Lawrence West station

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{{short description|Toronto subway station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Lawrence West
| symbol_location = toronto
| symbol = 1big
| type =
| style = Toronto Transit Commission
| image = Lawrence West Platform 02.jpg
| caption =
| address = 655 Lawrence Avenue West [[Toronto]], Ontario
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|43|42|55|N|79|26|38|W|region:CA-ON_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| other = {{Collapsible list
|framestyle=border:none; padding:0; 
|title={{rail-interchange|toronto|bus}} [[List of TTC bus routes|TTC buses]]
| 1= {{RouteBox|52||#FF2D16|white}} Lawrence West
| 2= {{RouteBox|59||#FF2D16|white}} Maple Leaf
| 3= {{RouteBox|109||#FF2D16|white}} Ranee
| 4= {{color box|white|'''352''' [[File:Symbol ksiezyc.svg|8px]]|#034DA9|border=silver}} Lawrence West
| 5= {{color box|white|'''400'''|#9B9CA0|border=silver}} Lawrence Manor Community Bus
| 6= {{RouteBox|952||#00AA4F|white}} Lawrence West Express
}}
| website = {{TTC station page}}
| structure = At-grade in [[highway median]]
| platform = [[Centre platform]]
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 2
| parking = None
| bicycle =
| opened = {{start date and age|1978|01|28|df=y}}
| architect = Dunlop Farrow Aitken <ref>{{cite web |url=http://archindont.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ArchindontWeb/buildingType.do?type=Subway+Stations&typeID=112 |title=Architectural Index for Ontario |access-date=18 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024031316/http://archindont.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ArchindontWeb/buildingType.do?type=Subway+Stations&typeID=112 |archive-date=24 October 2013 }}</ref>
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| accessible = yes
| owned =
| passengers = {{formatnum:{{TTC ridership|Lawrence West}}}}
| pass_year = {{TTC ridership}}
| pass_rank = {{TTC rank|Lawrence West}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Toronto Transit Commission|line=1|left=Yorkdale|right=Glencairn}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-metro |marker-color=#FFCB0C |zoom=15}}
}}
'''Lawrence West''' is a subway station on [[Line 1 Yonge–University]] in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada. It is located in the median of [[William R. Allen Road]] at [[Lawrence Avenue|Lawrence Avenue West]]. The station serves the local communities of [[Lawrence Heights]], [[Lawrence Manor]] and [[Glen Park, Toronto|Glen Park]], and nearby destinations such as the Columbus Centre, Lawrence Heights Community Recreation Centre and [[Lawrence Allen Centre]]. The station has a [[Gateway Newstands]] in the north end concourse area at street level.

==History==
[[File:Green Plant in Lawrence West Station.jpg|thumb|A green plant growing in the border area of Lawrence West station in 2008]]
The station opened in 1978, as part of the subway line extension from {{stl|TTC|St. George}} to [[Wilson station (Toronto)|Wilson station]].

In 2008, the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' reported this station, along with Lansdowne, Kennedy, and Warden to be a "known problem area" in terms of crime in the subway system.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/326389 |title=4 held in subway swarmings |website=[[Toronto Star]] |access-date=2 September 2017 |archive-date=16 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016215825/http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/326389 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2014, an elevator, automatic sliding doors and an accessible fare gate were installed in the main part of the station on the south side of Lawrence Avenue, to make the station [[wheelchair accessible]].<ref name=TTC_update>{{cite web |url=http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Projects/Station_Improvements/Lawrence_West_Station/index.jsp |title=Lawrence West Station: Elevator Construction Update |work=website |publisher=TTC |access-date=1 October 2014 |archive-date=18 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018185230/http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Projects/Station_Improvements/Lawrence_West_Station/index.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, repairs were made to the sawtooth bus platforms and the roadway was repaved for low floor buses.<ref name=TTC_April_2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.ttc.ca/PDF/Transit_expansion_PDFs/Lawrence_West_Upgrade_Brochure_sm.pdf |title=Lawrence West Station: Easier Access Program |author=Lito Romano, Community Liaison |date=April 2013 |publisher=TTC |access-date=1 December 2014 |archive-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022181457/http://www.ttc.ca/PDF/Transit_expansion_PDFs/Lawrence_West_Upgrade_Brochure_sm.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The northside entrance remains inaccessible due to space restrictions and generally used as drop off point by car.

On 6 January 2019, this station discontinued sales of legacy TTC fare media (tokens and tickets), previously available at a fare collector booth. Presto vending machines were available to sell [[Presto card]]s and to load funds or a monthly Metropass onto them.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/PRESTO/New_Customer_Service_Agents_at_TTC_stations.jsp |title=New Customer Service Agents at Yorkdale and Lawrence West stations |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |work=ttc.ca |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190103190306/https://www.ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/PRESTO/New_Customer_Service_Agents_at_TTC_stations.jsp |archive-date=3 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/News/2019/January/03_01_19NR_CollectorBooths.jsp |title=Collector booths to close in favour of Customer Service Agents at TTC's Yorkdale and Lawrence West stations |work=ttc.ca |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190103191140/https://www.ttc.ca/News/2019/January/03_01_19NR_CollectorBooths.jsp |archive-date=3 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 5 April 2019, Lawrence West and {{stl|TTC|Yorkdale}} stations became the first two locations to sell single-use Presto tickets, which are sold from the stations' Presto fare vending machines.<ref name="TTC-2019-05-06">{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/News/2019/May/06_05_19NR_PRESTO-Tickets.jsp |title=TTC extends sales of Presto Tickets to 10 stations |publisher=[[Toronto Transit Commission]] |date=6 May 2019 |access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507035016/https://www.ttc.ca/News/2019/May/06_05_19NR_PRESTO-Tickets.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Architecture and art==
[[File:Lawrence West Station link to buses 2021.jpg|thumb|Main station skylight structure and bus platforms]]
[[File:Lawrence West Station Exterior 2021.jpg|thumb|Main station structure and bus platforms, on the south side of Lawrence Avenue West, depicting ''Spacing... Aerial Highways'']]
Dunlop Farrow Aitken was the firm responsible for the station's architecture.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tobuilt.ca/php/tobuildings_more.php?search_fd0=6518 |title=TOBuilt: Detailed Structure Information |access-date=1 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706205916/http://www.tobuilt.ca/php/tobuildings_more.php?search_fd0=6518 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The structure is composed of an enclosed train platform area in the median of Allen Road, which is bridged by a bus loop and waiting area on the south side of the Lawrence Avenue bridge. Staffed entrances on both sides of the street connect to a transfer area which links the train platform and the bus area.<ref>{{citation
| year = 1976
| title = Design for Transit
| journal = Canadian Architect
| volume = 21
| pages = 34
}}</ref>

Upon entrance from the Lawrence Avenue bridge over Allen Road, the bus waiting area and the train platform are apparent. This openness is achieved through glazed walls and a large stairwell.<ref>"Design for Transit", p. 34</ref> The glass is framed with distinctive orange-painted metal. The platform level features exposed concrete walls, with a long strip of skylights above the tracks with the same orange framing used throughout the station. Rectangular prism benches with rectangular tiles of yellow, orange, and brown hues are unique to the station. Similar tiles are used on the floors and centre pillars.

''Spacing... Aerial Highways'', a large 300 foot ceramic tile mural designed by [[Claude Breeze]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/breeze-claude;isaar |title=Breeze, Claude |publisher=Saskatchewan Archival Information Network |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201625/http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/breeze-claude;isaar |url-status=live }}</ref> spreads across the north face of the main station building above the bus platform.

== Surface connections ==
{{Main|List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes}}

When the subway is closed, buses use stops outside of the terminal along Lawrence Avenue West. TTC routes serving the station include:
{| class="wikitable"
! Route
! Name
! Additional information
|-
!52A/B/D/F
| rowspan="6" |Lawrence West
|Eastbound to [[Lawrence station (Toronto)|Lawrence station]] {{small|(Eastbound buses stop on Lawrence Avenue West outside the station.)}}
|-
!52A
|Westbound to [[Pearson Airport]] via Dixon Road
|-
!52B
|Westbound to Westwood Mall Bus Terminal via Dixon Road
|-
!52D
|Westbound to McNaughton via Dixon Road
|-
!52F
|Westbound to Royal York Road
|-
!52G
|Westbound to Martin Grove Road via The Westway {{small|(This station is the eastern terminus for this route.)}}
|-
!59A
|rowspan="2"| Maple Leaf
|Westbound to [[Weston Road]] via Gary Drive
|-
!59B
|Westbound to Weston Road via Church Street
|-
!109B/C
|rowspan="3"| Ranee
|Southbound to [[Eglinton West station]] via Marlee Avenue
|-
!109B
|Northbound to Neptune Drive via Flemington Road
|-
!109C
|Northbound to Neptune Drive via Varna Drive
|-
!400
|Lawrence Manor
|Community Bus
|-
!952
|Lawrence West Express
|Eastbound to Eglinton station and westbound to Pearson Airport {{small|(Rush hour service; eastbound buses stop on Lawrence Avenue West outside the station.)}}
|-
!352
|Lawrence West
|[[Blue Night Network|Blue Night service]]; eastbound to [[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre|Sunnybrook Hospital]] and westbound to Pearson Airport. {{small|(Overnight service stops on Lawrence Avenue West and does not enter the station.)}}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{TTC station page}}

{{TTC lines and stations}}

[[Category:Line 1 Yonge–University stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Canada opened in 1978]]
[[Category:Railway stations in highway medians]]

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