primarily serves the St. James Town neighbourhood and the southern portion of Rosedale. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.[3] In December 2021, this station became an accessible subway station after undergoing renovations that began in August 2019.[4]
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| Location | 633 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°40′20″N 79°22′35″W / 43.67222°N 79.37639°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[1] | ||||||||||
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| Website | Official station page | ||||||||||
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| Opened | February 26, 1966 | ||||||||||
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| 2023–2024[2] | 24,689 | ||||||||||
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Photo ID Centre
editSherbourne station previously housed the TTC Photo ID Centre.[5] The TTC photographic team now visits most participating colleges and universities at the beginning of each academic year,[6] and the post-secondary student monthly pass is now available only available via the Presto card and can be purchased from Presto fare vending machines located inside the station.[7] In August 2020, the Photo ID Centre at Sherbourne station was permanently closed and relocated to Bathurst station.[8]
Entrances
editThe primary entrance is located on the Sherbourne Street side of the office building at 425 Bloor Street East. An unmanned second entrance to the east end of the platforms is on Glen Road,[9] a small side street which runs north off Howard Street from the densely populated St. James Town. A pedestrian tunnel under Bloor Street and a footbridge across Rosedale Valley Road provide access to this entrance from Rosedale to the north.
Artwork
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In 2019, the artwork titled The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts by Rebecca Bayer was installed as panels at various locations in the station at the platform and concourse levels. Using custom ceramic tiles, the panels consist of colourful mosaics arranged in geometric, triangular patterns. According to the TTC's Public Art page: "Sherbourne station is an important transit hub for the multicultural neighbourhoods it serves and this artwork intends to reaffirm the station as a shared place where the wider community interacts daily."[10]
Subway infrastructure in the vicinity
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This is the only station that was located south of Bloor Street on the original 1966 line. Sherbourne is also uniquely deep underground, which required a 690-metre-long (2,250 ft) section of the tunnel to be bored, rather than constructed using the shallow cut-and-cover method used for most of the line, west to Bloor–Yonge station.[9]
East of the station, the line crosses back under Bloor Street to the north side. It emerges from the tunnel to cross the Rosedale Ravine on a curving covered concrete bridge,[9] and then returns underground just before Castle Frank station. The adjacent bridge that carries Bloor Street across the ravine, although built with provision for a lower deck as part of the Prince Edward Viaduct project,[9] is at such an angle to the subway alignment that it could not be conveniently used. A conventional bridge was planned for the subway line, with a view of the ravine, but local objections forced the Toronto Transit Commission to enclose it in a concrete shell for noise abatement.[11]
Surface connections
editTransfers to buses occur at curbside stops outside this station. TTC routes serving the station include:
| Route | Name | Additional information |
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| 75 | Sherbourne | Northbound to South Drive |
| 75A | Northbound to South Drive and Summerhill Avenue | |
| 75/A | Southbound to Queens Quay | |
| 300A | Bloor–Danforth | Eastbound to Warden, westbound to Pearson Airport |
| 300B | Eastbound to Kennedy station, westbound to West Mall |
References
edit- ^ "Sherbourne Station – Easier Access Project". Archived from the original on November 3, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
- ^ "Subway ridership, 2023-2024" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
This table shows the typical number of customer-boardings made on each subway line and the number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on a typical weekday in Sep 2023-Aug 2024.
- ^ "There's now free WiFi at over 40 TTC subway stations". blogTO. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "Sherbourne Station - Easier Access". Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ "Sherbourne Station Photo ID Centre". ttc.ca. TTC. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
- ^ Robert Mackenzie (August 22, 2011). "TTC post-secondary Metropasses available for college and university students". Transit Toronto. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
- ^ Post-secondary student monthly Metropass Archived June 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bathurst Station Photo ID Office". Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c d James Bow. "A History of Subways on Bloor and Queen Streets". Transit Toronto. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ "TTC Public Art Program". Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- ^ "Prince Edward Viaduct". Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
External links
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Media related to Sherbourne station at Wikimedia Commons- Official station page
