King (Toronto Subway)
King is an underground subway station in Toronto . It lies on the Yonge-University line of the Toronto Subway , at the intersection of Yonge Street and King Street . The station has side platforms and is used by an average of 55,810 passengers every day (2015).
Nearby are the Canadian Pacific Building , Scotia Plaza , Commerce Court , Toronto-Dominion Center and First Canadian Place (Toronto's tallest building). There are transfer options to eight bus routes as well as to the 503, 504 and 508 trams. King is also one of five stations connected to the PATH tunnel system.
The station opened on March 30, 1954 along with the Union - Eglinton section , the oldest subway on Canadian soil. At that time there was a transfer point immediately north of the station where trains could switch from one track to the other in the event of a fault. When the rails were renewed in May 1984, the transfer point was removed due to high maintenance costs. In 2012, the Toronto Transit Commission decided to reinstall it.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Subway ridership, 2015. (PDF; 84 kB) Toronto Transit Commission, accessed December 7, 2017 (English).
- ↑ A History of the Original Yonge Subway. Transit Toronto, September 16, 2017, accessed December 7, 2017 .
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Coordinates: 43 ° 38'56.9 " N , 79 ° 22'40.3" W.