Summary
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]
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 Station construction as of January 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2400 Eglinton Avenue West,[1] Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°41′32″N 79°27′56″W / 43.69222°N 79.46556°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  TTC buses | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Arup Canada, DTAH, and NORR Architects[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | ||||||||||||||||||||
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In April 2014, the station's headwalls were tunnelled through.[3][4][5] The station is scheduled to open in 2024.[6]
Description edit
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 edit
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 edit
As of November 2023[update], the following are the proposed connecting routes that would serve this station when Line 5 Eglinton opens:[14]
| Route | Name | Additional information |
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| 18 | Caledonia | Northbound to Yorkdale station |
| 34 | Eglinton | Westbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Kennedy station |
| 47 | Lansdowne | Southbound to Queen Street |
References edit
- ^ a b "Caledonia Crosstown Station : Urban Toronto". Urban Toronto. Archived from the original on August 5, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Caledonia Station : Crosstown". Eglinton Crosstown. October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- ^ Moore, Oliver (April 29, 2014). "Underground for now, construction proceeds on Eglinton LRT". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
Headwalls that will form the box of the stations have been installed at Keele Street and Caledonia Road, and work is under way on one at Dufferin Street. The TBMs go right through headwalls after they have been built, in order to ensure a tight seal, and the two at work in this area are now on either side of what will eventually be the Caledonia LRT station.
- ^ Gupta, Rahul (May 9, 2014). "Eglinton LRT: Construction activity well underway on both sides of Allen Road". Inside Toronto. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
Digging 50 feet below street level, the 81-metre long TBMs nicknamed Dennis and Lea are currently located in the vicinity of Caledonia Road, one of 12 underground Crosstown stations planned for the route. They are expected to reach the Allen later this year, when they will be redeployed beyond Eglinton West subway station to continue the dig east towards Yonge Street.
- ^ Alamenciak, Tim (April 30, 2014). "Eglinton Crosstown LRT back on schedule, engineer says". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on August 3, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
"It's a seemingly simple process that's actually very high tech," said Kramer. The first of the two tunneling machines (dubbed Dennis) entered the ground June of 2013 and has made it to Caledonia Rd. from its starting point at Black Creek Dr. The other machine, Lea, is just behind.
- ^ Ranger, Michael (May 16, 2023). "Eglinton Crosstown won't open until 2024, construction group to take legal action: Metrolinx". CityNews. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ "Caledonia Station shows unique open design on Crosstown LRT route". Metrolinx. November 16, 2021. Archived from the original on November 16, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ^ "Artists and Artworks". Metrolinx. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ^ Kurek, Dominic (May 5, 2015). "Metrolinx to add GO station at Eglinton Avenue West on Barrie line". Inside Toronto. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015.
Metrolinx, the provincial agency in charge of regional transportation plans in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areas, has announced it will be adding a GO Transit station on the Barrie GO line at Eglinton Avenue West and Caledonia Road.
- ^ a b "Metrolinx moving forward with plans for Caledonia GO Station" (Press release). Canada News Wire. April 24, 2015. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
- ^ "For a Greater Region – Caledonia Station". www.metrolinx.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ "GO Expansion progresses along the Barrie Line". metrolinx.com. September 27, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ^ "5 facts about the future Caledonia GO Station". York Guardian. June 14, 2015. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015.
The expected completion date for the station is 2020, to open at the same time as the new Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Metrolinx, a provincial agency in charge of both projects, is currently conducting an environmental assessment for the GO station, which is expected to be complete in early 2016.
- ^ "2024 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. November 17, 2023. p. 106.