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Runnymede (TTC)

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Platforms
  
side platforms

Disabled access
  
No

Opened
  
10 May 1968

Province
  
Ontario

Structure type
  
underground

Passengers (2014)
  
21,030

Phone
  
+1 416-393-4636

Tracks
  
2

Runnymede (TTC)

Location
  
265 Runnymede Road Toronto, Ontario Canada

Connections
  
TTC buses  71  Runnymede  77  Swansea  79  Scarlett Rd  300   Bloor - Danforth

Address
  
2218 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M6S 1N4, Canada

Similar
  
Jane, High Park, Old Mill, Royal York, Coxwell

Runnymede is a subway station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located just north of Bloor Street West, spanning the block east of Runnymede Road to Kennedy Avenue, with bus platforms at the surface level and entrances at both ends. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.

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History

The station opened in 1968 as part of the westerly extension of the subway line from Keele to Islington Station.

Extensive rehabilitation of the concrete station structure was undertaken in 2010. This work involved replacing the concrete slab and columns of the bus platform, and the bus driveway structural paving.

The station is barrier free from the street to the bus platforms. Installation of three elevators to make the station fully accessible is scheduled to commence in 2015. The construction is expected to take two years to complete.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

The line is tunneled westward toward Jane Station. About halfway east towards High Park Station, just after at Kennedy Park Road, the line comes to the surface at the Clendenan Portal and crosses over Clendenan Avenue.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include the former Runnymede Theatre in Bloor West Village, the Runnymede branch of the Toronto Public Library, Runnymede Junior & Senior Public School, Western Technical-Commercial School, and Runnymede United Church.

Surface connections

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

  • 71A Runnymede to St. Clair Avenue West
  • 71B to Industry Street
  • 77 Swansea to the Queensway
  • 79A Scarlett Road to Lawrence Avenue West & Jane Street via Pritchard Avenue/Foxwell Street
  • 79B to Lawrence Avenue West & Jane Street via St. Clair Avenue West

    References

    Runnymede (TTC) Wikipedia