St. Andrew (TTC)

St. Andrew

Location

173 King Street West,
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Coordinates

43°38′52″N 79°23′05″W / 43.64778°N 79.38472°WCoordinates: 43°38′52″N 79°23′05″W / 43.64778°N 79.38472°W

Platforms

centre platform

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

underground

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

28 February 1963

Traffic

Passengers (2013^[1])

52,670

Services

Preceding station		TTC		Following station
Osgoode toward Downsview		Yonge–University		Union toward Finch

St. Andrew is a subway station on the Yonge–University line in Toronto, Canada. It is located under University Avenue where it is intersected by King Street West. The station, which opened in 1963, is named for the nearby St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Wi-fi service is available at this station.^[2]

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

South of the station the line curves 90 degrees east to run under Front Street to Union station.

Nearby landmarks

The Entertainment District including Roy Thomson Hall, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Princess of Wales Theatre and Bell Lightbox; the home of the Toronto International Film Festival.

The Financial District and the Toronto Stock Exchange; with access east of the station via the PATH pedestrian tunnel system to Sun Life Centre, Exchange Tower, First Canadian Place, Standard Life Centre, and Toronto-Dominion Centre.^[3]

Destinations west of the station, also available via PATH, include Metro Hall, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, RBC Centre, Ritz-Carlton Toronto and Simcoe Place,^[3] and continuing further to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on the south side of Front Street.

Surface connections

A transfer is required to connect between the subway and these surface TTC streetcar routes:

304 Blue Night King eastbound to Broadview subway station and westbound to Dundas West subway station
504 King eastbound to Broadview subway station and westbound to Dundas West subway station

Greyhound buses stop nearby on University Avenue at Wellington Street.^[4]

Station improvements

Accessible station entrance at the southeast corner of King and University

Starting in 2008, several minor changes have been implemented. A trial installation of LED lights at the south end of the platform is being used to study their effectiveness in the system, and the final decision whether to keep them will be made in September 2009. Further, LED lighting has been approved and installation will begin February 2011.

Removal of the metal slat wall cover treatment has begun. As of June 2009, a new wall treatment had started to be installed. The new treatment appears to be enamel painted sheet metal that is white in colour with dark green trim and lettering. On March 25, 2010, the panels were replaced with new versions that showed less buckling; however, the buckling issue has not been totally resolved and a new stronger version is being developed.^[5]

The station has been converted to full wheelchair accessibility by using two elevators: a new one inside the station from the mezzanine level to the subway platform, and the other an upgrade of an elevator in a nearby office complex at 145 King St West to provide access from street level to the mezzanine. The project started in 2010 and the elevators went into service in June 2012.^[6]

References

↑ "Subway ridership, 2013" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved September 12, 2015. 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.
↑ "Wi-fi Now Available At". TCONNECT. Retrieved January 2015. Each of the 65 underground stations will have wireless and Wi-Fi service by 2017
1 2 Official PATH map (PDF)
↑ Greyhound Canada Locations: Toronto U & Wellington, ON
↑ Spacing.ca 26 June 2009
↑ "Update: Elevators in Service". St Andrew Station - Elevator Construction. TTC. June 20, 2012. Retrieved June 2012.

External links

Media related to St. Andrew Station at Wikimedia Commons

St. Andrew Station at the Toronto Transit Commission

Stations of the Toronto Transit Commission

Yonge–University	Finch North York Centre Sheppard–Yonge York Mills Lawrence Eglinton Davisville St. Clair Summerhill Rosedale Bloor–Yonge Wellesley College Dundas Queen King Union St. Andrew Osgoode St. Patrick Queen's Park Museum St. George Spadina Dupont St. Clair West Eglinton West Glencairn Lawrence West Yorkdale Wilson Downsview (Sheppard West) Downsview Park Finch West York University Pioneer Village Highway 407 Vaughan Metropolitan Centre

Bloor–Danforth	Kipling Islington Royal York Old Mill Jane Runnymede High Park Keele Dundas West Lansdowne Dufferin Ossington Christie Bathurst Spadina St. George Bay Bloor–Yonge Sherbourne Castle Frank Broadview Chester Pape Donlands Greenwood Coxwell Woodbine Main Street Victoria Park Warden Kennedy

Scarborough	Kennedy Lawrence East Ellesmere Midland Scarborough Centre McCowan

Sheppard	Sheppard–Yonge Bayview Bessarion Leslie Don Mills

Eglinton (under construction)	Mount Dennis Keelesdale Caledonia Fairbank Oakwood Cedarvale (Eglinton West) Forest Hill Chaplin Avenue Eglinton Mount Pleasant Leaside Laird Sunnybrook Park Science Centre Aga Khan Park & Museum Wynford Sloane O'Connor Pharmacy Hakimi Lebovic Golden Mile Birchmount Ionview Kennedy

Streetcar system	Bingham Loop Dufferin Loop Exhibition Loop Fleet Loop Gunns Loop High Park Loop Humber Loop Long Branch Loop McCaul Loop Neville Park Loop Queens Quay station

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