Forest Hill station (Toronto)

Forest Hill

Future site of the Forest Hill station entrance.
House of Chan, on the left, collapsed in April 2016
Location 842 Eglinton Avenue West,[1]
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°42′04″N 79°25′31″W / 43.70111°N 79.42528°W / 43.70111; -79.42528Coordinates: 43°42′04″N 79°25′31″W / 43.70111°N 79.42528°W / 43.70111; -79.42528
Platforms Centre platform
Tracks 2
Connections TTC buses
Construction
Structure type Underground
Disabled access Yes
Architect IBI Group Architects and
SNC-Lavalin[1]
Other information
Status Under construction
History
Opening 2021[2]
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Mount Dennis
 Eglinton
Opens 2020
toward Kennedy

Forest Hill,[2] which had a working name of Bathurst, is an LRT station under construction on the Toronto Transit Commission's Eglinton Crosstown line (Line 5).[3] It will be located in the Forest Hill neighbourhood at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue. It is scheduled to open in 2021.

A small plaza at the northeast corner of the Eglinton and Bathurst intersection, which houses several businesses including a coffee shop and convenience store, will be demolished to make way for the main station entrance.[4] The secondary entrance will be on the north side of Eglinton about 50 m (160 ft) west of the intersection, opposite Peveril Hill; the combined entry and service building will replace three storefronts. In the future, a possible third entrance may be added on the southwest corner adjacent to the Scotiabank. The station will connect with the 7 Bathurst bus route.[3]

Three local landmark businesses are likely to have their stores expropriated and demolished for the construction of the station, but it is hoped that they can be relocated on this same strip of Eglinton Avenue.[5] Properties required for the construction of the station, at 842 Eglinton Avenue West and 874–876 Eglinton Avenue West, were expropriated.[6]

Since completion of building the station headwalls, restoration of the roadway on Bathurst Street began on 16 August 2015.[7]

In a report to the TTC Board on 23 November 2015, it was recommended that stations on Line 5 Eglinton LRT should be given unique names.[2]

On 18 April 2016, a scaffold erected across the face of the future secondary entrance collapsed, injuring seven people (three seriously). The collapsed structure was the façade of the former location of House of Chan, which is a local independent Chinese-Canadian restaurant; the restaurant itself relocated eastward along Eglinton Avenue to west of Avenue Road.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bathurst Crosstown Station". Urban Toronto. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. 23 November 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015. TTC staff evaluated the initial report and the proposed names and provided feedback and recommendations. A primary TTC concern was to avoid replication and redundancy with existing TTC station names. The proposed names are unique and are not likely to be confused with existing station names.
  3. 1 2 "Bathurst Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Archived from the original on 2014-10-08. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Fannie Sunshine (Nov 29, 2011). "Bathurst station plans unveiled in Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown open house". Inside Toronto. Metroland News. Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved September 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ↑ Brendan Ross (January 2012). "Local landmarks to be appropriated for Bathurst station". Post City Toronto. Archived from the original on 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2014-10-11. A recent public consultation meeting on the design of the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown rapid transit line’s Bathurst station revealed that three local landmarks are likely to be appropriated and demolished for its construction.
  6. ↑ "Appendix "A" - Expropriation of Property Interests for the Eglinton Scarborough Crosstown Transit Project" (PDF). City of Toronto. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-09-07. Retrieved September 7, 2014. Main station entrance and vent shafts for Bathurst Station. Secondary entrance, vent shafts and traction power substation for Bathurst Station.
  7. ↑ Robert MacKenzie (16 August 2015). "Eglinton Crosstown LRT -- Bathurst: Roadway restoration, August 16, 17". Transit Toronto. Retrieved 16 August 2015. Since they’ve almost finished this part of the project, they’re restoring the roadway.
  8. ↑ Terry Davidson (2016-04-18). "Stroller protects baby in scaffolding collapse on Eglinton". Toronto, Ontario: Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2016-04-19. A baby stroller may have saved its tiny occupant from injury Monday when a wall collapsed at the street-side demolition site of what will be a Crosstown LRT station on Eglinton Ave. W.
  9. ↑ Paul Johnston (Apr 18, 2016). "Eglinton scaffolding collapse injures 7, including baby: paramedics". CP24.com. CP24. Retrieved Apr 18, 2016.
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