Ossington (Toronto Subway)

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Entrance to Ossington Station
Ossington Particles

Ossington is an underground subway station in Toronto . It is on the Bloor-Danforth Line of the Toronto Subway , at the intersection of Bloor Street and Ossington Avenue. The station has side platforms and is used by an average of 24,330 passengers every day (2015).

There are transfer options to three bus lines that stop at a turning loop directly at the station building. The station opened on February 26, 1966, along with the Keele - Woodbine section . In 2016 there was a comprehensive renovation, combined with an artistic redesign. The work of art installed at the time, Ossington Particles by Scott Eunson, consists of 800 colored ceramic tiles that were glued to the wall. According to the artist, they should represent the natural and human history of the area.

Web links

Commons : Ossington  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Subway ridership, 2015. (PDF; 84 kB) Toronto Transit Commission, accessed December 7, 2017 (English).
  2. ^ Artistic overhaul coming to five TTC subway stations. Metro News, December 9, 2015, accessed December 7, 2017 .
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Coordinates: 43 ° 39 ′ 44.7 "  N , 79 ° 25 ′ 33.7"  W.