Wellesley (Toronto Subway)

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Entrance to the station
View of the platforms

Wellesley 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 Wellesley Street. The station is used by an average of 23,140 passengers every day (2015).

The station has side platforms and is the only one in the city center with only one exit. There are transfer options to three bus routes. The station opened on March 30, 1954 along with the Union - Eglinton section , the oldest subway on Canadian soil. The original plan was to build the section south of Bloor-Yonge station in a cut. Wellesley would have come to rest directly at the tunnel portal. However, since this would have required the expropriation of numerous properties south of Bloor Street , the choice ultimately fell on a continuous tunnel.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Subway ridership, 2012–2013. (PDF, 105 kB) Toronto Transit Commission , accessed June 19, 2014 (English).
  2. ^ The Unsung Changes to the Yonge Subway. Transit Toronto, February 2, 2010, accessed July 26, 2010 .
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Coordinates: 43 ° 39 '54.1 "  N , 79 ° 23' 2.7"  W.