Platforms centre platform Parking 1465 spaces Address Toronto, ON, Canada Province Ontario Tracks 2 | Structure type at grade Disabled access Yes Opened 21 November 1980 Platform Island platform | |
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Location 950 Kipling Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
Canada Connections TTC buses
30 Lambton
44 Kipling South
45 Kipling
46 Martin Grove
49 Bloor West
111 East Mall
112 West Mall
123 Shorncliffe
107 Kipling South Rocket
191 Highway 27 Rocket
192 Airport Rocket
300 Bloor - Danforth
Kipling GO Station
IKEA Etobicoke Shuttle Similar Islington, Kennedy, St George, Royal York, Spadina | ||
Kipling is the western terminus of the Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway system. The station is served by buses and subway trains operated by the Toronto Transit Commission and is adjacent to the Kipling GO Station on the Milton line of GO Transit. It is located in the Islington–City Centre West neighbourhood on St. Albans Road at Aukland Road, west of the overpass of Kipling Avenue, after which the station is named. The Toronto Parking Authority operates three commuter parking lots near the station. Notably, Kipling is the departing and arriving point for the 192 Airport Rocket bus route, which provides quick and frequent service between Toronto's subway system and Toronto Pearson International Airport.
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History
Kipling station, in what was then the Borough of Etobicoke, officially opened on November 21, 1980, but not until the following day was it opened to the public, along with Kennedy station as part of east-west extensions to the Bloor-Danforth line. Kipling and Kennedy were designed similarly, with both stations having a centre platform allowing trains to stop at either side. The platform walls in Kipling are yellow with black stripes and show the station's name in Univers.
As a result of the initial lack of density near the station, and its location near a hydro substation, it was originally designed around commuter travel, with a large amount of parking space and a roughed-in platform for a future light rail or light metro line, like the Scarborough RT at Kennedy. Due to this design, the area around Kipling station is considered to be a travel hub and it is being further developed to contain a regional bus platform as well as improved access to the nearby Kipling GO Station.
In 1999, this station became accessible with elevators.
Facilities
The main entrance is located at the west end of Kipling station, with access to the GO station, commuter parking lots, and a kiss and ride area for passenger drop-off. An entrance at the east end makes the bus platform level accessible by way of a ramp, with an elevator providing a connection with the train platform below. Fares can be paid for at this station by using tokens, tickets, passes, as well as the Presto smart card. Currently it serves the high density residential and commercial developments that are being built, while acting as a hub for commuter travel.
Above the subway tracks on the south side of the station, opposite the bus bays on the same level, is an unfinished platform for a proposed but unbuilt Etobicoke RT line similar to the Scarborough RT.
East of the station towards Islington, the line continues on the surface alongside the railway right-of-way which parallels Dundas Street at a distance. It crosses over Bloor Street to the north side alongside the railway tracks, then dives underground below the tracks and turns parallel to Bloor.
Construction on a new 14-bay inter-regional bus terminal is planned and was originally scheduled to be completed in 2010. This would see GO Transit buses use the facility, and Mississauga Transit buses terminate at Kipling station instead of Islington. The current parking facilities will be reconfigured to allow for the construction of the terminal. The modernization project would also include landscaping and revitalization of interior and exterior station finishes and lighting.
Surface Connections
The bus platform is in the fare-paid zone, allowing passengers to quickly transfer between the subway and the following bus routes: