Forest Hill station (Toronto)

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Forest Hill
TTC - Line 5.svg
Forest Hill Station Jan 2024.jpg
Primary entrance under construction in January 2024
General information
Location842 Eglinton Avenue West, [1]
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°42′04″N79°25′31″W / 43.70111°N 79.42528°W / 43.70111; -79.42528
Platforms Centre platform
Tracks2
Connections BSicon BUS1.svg TTC buses
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
ArchitectIBI Group Architects and
SNC-Lavalin [1]
Other information
StatusUnder construction
History
OpeningTBA [2]
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Toronto Transit Commission.svg Toronto Transit Commission Following station
Cedarvale
towards Mount Dennis
Line 5 Eglinton
(under construction)
 Chaplin
towards Kennedy
Secondary entrance under construction Forest Hill Secondary Entrance Jan 2024.jpg
Secondary entrance under construction

Forest Hill 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. [3] It will be located in the Forest Hill neighbourhood at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue. It was scheduled to open in 2024 but, as of January 2025, its opening has been postponed, with no new opening date provided. [4] [2]

Contents

The station will have two entrances. The main entrance will be at the northeast corner of Eglinton Avenue West and Bathurst Street and will be fully accessible. The secondary entrance will be on the north side of Eglinton about 50 m (160 ft) west of Bathurst Street, opposite Peveril Hill, and will include retail spaces at street level. On-street connections will be available for TTC buses. There will be 60 exterior spaces for bicycles. [3] The secondary entrance building will also house a traction power substation. [5]

Station naming

During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name "Bathurst", which is identical to the pre-existing Bathurst station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. 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, "Forest Hill" was chosen as the station's official name. [6]

Construction

A small plaza at the northeast corner of the Eglinton and Bathurst intersection, that used to house several businesses including a coffee shop and convenience store, was demolished to make way for the main station entrance. [7] At 874–876 Eglinton Avenue West, three storefronts were demolished to build the secondary entrance building. One of these businesses, the House of Chan, a Chinese-Canadian restaurant, was a local landmark that needed to relocate. [8]

After completion of construction of the station headwalls, restoration of the roadway on Bathurst Street began on August 16, 2015. [9]

On April 18, 2016, a scaffold erected across the face of the future secondary entrance collapsed, injuring seven people (three seriously). The collapsed structure was the façade of the former location of House of Chan, which was relocated eastwards along Eglinton Avenue to the west of Avenue Road. [10] [11]

Surface connections

As of November 2023, the following are the proposed connecting routes that would serve this station when Line 5 Eglinton opens: [12]

RouteNameAdditional information
7BathurstNorthbound to Steeles Avenue West and southbound to Bathurst station
33Forest HillSouthbound to St. Clair West station
34EglintonWestbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Kennedy station

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bathurst Crosstown Station". Urban Toronto. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Eglinton Crosstown will open no earlier than mid-2025, TTC chair says". CBC News. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Bathurst Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ Spurr, Ben (February 17, 2020). "Eglinton Crosstown faces another setback, delayed until 2022". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Appendix "A" – Expropriation of Property Interests for the Eglinton Scarborough Crosstown Transit Project" (PDF). toronto.ca. City of Toronto. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014. Main station entrance and vent shafts for Bathurst Station. Secondary entrance, vent shafts and traction power substation for Bathurst Station.
  6. ↑ "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. November 23, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2015. TTC staff evaluated the initial report and the proposed names and provided feedback and recommendations. A primary TTC concern was to avoid replication and redundancy with existing TTC station names. The proposed names are unique and are not likely to be confused with existing station names.
  7. ↑ Fannie Sunshine (November 29, 2011). "Bathurst station plans unveiled in Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown open house". Inside Toronto . Metroland News. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ Ross, Brendan (January 2012). "Local landmarks to be appropriated for Bathurst station". Post City Toronto. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014. A recent public consultation meeting on the design of the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown rapid transit line's Bathurst station revealed that three local landmarks are likely to be appropriated and demolished for its construction.
  9. ↑ MacKenzie, Robert (August 16, 2015). "Eglinton Crosstown LRT – Bathurst: Roadway restoration, August 16, 17". Transit Toronto . Retrieved August 16, 2015. Since they've almost finished this part of the project, they're restoring the roadway.
  10. ↑ Davidson, Terry (April 18, 2016). "Stroller protects baby in scaffolding collapse on Eglinton". Toronto Sun . Retrieved April 19, 2016. A baby stroller may have saved its tiny occupant from injury Monday when a wall collapsed at the street-side demolition site of what will be a Crosstown LRT station on Eglinton Ave. W.
  11. ↑ Paul Johnston (April 18, 2016). "Eglinton scaffolding collapse injures 7, including baby: paramedics". CP24 . Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  12. ↑ "2024 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. November 17, 2023. p. 106.
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