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{{Infobox station
| name = Ellesmere
| symbol_location = toronto
| symbol = 3big
| style = Toronto Transit Commission
| image = Ellesmere station, Scarborough RT.jpg
| caption = Ellesmere station platform in 2018
| address = 1025 [[List of east–west roads in Toronto#Ellesmere Road|Ellesmere Road]]<br />[[Toronto]], Ontario
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|43|46|01|N|79|16|35|W|region:CA-ON_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
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| 1= {{RouteBox|95||#FF2D16|white}} York Mills
| 2= {{color box|white|'''395''' <sup>[[File:Symbol ksiezyc.svg|8px]]</sup>|#034DA9|border=silver}} York Mills
| 3= {{RouteBox|995||#00AA4F|white}} York Mills Express
| 4= {{RouteBox|996||#00AA4F|white}} Wilson Express
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| website = {{TTC station page}}
| structure = At grade
| platform = [[Side platform]]s
| depth =
| tracks = 2
| parking = 68 spaces
| bicycle =
| opened = {{Start date and age|1985|03|22}}
| closed = {{End date and age|2023|07|24}} <ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=Lex |date=August 24, 2023 |title='It still holds a special place in people's hearts': Shuttering of Scarborough RT means the end of a transit system that changed the city |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/it-still-holds-a-special-place-in-people-s-hearts-shuttering-of-scarborough-rt-means/article_1a402fc5-26b7-56d5-b564-128240e747c0.html |access-date=March 19, 2025 |website=Toronto Star}}</ref>
| rebuilt =
| accessible = No
| passengers = 1,068
| pass_year = 2022
| pass_rank = {{TTC rank|Ellesmere}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Toronto Transit Commission|line=SRT|left=Lawrence East|right=Midland}}
| mapframe = yes
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'''Ellesmere''' was a rapid transit station on [[Line 3 Scarborough]] of the [[Toronto subway]] in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada. It was located at [[List of east–west roads in Toronto#Ellesmere Road|Ellesmere Road]], between [[List of north-south roads in Toronto#Kennedy Road|Kennedy Road]] and [[List of north-south roads in Toronto#Midland Avenue|Midland Avenue]].<ref name="TTC-station-page">{{cite web|title=Ellesmere Station|url=https://www.ttc.ca/subway-stations/ellesmere-station|website=Toronto Transit Commission|access-date=January 8, 2023|archive-date=January 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109032206/https://www.ttc.ca/subway-stations/ellesmere-station|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ellesmere was the least-used station on the entire TTC network. On average, only 1,850 passengers boarded trains here each day from 2006 to 2007 and only 1,678 from 2007 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/pdf/subway_ridership06_07.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229031517/http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/pdf/subway_ridership06_07.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 29, 2008 |title = Toronto Transit Commission - TTC}}</ref> Part of the reason for this is that there were no bus bays or bus stops at the station; passengers would have to walk to the nearest bus stop on Ellesmere Road.<ref>{{cite web|title=Toronto Transit Commission Report - Scarborough RT Strategic Plan|url=http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commission_reports_and_information/Commission_meetings/2006/Aug_30_2006/Other/Scarborough_Rt_Strat.pdf|website=Toronto Transit Commission|accessdate=August 23, 2014|archive-date=August 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120731/http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commission_reports_and_information/Commission_meetings/2006/Aug_30_2006/Other/Scarborough_Rt_Strat.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
Ellesmere station opened in 1985, along with the rest of Line 3.

In February 2021, the TTC recommended the closure of Line 3 in 2023 and its replacement by bus service until the completion of the [[Scarborough Subway Extension|Scarborough extension]] of [[Line 2 Bloor–Danforth]].<ref name="TheStar-2021-02-04">{{cite news|last1=Spurr|first1=Ben|last2=Pagliaro|first2=Jennifer|date=February 4, 2021|title=TTC recommends seven years of shuttle buses on Scarborough RT ahead of 2030 subway opening|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2021/02/04/ttc-recommends-seven-years-of-shuttle-buses-on-scarborough-rt-ahead-of-2030-subway-opening.html|access-date=February 4, 2021|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204175517/https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2021/02/04/ttc-recommends-seven-years-of-shuttle-buses-on-scarborough-rt-ahead-of-2030-subway-opening.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The station was permanently closed earlier than expected following a derailment on July 24, 2023.

==Station description==
The station building was located underneath the elevated section of Ellesmere Road, in the Kennedy Road and Midland Avenue corridor. The station was fairly small and is similar in appearance to [[Lawrence East station]]. It was built on two levels, with the ground level being the Line 3 platforms and the single entrance and collector underneath it.

The entrance was accessed from either side of the station through two sets of stairs, from either Kennedy Road or Midland Avenue via Service Road. Since entering the station requires the use of stairs, this station was not accessible whatsoever.

The station also had a commuter parking lot for 68 vehicles located just to the east of the station, also underneath the elevated section of Ellesmere Road.<ref name="TTC-station-page" />

At the time of its closure, 6 TTC bus routes (4 daytime routes and 2 [[Blue Night Network|Blue Night]] routes) passed near the station including routes running along Kennedy Road.<ref name="TTC-station-page" />

==Rapid transit infrastructure in the vicinity==
North of this station, the line turned 90° east, dipping briefly into a tunnel to cross underneath the nearby GO train tracks, then rising to an elevated structure for the remainder of its route towards [[Midland station (Toronto)|Midland station]]. South of the station, the line continued to travel at ground level alongside the GO train tracks for the remainder of the route towards Lawrence East station.

==Planned busway stop==
The TTC plans to replace the Line 3 right-of-way with a busway between Kennedy and Ellesmere stations. According to a 2022 TTC report, the adjacent station's facilities would be retained along with a pedestrian underpass for the local community to use. Buses would serve customers at new stops multiple sides of the former station.<ref name="TTC-2022-04-14">{{cite web |url=https://ttc-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/Project/TTC/DevProto/Documents/Home/Public-Meetings/Board/2022/April-14/Reports/8_Line_3_Bus_Replacement_Study_Final_Recommendatons.pdf |title=Line 3 Bus Replacement Study Final Recommendations |publisher=[[Toronto Transit Commission]] |date=April 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407181901/https://ttc-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/Project/TTC/DevProto/Documents/Home/Public-Meetings/Board/2022/April-14/Reports/8_Line_3_Bus_Replacement_Study_Final_Recommendatons.pdf | archive-date=April 7, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|23}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{TTC station page}}

{{TTC lines and stations}}

[[Category:Line 3 Scarborough stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Canada opened in 1985]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Canada closed in 2023]]
[[Category:1985 establishments in Ontario]]
[[Category:2023 disestablishments in Ontario]]

Ellesmere station - Revision history

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