Runnymede station
{{Short description|Toronto subway station}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Runnymede
| symbol_location = toronto
| symbol = 2big
| style = Toronto Transit Commission
| image = Runnymede station.jpg
| caption =
| address = 265 Runnymede Road
Toronto, Ontario
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|43|39|06|N|79|28|34|W|region:CA-ON_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
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| 1= {{RouteBox|71||#FF2D16|white}} Runnymede
| 2= {{RouteBox|77||#FF2D16|white}} Swansea
| 3= {{RouteBox|79||#FF2D16|white}} Scarlett Rd
| 4= {{color box|white|300 8px|#034DA9|border=silver}} Bloor - Danforth
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| website = {{TTC station page}}
| structure = Underground
| platform = Side platforms
| depth =
| tracks = 2
| parking =
| bicycle =
| opened = {{Start date and age|1968|05|10}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| accessible = Yes
| passengers = {{formatnum:{{TTC ridership|Runnymede}}}}
| pass_year = {{TTC ridership}}
| pass_rank = {{TTC rank|Runnymede}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Toronto Transit Commission|line=2|left=Jane|right=High Park}}
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Runnymede is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located just north of Bloor Street West, spanning the block east of Runnymede Road to Kennedy Avenue, with bus platforms at the surface level and entrances at both ends.
History
The station opened in 1968 as part of the westerly extension of the subway line from Keele to Islington station.{{cite web |url=http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5104.shtml |title=A History of Subways on Bloor and Queen Streets |author=James Bow |publisher=Transit Toronto |quote=the subway was extended to Islington in 1968 |access-date=January 1, 2014 |archive-date=May 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527190656/http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5104.shtml |url-status=live }}
Extensive rehabilitation of the concrete station structure was undertaken in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://transit.toronto.on.ca/archives/weblog/2010/09/11-ttc_closin.shtml |title=TTC closing Runnymede Station bus terminal for repairs starting September 12 |author=Robert Mackenzie |date=September 11, 2010 |publisher=Transit Toronto |quote=On Monday, September 13, the TTC is starting to work on a project to restore the concrete and upgrade the waterproofing on the bus roadway at Runnymede Station. |access-date=February 1, 2015 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212024441/http://transit.toronto.on.ca/archives/weblog/2010/09/11-ttc_closin.shtml |url-status=live }} This work involved replacing the concrete slab and columns of the bus platform, and the bus driveway structural paving.{{cite web |url=http://www.constructioncanada.net/rehabilitating-runnymede-subway-station-maintaining-service-with-accelerated-construction/ |title=Rehabilitating Runnymede Subway Station: Maintaining service with accelerated construction |first1=Sameh |last1=Salib |first2=Jonathan |last2=Werner |date=April 25, 2013 |publisher=Construction Canada |access-date=February 1, 2015 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212035158/http://www.constructioncanada.net/rehabilitating-runnymede-subway-station-maintaining-service-with-accelerated-construction/ |url-status=live }}
Installation of three elevators to make the station fully accessible commenced in late November 2018. The construction took two years to complete.{{cite web|url=http://www.ttc.ca/Service_Advisories/Construction/Runnymede_EA.jsp|title=Runnymede Station - Easier Access Project|publisher=TTC|access-date=October 13, 2019|archive-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009044233/http://www.ttc.ca/Service_Advisories/Construction/Runnymede_EA.jsp|url-status=live}}
Description
File:Runnymede station - Anonymous Somebody.jpg
The station has two entrances, one on Runnymede Road and the other at Kennedy Avenue. The station is barrier free from the street to the bus platforms. The bus platforms are not in a fare-paid area. The station has three levels: street, concourse and platform.{{cite web |url=http://www.ttc.ca/Subway/Stations/Runnymede/station.jsp#StationDescription_ |title=Station Overview |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309160344/http://ttc.ca/Subway/Stations/Runnymede/station.jsp#StationDescription_ |url-status=live }}
Runnymede station features public art by artist Elicser Elliott titled Anonymous Somebody. The artwork consists of images of people that one may see in Bloor West Village, the neighbourhood where the station is located.{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/about-the-ttc/TTC-Public-Art-Program |title=TTC Public Art Program |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103055244/https://www.ttc.ca/about-the-ttc/TTC-Public-Art-Program/ |archive-date=November 3, 2021 |url-status=live }}
Subway infrastructure in the vicinity
The line is tunneled westward toward Jane station. About halfway east towards High Park station, just after at Kennedy Park Road, the line comes to the surface at the Clendenan Portal and crosses over Clendenan Avenue.
Nearby landmarks
Nearby landmarks include the former Runnymede Theatre in Bloor West Village, the Runnymede branch of the Toronto Public Library,{{cite web |url=http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Nr=p_cat_branch_name:Runnymede |title=Runnymede |publisher=Toronto Public Library |quote=TTC subway station Runnymede, walk 2 blocks east. |access-date=February 1, 2015 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212025523/http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Nr=p_cat_branch_name:Runnymede |url-status=live }} Runnymede Junior & Senior Public School, Western Technical-Commercial School, and Runnymede United Church.
Surface connections
{{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"
! Bay ! Route ! Name ! Additional information |
| 1
!colspan="3" | Spare |
| 2
!71 |Runnymede |Northbound to Industry Street |
| rowspan="2"|3
!79A | rowspan="2"|Scarlett Road |Northbound to Lawrence Avenue West and Jane Street via Pritchard Avenue/Foxwell Street |
| 79B
|Northbound to Lawrence Avenue West and Jane Street via St. Clair Avenue West |
|---|
| 4
!77 |Swansea |Southbound to the Queensway |
References
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External links
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- {{TTC station page}}
{{TTC lines and stations}}
Category:Line 2 Bloor–Danforth stations