Hakimi Lebovic LRT station

Hakimi Lebovic
Location	Eglinton Ave East at Hakimi Ave and Lebovic Ave, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°43′37″N 79°17′30″W / 43.72694°N 79.29167°WCoordinates: 43°43′37″N 79°17′30″W / 43.72694°N 79.29167°W
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	None
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Under construction
History
Opening	2021[1]
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Pharmacy toward Mount Dennis Eglinton Opens 2021 Golden Mile toward Kennedy

Hakimi Lebovic^[1] will be a stop on the Toronto Transit Commission's Eglinton Crosstown line. It will be located in the Golden Mile neighbourhood at the intersection of Eglinton Avenue and Lebovic Avenue.^[2] It is one of three stations on the line which do not connect to any buses, and is scheduled to open in 2021.

In a report to the TTC Board on 23 November 2015 it was recommended that stations on Line 5 Eglinton LRT should be given unique names.^[1] The TTC, at that meeting, requested that Metrolinx change the name of the station from Lebovic to Hakimi, after the road that runs north off the same intersection.^[3] On January 15, 2016, the board of director in Metrolinx decided to use Hakimi Lebovic as the final name of the station. ^[4]

References

1. "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. 23 November 2015. Retrieved November 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.
2. "Lebovic Stop". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved July 2015.
3. "Eglinton West station to become ‘Cedarvale’ because of Crosstown LRT". November 24, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015. But the board also voted to ask Metrolinx, which is building the provincially owned Crosstown, to reconsider its choice of Lebovic Ave. as a stop name. The street runs south of Eglinton at one Scarborough stop. The TTC thinks Hakimi Ave., the road that runs north off the same intersection, would be a better choice. It leads to Centennial College and Ashtonbee Park — two prominent destinations in that neighbourhood.
4. Kalinowski, Tess (15 January 2016). "Eglinton Crosstown station name sparks contentious Metrolinx debate". Toronto Star. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

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