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reorganized diagram (combined lines 1 and 2, +mezzanine)

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{{short description|Toronto subway station}}
{{about|the subway station|the proposed commuter rail station|Spadina–Front GO Station}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Spadina
| symbol_location = toronto
| symbol = 1big
| symbol2 = 2big
| style = Toronto Transit Commission
| image = {{multiple image
| total_width = 250px
| perrow = 1/2
| border = infobox
| image1 = Spadina Yonge Platform 01.jpg
| caption1 = Spadina Line 1 platform
| image2 = Spadina TTC Line 2 Platform 2022.jpg
| caption2 = Spadina Line 2 platform
}}

| caption =
| address = 6 Spadina Road [[Toronto]], Ontario
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|43|40|07|N|79|24|17|W|region:CA-ON_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| line = 
| other = {{Collapsible list
|framestyle=border:none; padding:0; 
|title={{rail-interchange|toronto|streetcar}} {{rail-interchange|toronto|bus}} [[List of TTC bus routes|TTC buses and Streetcars]]
| 1= {{RouteBox|127||#FF2D16|white}} Davenport
| 2= {{RouteBox|510||#FF2D16|white}} [[510 Spadina|Spadina]]
| 3= {{color box|white|'''300''' [[File:Symbol ksiezyc.svg|8px]]|#034DA9|border=silver}} Bloor–Danforth
| 4= {{color box|white|'''310''' [[File:Symbol ksiezyc.svg|8px]]|#034DA9|border=silver}} [[510 Spadina|Spadina]]
}}
| website = {{TTC station page}}
| structure = Underground
| platform = [[Side platform]]s (Line 1 and Line 2)
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 4 (2 per line)
| parking =
| bicycle =
| opened = {{plainlist|
* Line 2: {{Start date and age|1966|2|26}}
* Line 1: {{Start date and age|1978|1|28}}
* Streetcar: {{Start date and age|1997|07|27}}
}}
| architect = Adamson Associates (Line 1)
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| owned = [[Toronto Transit Commission]]
| passengers = {{plainlist|
* {{formatnum:{{TTC ridership|Spadina-1}}}} (Line 1)
* {{formatnum:{{TTC ridership|Spadina-2}}}} (Line 2)
* {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{TTC ridership|Spadina-1}}+{{TTC ridership|Spadina-2}}}}}} (total)
}}
| pass_year = {{TTC ridership}}
| pass_rank = {{TTC rank|Spadina}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Toronto Transit Commission|line=1|left=Dupont|right=St. George
|line2=2|left2=Bathurst|right2=St. George
|line3=510|right3=Sussex Avenue}}
| accessible = {{plainlist|
* No (Line 1)
* Yes (Line 2)
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-metro |marker-color=#000 |zoom=15}}
| route_map = {{Routemap
|legend=track
|inline=y
|map-title={{ric|TTC|1}} {{ric|TTC|2}}
|map=
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\\\\\PLTl\utvSTR\PLTr
\\\\\PLTl\utvSTR\PLTr
\\\\\PLTl\utvSTR\PLTr
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\\\\\XPLT!~MFADEf\utvSTR\XPLT!~MFADEf
\\\\\\utvSTR\
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PLTa\PLTa\PLTa\XPLTel!~PLTa\XPLTq!~MFADEfq\\\
* ''to {{stl|TTC|Kipling}}'' {{arrow2|left|12px}} {{ric|TTC|2}} {{arrow2|right|12px}} ''to {{stl|TTC|Kennedy}}'' ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~fontsize=cmt
|map3-title={{ric|TTC|510}} and mezzanine
|map3=
XPLT!~MFADEg\XPLT!~MFADEg\\\ ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{ric|TTC|1}} platforms
XPLTel\XPLTTr\\\
XPLT\\
XPLTq!~MFADEgq\XPLTTr\\\ ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{ric|TTC|2}} platforms
XPLTq!~MFADEgq\XPLTTr\\\
XPLTel\PLTmmq!~PLTe\PLTmmq!~PLTe
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\uextSTRl!~utvSHI1+l-STR+l\utSTRq\utSTRq\utSTRr
\utvSTR\\\numN015
v-RP2!~MFADEg\utvSTRe\vRP2-!~MFADEg\\ ~~ [[Spadina Avenue|Spadina Ave.]]
v-RP2\uvSTR\vRP2-\\ ~~ ~~ ~~ {{ric|TTC|510}} ''to {{stl|TTC|Union}}''
}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
'''Spadina''' is a subway station on [[Line 1 Yonge–University]] and [[Line 2 Bloor–Danforth]] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on [[Spadina Road]], north of [[Bloor Street West]]. It is one of only three stations open overnight, along with [[Queens Quay station]] and [[Union station (TTC)|Union station]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://transittoronto.ca/streetcar/4108.shtml |title=Route 510 - The Spadina Streetcar - Transit Toronto - Content |website=transittoronto.ca |access-date=May 29, 2018 |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810001720/https://transittoronto.ca/streetcar/4108.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

The station consists of two separate sections, one for each line, at the same level and 150 metres apart. The north–south platforms, which opened in 1978, were originally planned as a separate station, but the TTC decided to join to the existing 1966 east–west station with a pedestrian tunnel containing a pair of long [[moving walkway]]s. The cost of the moving walkways themselves became an issue when they became due for refurbishment or replacement,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yuen |first=Jenny |date=October 28, 2004 |title=TTC kills walkway - NOW Magazine |url=https://nowtoronto.com/news/ttc-kills-walkway/ |access-date=May 8, 2023 |website=NOW Toronto |language=en-US |archive-date=May 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508181431/https://nowtoronto.com/news/ttc-kills-walkway/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and they were shut down and ultimately removed in 2004, leaving the corridor as a simple underground walkway. The former location of the moving walkways remains visible because the tiles used to cover their removal are noticeably different. Warnings to hold the handrails are still embossed on the walls where the ends of the moving walkways were once located.

An underground loop for the [[510 Spadina]] streetcar was added in 1997 near the east end of the east–west platforms. The streetcar platform adds [[Postmodern architecture|Postmodern]] finishes to the station's mix of styles. These range from the basic [[Modern architecture|Modernist]] tiles of the Bloor–Danforth line platform, to the more intricate round tiles and backlit signage of the Yonge–University line platform.

In 1997, this station became accessible only to the Bloor–Danforth platforms and exit.

==Architecture and art==

=== Spadina and Bloor ===
The largest above ground structure is the bus station; its main entrance, along with elevators and a fare collector booth, is located on the east side of Spadina Road just north of Bloor Street, which currently serves as the terminus of the ''127 Davenport'' bus route. Originally, it was built to serve as a looping facility for the former ''77 Spadina'' bus which operated until the underground streetcar loop was added and the buses were replaced by ''510 Spadina'' streetcars. This building, with its pseudo-mansard roof and brick arches and no obvious bold signage like most other station entrances, is located at the easterly end of the Bloor line platforms. There is a secondary entrance building directly opposite, on the west side of Spadina Road, which is only accessible to those with [[Presto card]]s.

At the street level, there are three large [[cedar wood]] carvings called ''K'san Village House Posts'' depicting an owl, a wolf and a hawk. They are the work of Fedelia O'Brien, Murphy Green and Chuck Heit respectively, who are from the [[Gitxsan Nation|Gitxsan First Nation]] in [[British Columbia]].<ref name=Gitksan>{{cite web |url=https://firststoryblog.wordpress.com/tag/gitksan/ |title=K'san Village House Posts in Spadina Station |author=Tag Archives: Gitksan |date=March 1, 2013 |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-date=February 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213164044/https://firststoryblog.wordpress.com/tag/gitksan/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<gallery widths="180" heights="150">
Spadina Station Walmer Road Entrance 2024.jpg|Spadina Station Walmer Road entrance
Spadina TTC Bus Terminal 2024.jpg|Spadina TTC Bus Terminal
Spadina TTC Line 2 Concourse 2022.jpg|Line 2 concourse
Spadina TTC Line 1 to Line 2 Access 2022.jpg|Pedestrian tunnel previously containing a pair of long moving walkways, which were removed in 2004
</gallery>

=== Walmer Road ===
There is an automatic entrance, accessible only to Presto card holders as of November 2017, on the east side of Walmer Road. It leads to the west end of the Bloor line platforms.

<gallery widths="180" heights="150">
Spadina Station Walmer Road Concourse 2024.jpg|Walmer Road concourse
</gallery>

=== Norman B. Gash House ===
The main entrance to the Yonge–University line part of the station is concealed inside a house at 85 Spadina Road, which was built in 1899 and listed as a heritage property by the City of Toronto in 1974.<ref name=listed>{{Cite web |url=http://secure.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=2432194&propertyRsn=194939 |title=Heritage Property Detail – 85 Spadina Rd. |access-date=February 26, 2024 }}</ref> The building was designed by architect Robert Ogilvie<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/114 |title=Ogilvie, Robert Mitchell |publisher=Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada |access-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref> for lawyer Norman Gash. The property had previously been needed for construction of the [[Spadina Expressway]], which was cancelled in 1971. Since it was still planned to build the subway on its original route along the course of the expressway, the site was subsequently acquired by [[Metropolitan Toronto]] in 1972, with the intention of replacing it with a new station building. Local protest forced the TTC to repurpose the old building, thereby retaining the residential character of the neighbourhood.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heritagetoronto.org/node/4800 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801222237/http://www.heritagetoronto.org/node/4800 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 1, 2012 |title=Norman B. Gash House (Spadina Station Entrance), 85 Spadina Road |website=heritagetoronto.org |publisher=Heritage Toronto |access-date=January 1, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://torontoplaques.com/Pages_MNO/Norman_B_Gash_House.html |title=Toronto's Historical Plaques: Norman B. Gash House |access-date=January 16, 2012 |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308204116/http://torontoplaques.com/Pages_MNO/Norman_B_Gash_House.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Opposite the house, on the west side of Spadina Road at Kendal Avenue, there is an uncovered stairwell entrance to the station mezzanine. There are northbound and southbound bus stops outside the entrances. This entrance only accepts Presto cards.
<gallery widths="180" heights="150">
Spadina Gash House 2024.jpg|The Norman B. Gash House at 85 Spadina Road
</gallery>
This building includes two large artworks: ''Morning Glory'' by [[Louis de Niverville]], a surreal enamel mural sited on the ground level by the stairwell; and ''Barren Ground Caribou'' by [[Joyce Wieland]], a huge quilt<ref name=Wieland>{{cite web |url=http://www.northernstars.ca/directorsmz/wieland_joyce.html |title=Visitors to Toronto can see an example of her work by entering the Spadina subway station at 85 Spadina Road. The huge quilt titled "Barren Ground Caribou" which she produced in 1978 hangs there. |work=Joyce Wieland |publisher=Northernstars |access-date=January 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911033335/http://www.northernstars.ca/directorsmz/wieland_joyce.html |archive-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref> featuring [[caribou]] in a [[tundra]] landscape, located near the unstaffed turnstile on the concourse level below.<ref name="Art on the TTC">{{cite web |url=http://transittoronto.ca/spare/0008.shtml |title=Art on the TTC |first=Eli |last=McIlveen |date=2002 |website=Transit Toronto |access-date=August 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313110445/http://transittoronto.ca/spare/0008.shtml |archive-date=March 13, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2025, ''Barren Ground Caribou'' was temporarily removed so it could be featured in a major retrospective of Wieland's work at the [[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]] and the [[Art Gallery of Ontario]]. It was scheduled to be reinstalled in 2026.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caribou on the move! |url=https://readfoyer.com/article/caribou-move |website=Foyer |access-date=March 30, 2025 |language=en |date=March 19, 2025}}</ref>
{{multiple image
| align = left
| width = 180
| image1 = Morning Glory at Spadina Station 2024.jpg
| caption1 = ''Morning Glory'', Gash House entrance
| image2 = Barren Ground Caribou at Spadina Station 2024.jpg
| caption2 = ''Barren Ground Caribou'', Gash House entrance
| image3 = K'san Village House Posts sculpture in Spadina Station 2024.jpg
| caption3 = K'san Village House Posts, Spadina/Bloor entrance
}}
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==Subway infrastructure in the vicinity==
This section of the Bloor line was constructed by cut and cover on a strip of land behind the properties fronting on the north side of Bloor Street. The tracks run east from here to the lower level of [[St. George station]]. Between the stations connecting tracks from the Bloor line rise on each side to the upper level of St. George station, like [[exit ramp]]s on a highway, providing a link with the University line.

The section of the Yonge–University line at and between Dupont and Spadina stations was constructed under Spadina Road. South of the station the tunnel turns off-street and curves eastward through 90 degrees to run briefly parallel to Bloor Street before entering the upper level of St. George station.

==Station improvements==
In 2022, the Toronto Transit Commission proposed constructing elevators for the side platforms of Spadina station on Line 1; they will connect to the street level concourse. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spadina Station (Line 1) – Easier Access |url=https://www.ttc.ca/service-advisories/construction-notices/Spadina-Station-Line-1--Easier-Access |access-date=July 25, 2023 |website=TTC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ttc.ca/about-the-ttc/projects-and-plans/Spadina|title=Spadina Station|website=www.ttc.cahttps}}</ref>

==Nearby landmarks==
The station is located in [[The Annex]] neighbourhood at the northwest corner of the [[University of Toronto]] main campus. Destinations and nearby points of interest include the Spadina Road Branch of the [[Toronto Public Library]], [[Native Canadian Centre of Toronto]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncct.on.ca/contact.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801231853/http://www.ncct.on.ca/contact.php|url-status=dead|title=Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, Contact Information|archivedate=August 1, 2012}}</ref> Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.milesnadaljcc.ca/contact-us |title=Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre: How to reach us |access-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320040002/http://www.milesnadaljcc.ca/contact-us |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bloor Street United Church]], and [[Trinity-St. Paul's United Church]].

==Surface connections==
[[File:Spadina TTC Streetcar Platform 2022.jpg|thumb|right|Streetcar platform]]
{{Main|List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes}}

When the subway is closed, streetcars still enter the station.<ref name=":0" /> TTC routes serving the station include:
{| class="wikitable"
! Route
! Name
! Additional information
|-
!127
|Davenport
|Westbound to [[St Clair Avenue|St Clair Avenue West]] and [[Weston Road|Old Weston Road]]
|-
!300A
| rowspan="2" |Bloor–Danforth
|Eastbound to Warden, westbound to [[Pearson Airport]]
{{Small|(On-street transfer)}}
|-
!300B
|Eastbound to [[Kennedy station]], westbound to West Mall
{{Small|(On-street transfer)}}
|-
!310
| rowspan="4" |Spadina
|[[Blue Night Network|Blue Night Streetcar service]]; southbound to Union station via Harbourfront
|-
![[510 Spadina|510A]]
|Streetcar; Southbound to [[Union station]] via [[Harbourfront (Toronto)|Harbourfront]]
|-
!510B
|Streetcar; southbound to [[Queens Quay (Toronto)|Queens Quay]] and [[Spadina Avenue]]
|-
!510C
|Streetcar; southbound to [[King Street (Toronto)|King Street West]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{TTC lines and stations}}

[[Category:Line 1 Yonge–University stations]]
[[Category:Line 2 Bloor–Danforth stations]]
[[Category:Toronto streetcar loops]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Canada opened in 1966]]
[[Category:Railway stations located underground in Canada]]

Spadina station - Revision history

imported>AlphaBeta135: reorganized diagram (combined lines 1 and 2, +mezzanine)