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{{Short description|Toronto subway station}}
{{For|the railway station in Dorset, England|Sherborne railway station}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Sherbourne
| symbol_location = toronto
| symbol = 2big
| style = Toronto Transit Commission
| image = Sherbourne Station Platform 2024.jpg
| caption =
| address = 633 Sherbourne Street, <br />[[Toronto]], Ontario
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{Coord|43|40|20|N|79|22|35|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|75||#FF2D16|white}} Sherbourne
| 2= {{color box|white|'''300''' <sup>[[File:Symbol ksiezyc.svg|8px]]</sup>|#034DA9|border=silver}} Bloor - Danforth
}}
| website = {{TTC station page}}
| structure = Underground
| platform = [[Side platform]]s
| depth =
| tracks = 2
| parking =
| bicycle =
| opened = February 26, 1966
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| accessible = Yes<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/service-advisories/construction-notices/Sherbourne-Station---Easier-Access-Project |title=Sherbourne Station – Easier Access Project |access-date=January 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103050341/https://www.ttc.ca/service-advisories/construction-notices/Sherbourne-Station---Easier-Access-Project |archive-date=November 3, 2021}}</ref>
| passengers = {{Formatnum:{{TTC ridership|Sherbourne}}}}
| pass_year = {{TTC ridership}}
| pass_rank = {{TTC rank|Sherbourne}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Toronto Transit Commission|line=2|left=Yonge|right=Castle Frank}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-metro |marker-color=#16A753 |zoom=15}}
}}
'''Sherbourne''' is a [[List of Toronto TTC stations|subway station]] on the [[Bloor–Danforth line]] in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada. The station, which opened in 1966, is located west of [[Sherbourne Street, Toronto|Sherbourne Street]] on the south side of [[Bloor Street East]]. The station primarily serves the [[St. James Town]] neighbourhood and the southern portion of [[Rosedale, Toronto|Rosedale]]. In December 2021, this station became an accessible subway station after undergoing renovations that began in August 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sherbourne Station - Easier Access|url=https://www.ttc.ca/about-the-ttc/projects-and-plans/Sherbourne-Station|access-date=December 28, 2021|archive-date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228234935/https://www.ttc.ca/about-the-ttc/projects-and-plans/Sherbourne-Station|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Entrances==
[[File:Sherbourne Station Main entrance 2024.jpg|Main entrance|thumb]]
The primary entrance is located on the [[Sherbourne Street, Toronto|Sherbourne Street]] side of the office building at 425 Bloor Street East. An unstaffed second entrance to the east end of the platforms is on Glen Road,<ref name=history /> a small side street which runs north off Howard Street from the densely populated [[St. James Town]]. A pedestrian tunnel under Bloor Street and a footbridge across Rosedale Valley Road provide access to this entrance from [[Rosedale, Toronto|Rosedale]] to the north.

==Former photo ID centre==
Sherbourne station previously housed the TTC Photo ID Centre.<ref name=photo>{{cite web |url=http://www.ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/Fare_information/Seniors_students_and_children/Getting_a_ttc_photo_identification.jsp |title=Sherbourne Station Photo ID Centre |work=ttc.ca |publisher=TTC |access-date=May 19, 2012 |archive-date=May 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505063123/http://ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/Fare_information/Seniors_students_and_children/Getting_a_ttc_photo_identification.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref> The TTC photographic team now visits most participating colleges and universities at the beginning of each academic year,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://transit.toronto.on.ca/archives/weblog/2011/08/22-ttc_post-s.shtml |title=TTC post-secondary Metropasses available for college and university students |author=Robert Mackenzie |date=August 22, 2011 |publisher=Transit Toronto |access-date=May 21, 2012 |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106193928/http://transit.toronto.on.ca/archives/weblog/2011/08/22-ttc_post-s.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> and the post-secondary student monthly pass is now available only available via the [[Presto card]].<ref>[http://www3.ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/Fare_information/Seniors_students_and_children/Post_Secondary_Students.jsp Post-secondary student monthly Metropass] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602111634/http://www3.ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/Fare_information/Seniors_students_and_children/Post_Secondary_Students.jsp |date=June 2, 2012 }}</ref> In August 2020, the Photo ID Centre at Sherbourne station was permanently closed and relocated to [[Bathurst station (Toronto)|Bathurst station]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/Fare_information/Seniors_students_and_children/Getting_a_ttc_photo_identification.jsp#:~:text=The%20Photo%20ID%20Office%20at%20Sherbourne%20Station%20has%20permanently%20closed.&text=In%20order%20to%20provide%20a,ID%20Office%20at%20a%20time. |title=Bathurst Station Photo ID Office |website=[[Toronto Transit Commission]] |access-date=August 2, 2020 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805161644/http://ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/Fare_information/Seniors_students_and_children/Getting_a_ttc_photo_identification.jsp#:~:text=The%20Photo%20ID%20Office%20at%20Sherbourne%20Station%20has%20permanently%20closed.&text=In%20order%20to%20provide%20a,ID%20Office%20at%20a%20time. |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Artwork==
[[File:Sherbourne station - art - The Whole is Greater.jpg|thumb|Artwork ''The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts'' by Rebecca Bayer]]
In 2019, the artwork titled ''The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts'' by Rebecca Bayer was installed as panels at various locations in the station at the platform and concourse levels. Using custom ceramic tiles, the panels consist of colourful mosaics arranged in geometric, triangular patterns. According to the TTC's Public Art page: "Sherbourne station is an important transit hub for the multicultural neighbourhoods it serves and this artwork intends to reaffirm the station as a shared place where the wider community interacts daily."<ref name="TTC-Public-Art">{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Projects/Public_art/index.jsp |title=TTC Public Art Program |publisher=[[Toronto Transit Commission]] |access-date=May 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126165416/https://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Projects/Public_art/index.jsp | archive-date=January 26, 2019 }}</ref>

==Subway infrastructure in the vicinity==
This is the only station that was located south of Bloor Street on the original 1966 line. Sherbourne is also uniquely deep underground, which required a {{convert|2250|ft|m|order=flip|adj=mid|-long}} section of the tunnel to be bored, rather than constructed using the shallow [[cut-and-cover]] method used for most of the line, west to [[Bloor–Yonge station]].<ref name=history>{{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 |access-date=May 1, 2012 |archive-date=May 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527190656/http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5104.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

East of the station, the line crosses back under Bloor Street to the north side. It emerges from the tunnel to cross the [[Rosedale Ravine]] on a curving covered concrete bridge,<ref name=history /> and then returns underground just before [[Castle Frank station]]. The adjacent bridge that carries Bloor Street across the ravine, although built with provision for a lower deck as part of the [[Prince Edward Viaduct]] project,<ref name=history /> is at such an angle to the subway alignment that it could not be conveniently used. A conventional bridge was planned for the subway line, with a view of the ravine, but local objections forced the Toronto Transit Commission to enclose it in a concrete shell for noise abatement.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.lostrivers.ca/points/PEViadct.htm | title=Prince Edward Viaduct | access-date=July 4, 2012 | archive-date=May 1, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501191451/http://www.lostrivers.ca/points/PEViadct.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>
<gallery>
Sherbourne TTC tunnel to Yonge.JPG|Bored tunnel towards Yonge station
Rosedale Valley TTC bridge.JPG|Covered bridge over Rosedale Valley Road
</gallery>

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

Transfers to buses occur at curbside stops outside this station. TTC routes serving the station include:
{| class="wikitable"
! Route
! Name
! Additional information
|-
!75
|Sherbourne
|Southbound to [[Queens Quay (Toronto)|Queens Quay]] via South Drive
|-
!300A
| rowspan="2" |Bloor–Danforth
|Eastbound to Warden, westbound to [[Pearson Airport]]
|-
!300B
|Eastbound to [[Kennedy station]]; westbound to West Mall
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{TTC lines and stations}}

[[Category:Line 2 Bloor–Danforth stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Canada opened in 1966]]
[[Category:Railway stations located underground in Canada]]

Sherbourne station - Revision history

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