High Park (TTC)

High Park
File:High Park TTC Main Entrance.jpg Primary entrance on Quebec Avenue.
Location	35 Quebec Avenue Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates
Platforms	side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses
Construction
Structure type	underground/at grade
History
Opened	10 May 1968
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	11,420
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Runnymede toward Kipling Bloor–Danforth Keele toward Kennedy

High Park is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Canada. It is located just north of Bloor Street West, spanning the block east of Quebec Avenue to High Park Avenue. It opened in 1968 as part of the westerly extension from Keele to Islington Station.

Station description

The station is mostly underground, lying behind the properties which face on to the north side of Bloor Street. The main entrance is from Quebec Avenue at the westerly end of the surface bus transfer area, with the ticketing mezzanine one level below, above the east end of the train platforms. The station has escalators here, but despite having ramps at the street entrance it does not have elevators to provide access to the platforms for those with a physical disability. A second entrance from High Park Avenue is at the east end of the bus platform, which is convenient for those needing to cross Bloor Street at the traffic lights to get to and from High Park.

File:High Park TTC DWA.JPG

Designated waiting area

The west end is at ground level, with an apartment building constructed partially over the station and along the south side. Just west of the station, Parkview Gardens is divided by the surface subway tracks and there are two entrances; one on the north side leading to Clendenan Avenue and another on the south leading to Bloor Street. Admission and exit at this end of the station is underground through unstaffed turnstiles.

The original external signage and trim has a unique bright blue background colour, whereas standard stations are red. In 2009 the station title nameboard over the entrance on Quebec Avenue was converted to the current style of a black background, white lettering and a stripe of green to signify the Bloor–Danforth line, but the other entrances still retain the old ones.

Rehabiliation of the station has included repairs to the roof slab and repaving. Original deteriorating walls and fences were replaced with sound barriers along the bus transfer area and beyond the west end of the station platforms.

File:High Park TTC NW entrance.jpg

Entrance to the north side of the station from Parkview Gardens. The apartment building is over the west end of the station and the sound barrier extends along the tracks to the west.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include High Park and Humberside Collegiate Institute.

Surface connections

Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

Since the bus platform is located outside the fare-paid area, a paper transfer is required to connect surface routes.

• 30A Lambton to Kipling Station

30B to High Park (Seasonal service)

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• High Park Station at the Toronto Transit Commission