Dufferin (TTC)

Not to be confused with Dufferin LRT station.

Dufferin
File:Dufferin TTC station D100.JPG Main entrance on the west side of Dufferin Street
Location	1006 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates
Platforms	side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses
Construction
Structure type	underground
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	25 February 1966
Rebuilt	2010-2014
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	28,960
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Lansdowne toward Kipling Bloor–Danforth Ossington toward Kennedy

Dufferin is a subway station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at Dufferin Street just north of Bloor Street West. It opened in 1966 as part of the original segment of the subway line.

Architecture and art

File:Dufferin Station-Renovated-Stairs.JPG

A renovated staircase featuring a multicoloured tile design.

When the station first opened, the entrance on the west side of Dufferin Street had a tile back wall, a three sided glass and aluminium enclosure entrance at ground level, an opaque flat roof, red signage, and a red accent stripe. In 1974, the Dovercourt Baptist Church constructed the abutting new red brick facility and senior's residence (New Horizons Tower). The entrance on the east side of the street is inset into the westerly facade of the Bloor Dufferin Medical Centre. Inside, smooth, unadorned green-coloured rectangular wall tiles were used, with a strip of narrower black tiles near the ceiling, and terrazzo floor tiles.

The 2010-2014 modernization of the station significantly modifies the original west entrance, updating signage, adding an elevator for accessibility, adding ceiling height and additional glazed elements, and adding a canopy covering the sidewalk. A canopy has also been added to the Bloor Dufferin Medical Centre to shelter the east side bus stops, and two additional exits have been added to Russet Ave, one block west of the main entrances. A public art component, titled “Something Happens Here” by Eduardo Aquino and Karen Shanski of spmb was also added, consisting of colourful mosaics of highly pixelated images of activity from the surrounding communities. The mosaics also include numerous metallic tiles featuring local logos, icons and historical references.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include Dufferin Mall, Bloor Collegiate Institute, Dufferin Grove Park, and the Bloor-Gladstone branch of the Toronto Public Library.

Surface connections

Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

File:Dufferin TTC east sidewalk.JPG

Stop for northbound buses is located under a canopy outside the entrance on the east side of Dufferin Street

A paper transfer is required to connect between the subway and buses which use curbside stops on Dufferin Street outside the station.

• 29A Dufferin northbound to Wilson Station and southbound to Exhibition Place (Dufferin Gate)

29B northbound to Tycos Drive and southbound to Exhibition Place (Dufferin Gate)

29C northbound to Wilson Station and southbound to Exhibition Place (Princes' Gate)

• 329 Blue Night Dufferin northbound to Steeles Avenue and southbound to Exhibition Place (Princes' Gate)
• 402 Parkdale (Community Bus)

Station modernization

Dufferin Station was upgraded and modernized under the TTC's Station Modernization program. Work commenced in September 2009 and was fully complete in November 2014, taking over twice the projected time to complete. The "modernization" included the installation of street level elevators for accessibility, the installation of a second entrance from Russett Avenue, two second exits (one on the northwest corner of Russet Avenue and Bloor Street, and the other on the northeast corner, providing direct access from the westbound platform), rebuilding of the bus waiting area, and new and modernized station finishes, art and lighting. The two second exits opened earlier than other improvements, in August 2013.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Dufferin Station at the Toronto Transit Commission