St. Clair station

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{{Infobox station
| name = St. Clair
| symbol_location = toronto
| symbol = 1big
| style = Toronto Transit Commission
| image = St. Clair Platform.jpg
| caption =
| address = 15 [[St. Clair Avenue|St. Clair Avenue East]]
| borough = [[Toronto]], Ontario
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|43|41|17|N|79|23|37|W|region:CA-ON_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
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| 1= {{RouteBox|74||#FF2D16|white}} Mt Pleasant
| 2= {{RouteBox|88||#FF2D16|white}} South Leaside
| 3= {{color box|white|'''97'''|#FF2D16|border=silver}} Yonge
| 4= {{color box|white|'''312''' [[File:Symbol ksiezyc.svg|8px]]|#034DA9|border=silver}} [[512 St. Clair#Night route|St Clair]]
| 5= {{color box|white|'''320''' [[File:Symbol ksiezyc.svg|8px]]|#034DA9|border=silver}} Yonge
| 6= {{RouteBox|512||#FF2D16|white}} [[512 St. Clair|St Clair]]
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| website = {{TTC station page}}
| structure = Underground
| platform = [[Side platform]]s
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| tracks = 2
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| opened = {{Start date and age|1954|03|30}}
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| accessible = yes
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'''St. Clair''' is a [[List of Toronto TTC stations|subway station]] on [[Line 1 Yonge–University]] in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada. The station opened in 1954 as part of the original Yonge Street subway.

==Description==
The station is located between [[St. Clair Avenue|St. Clair Avenue East]] and Pleasant Boulevard
behind the buildings on the east side of [[Yonge Street]]. The station has three vertical levels: Main entrance level (level with St. Clair Avenue), concourse level (level with Pleasant Boulevard) and subway platform level. There are elevators, escalators and stairways connecting the levels.<ref name="TTC-St-Clair" />

The station has four entrances, all of which accept [[Presto card|Presto]], credit or debit cards:<ref name="TTC-St-Clair" />
* Main entrance is at street level on its south side of St. Clair Avenue East. This is a staffed, wheelchair-accessible entrance. There is a [[McDonald's Canada|McDonald's restaurant]] within the station building beside the entrance door.
* The secondary entrance, also wheelchair accessible, is located at the concourse level which is also street level with Pleasant Boulevard. This used to be staffed entrance, until January 5, 2020, when it was converted to a full-time automated entrance.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1213188468924399617 |title=Starting January 5, 2020, the Pleasant Blvd entrance to St Clair Station will only be accessible by @PRESTOcard or PRESTO Ticket. If you are paying with cash, #TTC ticket, token or pass, please use the main entrance on St Clair Ave. East Learn more: http://bit.ly/38Q3v4E pic.twitter.com/Bpy7cPT7vA |author=TTC Customer Service |date=2020-01-03 |user=TTChelps |access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref>
* A third entrance is from the concourse level of St. Clair Centre at 2 St. Clair Avenue East, at the northeast corner with Yonge Street. Stairs at the entrance lead down to the subway platforms.
* A fourth entrance, open during peak hours, is accessed from 1 St. Clair Avenue East ([[Scotiabank]]), a building at the southeast corner of the intersection with Yonge Street. Stairs lead to the station concourse level.

The St. Clair streetcar loop runs counter-clockwise behind buildings on the south side St. Clair Avenue East. There are two streetcar platforms within the fare-paid zone: an arrival platform roughly perpendicular to St. Clair Avenue, and a departure platform parallel to the avenue. Both platforms are on the main entrance level.<ref name="GoogleMaps" />

A bus terminal is located on the south side of the station parallel to and accessed from Pleasant Boulevard. It is on the concourse level within the fare-paid zone next to the station's secondary entrance. A multi-storey building stands over the bus roadway and platform.<ref name="GoogleMaps" />
[[File:St Clair TTC 1.jpg|thumb|left|Entrance on south side of St. Clair Avenue, just east of Yonge Street]]
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==History==
On March 30, 1954, the station opened along with the original Yonge subway ([[Eglinton station|Eglinton]] to [[Union station]]).

Originally, in 1954, the station's streetcar loop handled streetcars coming from Mount Pleasant Road as well as St. Clair Avenue West. Three routes with four destinations used to pass through the loop all sharing the same track. The streetcar services at the loop were:<ref name="TT-cars73" /><ref name="TT-4110" />
* St. Clair route, both westbound to [[Keele Street]] and eastbound to Mount Pleasant Road and [[Eglinton Avenue]]
* Earlscourt route, westbound to Lansdowne Avenue
* Rogers route (rush hour service), westbound to Rogers Road and Bicknell Avenue

In 1974, the Rogers streetcar route was converted to bus, ending direct rush-hour service between Rogers Road and St. Clair station. This abandonment was due to a streetcar shortage.<ref name="TT-4110" />

On March 30, 1975, the St. Clair route east of St. Clair station became the separate Mt. Pleasant streetcar route. This ended the one-seat ride from Mount Pleasant Road to St. Clair Avenue West thus forcing a change of vehicle at St. Clair station.<ref name="TT-4110" />

On July 25, 1976, the Mt. Pleasant streetcar line was converted to diesel bus, ending streetcar service east of St. Clair station. The Metro Roads Department, responding to complaints from motorists about streetcars on Mount Pleasant Road slowing traffic, forced the line's abandonment.<ref name="TT-4114" /><ref name="TT-Bus-74" />

On November 29, 1977, trolley buses replaced diesel buses on route 74 Mt. Pleasant and followed the former streetcar route; thus, the Mount Pleasant trolley buses used the streetcar loop and platforms at St. Clair station rather than the bus terminal. The trolley buses operated out of the Eglinton Garage, the site being used today as the [[Eglinton station]] bus terminal.<ref name="TT-Bus-74" />

In 1978, the Earlscourt and St. Clair streetcar routes were merged as the 512 route. With the introduction of the [[CLRV]], streetcar destination signs showed a route number instead of a route name. With this change, St. Clair station served only one streetcar route, although some 512 streetcars continued to be signed as terminating at Lansdowne Avenue during the rush hours.<ref name="TT-4110" />

On December 28, 1991, the trolley buses on route 74 Mt. Pleasant were replaced by diesel buses, which again used the station's bus terminal.<ref name="TT-Bus-74" />

Since 2007, the station has been fully accessible with the addition of elevators, escalators and stairway connecting all levels.<ref name="TTC-2006-01" />

==Subway infrastructure in the vicinity==
North of the station, the tunnel jogs west to cross to the west side of Yonge Street. At the ''Muir Portal'' the line runs in an open cut for 1.3 kilometres, between Yonge Street and the Davisville Yard, the TTC's original subway yard.

South of the station, the train continues to travel in a tunnel. Originally, the area south of the station was open-cut until Summerhill Avenue, immediately before Summerhill station; the line continued in open cut as far as Pleasant Boulevard, just before the next station to the north, St. Clair. Various sections of this open cut were roofed over as the years passed, and since the early 1980s it has been entirely under cover, except when one block was opened out and re-covered, to allow new construction above it. Passengers who look out into the tunnel on this section can still see the sloping sides of the original cut, the stumps of lamp posts and trees, and the undersides of four road bridges.

==Nearby landmarks==
Nearby landmarks include the [[David A. Balfour Park]] ([[Yellow Creek (Toronto)#Vale of Avoca|Vale of Avoca section]] of Rosedale ravine), St. Michael's Cemetery, [[Deer Park, Toronto|Deer Park]], [[Moore Park, Toronto|Moore Park]], [[Upper Canada College]], and [[Forest Hill, Toronto|Forest Hill]].

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

TTC routes serving the station include:
{| class="wikitable"
! Route
! Name
! Additional information
|-
!74
|Mount Pleasant
|Northbound to [[Eglinton station]]
|-
!88A
| rowspan="2" |South Leaside
|Eastbound to Thorncliffe Park Drive via Overlea Boulevard
|-
!88B
|Eastbound to Thorncliffe Park Drive via Wicksteed Avenue
|-
!97A
| rowspan="3" |Yonge
|Northbound to [[Steeles Avenue]]
|-
!97B
|Northbound to Steeles Avenue via Yonge Boulevard
|-
!97C
|Northbound to [[Eglinton station]] and southbound to [[Union station (TTC)|Union station]] {{small|(Rush hour service; on-street stop outside station)}}
|-
!312
|St. Clair
|[[Blue Night Network|Blue Night service]] streetcar; westbound to [[Gunns Loop]] (west of Keele Street)<ref name="TTC-2024-06-23">{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/riding-the-ttc/Updates/Important-changes-coming-to-508-Lake-Shore-512-312-St-Clair-and-510-310-Spadina-streetcar-service |title=Service changes on 508 Lakeshore, 512/312 St Clair and 510/310 Spadina routes |publisher=[[Toronto Transit Commission]] |date=2024-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613215748/https://www.ttc.ca/riding-the-ttc/Updates/Important-changes-coming-to-508-Lake-Shore-512-312-St-Clair-and-510-310-Spadina-streetcar-service | archive-date=2024-06-13}}</ref>

|-
!320
|Yonge
|Blue Night service; northbound to [[Steeles Avenue]] and southbound to Queens Quay {{small|(On-street stop outside station)}}
|-
![[512 St. Clair|512]]
|St. Clair
|Streetcar; westbound to Gunns Loop (west of Keele Street)
|}

==References==
{{Reflist
|refs=

<ref name="TTC-St-Clair">{{cite web |url=http://www.ttc.ca/Subway/Stations/St_Clair/station.jsp#StationDescription_ |title=St Clair Station – Station Description |publisher=[[Toronto Transit Commission]] |accessdate=December 2, 2017 |archive-date=December 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206130749/http://ttc.ca/Subway/Stations/St_Clair/station.jsp#StationDescription_ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="GoogleMaps">{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Clair/@43.6880459,-79.3932707,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x882b335ab1433ff3:0x3021c8bc0e947cf5!8m2!3d43.6876173!4d-79.3930588 |title=St Clair Station – Northbound Platform, Toronto, ON, Canada |publisher=[[Google Maps]] |accessdate=December 2, 2017 }}</ref>

<ref name="TT-cars73">{{cite web |url=https://transit.toronto.on.ca/archives/maps/cars73.gif |title=Streetcar Track Map 1973 |publisher=Transit Toronto |first=James |last=Bow |date=July 5, 1973 |accessdate=December 3, 2017 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174818/http://www.transit.toronto.on.ca/archives/maps/cars73.gif |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="TT-4110">{{cite web |url=https://transit.toronto.on.ca/streetcar/4110.shtml |title=Route 512 – The St Clair Streetcar |publisher=Transit Toronto |first=James |last=Bow |date=September 5, 2017 |accessdate=December 2, 2017 |archive-date=December 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206140325/https://transit.toronto.on.ca/streetcar/4110.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="TT-4114">{{cite web |url=https://transit.toronto.on.ca/streetcar/4114.shtml |title=The Mount Pleasant Streetcar (Deceased) |publisher=Transit Toronto |first=James |last=Bow |date=April 21, 2013 |accessdate=December 3, 2017 |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021061701/https://transit.toronto.on.ca/streetcar/4114.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The bus route operated as route 74 Mt. Pleasant and accessed the bus terminal at St. Clair station via Avoca Road and Pleasant Boulevard.

<ref name="TT-Bus-74">{{cite web |url=https://transit.toronto.on.ca/bus/routes/74-mount-pleasa.shtml |title=74 Mount Pleasant |publisher=Transit Toronto |first=James |last=Bow |date=September 6, 2016 |accessdate=December 3, 2017 |archive-date=December 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206140248/https://transit.toronto.on.ca/bus/routes/74-mount-pleasa.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="TTC-2006-01">{{cite web |url=https://ttc.ca/PDF/Transit_Planning/accessible_transit_service_plan_2006.pdf |title=Accessible Transit Services Plan − 2006 Status Report |publisher=[[Toronto Transit Commission]] |date=January 2006 |accessdate=December 3, 2017 |quote=Installation of accessibility features, including elevators, is now underway at three stations, with the completion of work at Osgoode and York Mills Stations planned for early 2007, and St. Clair Station planned for June 2007. |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227005402/http://www.ttc.ca/PDF/Transit_Planning/accessible_transit_service_plan_2006.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

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

{{TTC lines and stations}}

[[Category:Line 1 Yonge–University stations]]
[[Category:Toronto streetcar loops]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Canada opened in 1954]]
[[Category:Railway stations located underground in Canada]]

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