Old Mill station
{{short description|Toronto subway station}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Old Mill
| symbol_location = toronto
| symbol = 2big
| style = Toronto Transit Commission
| image = Old Mill Platform.jpg
| caption =
| address = 2672 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|43|38|59|N|79|29|40|W|region:CA-ON_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
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| website = {{TTC station page}}
| structure = Underground/elevated
| platform = Side platforms
| depth =
| tracks = 2
| parking =
| bicycle =
| opened = {{Start date and age|1968|05|10}}
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| rebuilt =
| accessible =No
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| pass_year = {{TTC ridership}}
| pass_rank = {{TTC rank|Old Mill}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Toronto Transit Commission|line=2|left=Royal York|right=Jane}}
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Old Mill is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 2672 Bloor Street West at Old Mill Terrace and Humber Boulevard in the Kingsway residential neighbourhood. Nearby destinations include the Old Mill Inn and Park Lawn Cemetery.
History
The station opened in 1968 in what was then the Borough of Etobicoke.
In 2000, the station was damaged by a fire on a waste collection train, just after the subway had closed for the night. This was most likely caused by a lit cigarette disposed of in a garbage can at another station. After this incident, the TTC switched to leaving waste outside stations for collection by truck.{{Cite web |url=http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5008.shtml |title=Transit Toronto, Subway Fire and Shuttle Buses |access-date=October 7, 2009 |archive-date=May 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516023232/http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5008.shtml |url-status=live }}
Station access upgrades
In 2024, two elevators will be added at the station from ground level to the two side platforms,{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/about-the-ttc/projects-and-plans/Old-Mill-Station-Easier-Access |title=Easier Access Program{{snd}}Old Mill Station |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |accessdate=January 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122214354/https://www.ttc.ca/about-the-ttc/projects-and-plans/Old-Mill-Station-Easier-Access | archive-date=January 22, 2025 |url-status=live }} along with the addition of other improvements such as tactile attention tiles, improved signage and CCTV cameras along the accessible pathway. Construction was expected to start in the second quarter of 2025,{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/about-the-ttc/projects-and-plans/Old-Mill-Station-Easier-Access |title=Easier Access Program{{snd}}Old Mill Station |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |accessdate=January 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122214354/https://www.ttc.ca/about-the-ttc/projects-and-plans/Old-Mill-Station-Easier-Access | archive-date=January 22, 2025 |url-status=live }} and is budgeted for completion in 2028.{{cite web |url=https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ttc/bgrd/backgroundfile-252232.pdf |title=Making Old Mill Station Accessible Action Report |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |date=January 27, 2025 |page=2 }} Old Mill will be the last Toronto subway station to be made accessible.{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/news/2025/January/TTC-Board-approves-contract-for-elevators-at-Old-Mill-Station |title=TTC Board approves contract for elevators at Old Mill Station |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |date=January 29, 2025 |accessdate=January 29, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131014030/https://www.ttc.ca/news/2025/January/TTC-Board-approves-contract-for-elevators-at-Old-Mill-Station | archive-date=January 31, 2025 |url-status=live }}
Subway infrastructure
The station is built on the west side of the Humber River valley. The west end of the station lies underground with the tunnel continuing toward Royal York. The east end of the platform is elevated on a viaduct that takes the line across the river to re-enter the tunnel on the other side of the valley toward Jane Station.
Glass walls at the train platform's east end provide a view of the riverside park. Bird of prey shaped cutouts have been applied to these large windows to reduce the number of avian fatalities.
From when the station opened in 1968 until 1973, buses and the subway trains serving the station were in separate fare zones and the station's bus loop was located outside the street entrance. Although the bus platforms have still not been integrated into the station's fare-paid area, since only the one bus route is affected, this has a relatively minor impact on the flow of passengers through the turnstiles.
File:Old Mills Station Platfrom 2022.jpg|At the west end of the station, the line goes underground in a tunnel toward Royal York station.
File:Morning at Old Mill.jpg|To the east, the tracks are elevated across the Humber River valley and into the tunnel portal toward Jane station.
Surface connections
File:Old Mills Station Concourse 2022.jpg
{{Main|List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes}}
The station's bus platform is not within the fare-paid area.
TTC routes serving the station include:
| class="wikitable"
! Route ! Name ! Additional information |
| 66A
| rowspan="2" |Prince Edward |Southbound to Humber Loop |
|---|
| 66B
|Southbound to Lake Shore Boulevard |
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline}}
- {{TTC station page}}
{{TTC lines and stations}}
Category:Line 2 Bloor–Danforth stations