Islington Station is a rapid transit station and bus terminal operated by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1226 Islington Avenue at the northwest corner of Bloor Street West and Islington Avenue.
History
In order to provide subway service to the suburbs of Metropolitan Toronto, construction on a westward extension from Keele Street to Islington Street and an eastward extension from Woodbine Avenue to Warden Avenue began soon after the original Bloor-Danforth line opened on February 26, 1966. After the westward extension was completed, Islington Station opened in 1968 and provided new subway service to the City of Etobicoke. In addition, being the western subway terminus, Islington Station provided connections to Gray Coach buses as well as bus service to Pearson Airport.
As the westward and eastward extensions of the Bloor-Danforth line were being built at the same time, both Islington Station and Warden Station shared very similar architectural features for a terminus station. A notable similarity is the bus terminal building which has separated bus platform bays where each bay is accessed by a flight of stairs. Islington Station was the western terminus of the Bloor-Danforth line until 1980 when the subway was further extended west to Kipling Avenue.
Station description
The station architecture is comprised of three levels: street entrance level, an underground concourse and collector's booth level, and platform level.
The two main entrances for the station are located on the east and west sides of Islington Avenue, just north of Bloor Street West. A third entrance is situated in the parking lot directly north of the station. The collector's booth and concourse area is located one floor down. Inside the fare-paid area of the concourse, there are stairs that provide access to the weather-protected and separated bus platform bays for the TTC routes that serve the station. Prior to the opening of the new Kipling Bus Terminal, MiWay bus routes that operated to Islington Station used indoor platform bus bays 4-6 including platform 7 along the south side of the bus terminal building. This station is not accessible, however, there are escalators that connect between the street, concourse and subway platform levels. Only stairs connect between the concourse and the bus platform levels.
Connections to the 300 Bloor-Danforth and 337 Islington Blue Night buses can be made at the bus stops at the intersection of Bloor Street West and Islington Avenue. All other routes stop inside the bus terminal.
Routes
TTC
MiWay
Schedule
Islington Station
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Bloor-Danforth
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Monday to Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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First Train eastbound
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5:43am
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5:50am
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8:03am
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Last Train eastbound
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1:33am
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1:33am
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1:33am
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First Train westbound
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6:02am
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6:02am
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8:32am
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Last Train westbound
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2:14am
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2:14am
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2:14am
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Gallery
Terminal map
July 2019-January 2021.
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Miscellaneous
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Vehicles
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Buses - Community Buses - Wheel-Trans - Streetcars - Subway - Rail Workcars - Support Vehicles
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Current Divisions
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Arrow Rd - Birchmount - Davisville - Eglinton - Greenwood - Hillcrest - Lakeshore - Leslie Barns - Malvern - McNicoll - Mount Dennis - Queensway - Roncesvalles - Russell - Wilson
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Former Divisions
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McCowan - Danforth - (Old) Eglinton - Lansdowne - St. Clair (Wychwood) - Vincent (Keele)
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Current Projects
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RapidTO - Easier Access
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Former Projects
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Network 2011 - OneCity - Transit City (Bus Plan - Light Rail Plan)
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Bus Stops
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1-999, 1000-1999, 2000-2999, 3000-3999, 4000-4999, 5000-5999, 6000-6999, 7000-7999, 8000-8999, 9000-9999, 10000-10999, 11000-11999, 12000-12999, 13000-13999, 14000-14999, 15000-15999, 16000-16999
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Current Routes
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Rapid Transit
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1 (Yonge-University) - 2 (Bloor-Danforth) - 3 (Ontario Line) - 4 (Sheppard) - 5 (Eglinton Crosstown) - 6 (Finch West)
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Bus
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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 115 116 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 160 161 162 165 167 168 169 171 176 184 189
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Downtown Express
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141 142 143 144 145
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Seasonal
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200 201 202
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Blue Night
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300 301 302 304 306 307 310 312 315 320 322 324 325 329 332 334 335 336 337 339 341 343 352 353 354 363 365 384 385 395 396
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Community Bus
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400 402 403 404 405
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Streetcar
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501 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512
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Express Network
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900 902 903 905 924 925 927 929 935 937 938 939 941 943 944 945 952 953 954 960 968 984 985 986 989 995 996
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Former Routes
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Rapid Transit
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3 (Scarborough)
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Bus
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1 2 3 4 5 6 13 13 13 14 19 24 27 28 30 38 40 42 58 59 93 102 106 107 107 108 117 117 118 121 121 121 123 124 134 136 137 139 139 140 144 163 163 164 166 171 172 172 175 197 224 268 406 408
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Rocket
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185 186 188 190 191 192 193 194 194 195 196 198 199
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Seasonal
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174 203
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Blue Night
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302 303 305 307 308 309 310 311 313 315 316 317 319 321 383
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Community
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401 406 407 409 425
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Streetcar
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502 513 514 521 522
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Express
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913
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Current Stations
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Yonge-University
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Vaughan Metropolitan Centre - Highway 407 - Pioneer Village - York University - Finch West - Downsview Park - Sheppard West - Wilson - Yorkdale - Lawrence West - Glencairn - Eglinton West - St. Clair West - Dupont - Spadina - St. George - Museum - Queen's Park - St. Patrick - Osgoode - St. Andrew - Union - King - Queen - Dundas - College - Wellesley - Bloor-Yonge - Rosedale - Summerhill - St. Clair - Davisville - Eglinton - Lawrence - York Mills - Sheppard-Yonge - North York Centre - Finch
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Bloor-Danforth
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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
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Sheppard
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Sheppard-Yonge - Bayview - Bessarion - Leslie - Don Mills
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Bus
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Scarborough Centre
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Former Stations
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Rapid Transit
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Lower Bay - Lawrence East - Ellesmere - Midland - McCowan
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Greater Golden Horseshoe Agencies
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