Lansdowne station (Toronto)

Lansdowne is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The main station entrance is located just north of Bloor Street on Lansdowne Avenue, with a secondary unstaffed entrance on Emerson Avenue. Opened in 1966, the station lies approximately 561 metres (1,842 feet) from its nearest station to the west, Dundas West.[2] The station is in the Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction neighbourhood on the edge of the Bloordale Village strip. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.[3]

For other places with the same name, see Lansdowne station (disambiguation).

Lansdowne
General information
Location691 Lansdowne Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°39′33″N 79°26′34″W
PlatformsSide platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  •  47  Lansdowne
  •  300   Bloor – Danforth
  •  402  Parkdale Community Bus
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
Other information
WebsiteOfficial station page
History
Opened26 February 1966 (1966-02-26)
Rebuilt2019–2022
Passengers
2019[1]18,192
Rank50 of 75
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station
Dundas West
towards Kipling
 Bloor–Danforth Dufferin
towards Kennedy
Location

Construction started in June 2019 to install three elevators to make Lansdowne station accessible. One elevator was planned to connect the street level to the station concourse. Two other elevators were planned to connect the concourse to the east- and westbound platforms. In December 2022, the project was completed as planned and the station became accessible. As part of the project, the station received public art.[4]

Under a GO Transit proposal for Regional Express Rail, a new station on their Barrie line (tentatively called Bloor–Lansdowne) would be built 200 metres (660 ft) west of this station and offer connections between the services.[5]

Surface connections
Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes
Bus stop outside the entrance on the east side of Lansdowne Avenue

Transfers to buses occur at curbside stops on Lansdowne Avenue at this station.

TTC routes serving the station include:

Route Name Additional information
47A/B/C Lansdowne Southbound to Queen Street West
47A Northbound to St. Clair Avenue
47B Northbound to Yorkdale station via Caledonia Road and Bridgeland Avenue
47C Northbound to Yorkdale Station via Caledonia Road and Orfus Road
(Rush hour service)
402 Parkdale Community bus

References
  1. "Subway ridership, 2019" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2023. This table shows the typical number of customer-trips made on each subway on an average weekday and the typical number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on an average weekday.
  2. "Transit Toronto – Content: A History of Subways on Bloor and Queen Streets". Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2007.
  3. "There's now free WiFi at over 40 TTC subway stations". blogTO. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  4. "Easier Access – Lansdowne Station". Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  5. Spurr, Ben (21 June 2016). "Locations of four new Toronto GO stations announced". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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