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Woodbine station

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Woodbine is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is at the southwest corner of Woodbine Avenue and Strathmore Boulevard, just north of Danforth Avenue.The entrance, collector, and bus platform are at street level, the concourse is on the second level, and the subway platforms are on the lower level. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.In terms of accessibility, while there are escalators leading from platform level, there is at least one small sub-flight of stairs between it and a second escalator in order to reach the surface. There are no elevators between the track level and the surface, so it is therefore not a wheelchair-accessible station. However, new elevators from street level to concourse and platforms are part of ongoing renovations scheduled for completion in 2017.HistoryWoodbine Station was opened in 1966 as the eastern terminus of the original segment of Bloor-Danforth line. Although the station was a terminus for two years, it was known that this would be temporary, so it was built with outside platforms rather than a single centre platform that would have conveniently served departures from either track.The Bloor-Danforth subway line replaced the Bloor streetcar line, which ran from Jane Loop to Luttrell Loop, near the present Jane and Victoria Park stations. With the opening of the subway from Keele to Woodbine in 1966, streetcar service was reduced to a short Bloor route from Jane Loop to Keele station, and a Danforth route from Woodbine station to Luttrell Loop. These portions were in turn eliminated when the subway was extended in 1968 to run from Islington to Warden. However, evidence of the temporary loop at Woodbine station for Danforth streetcars still exists: a single disconnected streetcar track runs west from Cedarvale Avenue along Strathmore Boulevard, curving towards the east end of the station, and an irregular wall in the station's mezzanine indicates the former passage to the streetcar platform. The walled-off section of this passage has been partially converted into a staff room and storage area.

Address: 2072 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
Phone: 416-393-4636
State: ON
City: Toronto
Street Number: 2072 Danforth Avenue
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