Caledonia station

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Caledonia
TTC - Line 5.svg
Caledonia Station 2024.jpg
Station construction as of January 2024
General information
Location2400 Eglinton Avenue West, [1]
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°41′32″N79°27′56″W / 43.69222°N 79.46556°W / 43.69222; -79.46556
Platforms Centre platform
Tracks2
Connections BSicon BUS1.svg TTC buses
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
ArchitectArup Canada, DTAH,
and NORR Architects [1]
Other information
StatusUnder construction
History
Opening
  • Line 5: 2024(0 years ago) (2024)
  • GO Barrie: 2026
Future services
Preceding station Logo of the Toronto Transit Commission.svg Toronto Transit Commission Following station
Keelesdale
towards Mount Dennis
Line 5 Eglinton
(opens 2024)
Fairbank
towards Kennedy
Preceding station GO Transit logo.svg GO Transit Following station
Downsview Park Barrie Union Station
Terminus

Caledonia is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system. It will be located along Eglinton Avenue between the GO Transit Barrie rail corridor and the entrance to the Westside Mall. This is about 200 metres (660 ft) west of Caledonia Road opposite Blackthorn Avenue. [2]

Contents

In April 2014, the station's headwalls were tunnelled through. [3] [4] [5] The station is scheduled to open in 2024. [6]

Description

The main entrance will face Eglinton Avenue West and have a small station plaza. The station will include a bus loop with two bus bays, outdoor parking for 60 bicycles and retail spaces within the main entrance at ground level. [2]

The underground station platform will be located on the north side of the Eglinton Avenue directly under the main entrance. The station design provides an opportunity to bring sunlight from this entrance down to the platform level [2] via an open shaft from the upper concourse. [7]

As part of a program to install artworks at major interchange stations along Line 5 Eglinton, Caledonia station will feature the artwork Ride of Your Life by Janice Kerbel, consisting of a series of large-scale mosaic wall works which will be visible from the Line 5 platform level. The artwork shows mosaic images of signage with multiple typefaces and sizes. [8]

Caledonia GO Station

In May 2015, Metrolinx announced plans to add Caledonia as a future stop on the GO Transit Barrie line. [9] [10] The environmental assessment for the GO station was expected to be complete in early 2016. Construction of the GO portion of the station is expected to take two years. [11] As of 2022, construction was expected to begin in mid-2023 and conclude sometime after the opening of Line 5 Eglinton. [12]

The LRT station will be integrated with the planned GO station. There will be a pedestrian bridge connecting the GO station to the LRT station's main entrance. The GO station will have a second entrance at its north end where both the York Beltline Trail and Bowie Avenue end. In future, through the Regional Rail Express project, a second track is planned for the GO line to enable all-day, two-way GO train service. [13] [10]

Surface connections

As of November 2023, the following are the proposed connecting routes that would serve this station when Line 5 Eglinton opens: [14]

RouteNameAdditional information
18CaledoniaNorthbound to Yorkdale station
34EglintonWestbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Kennedy station
47LansdowneSouthbound to Queen Street

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References

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