Kipling station

Kipling is the western terminus station of 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 and the Kipling Bus Terminal, a Metrolinx-owned regional bus terminal where passengers can connect with MiWay bus services connecting to Mississauga. 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.[4] The 900 Airport Express bus route connects Kipling to the Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Kipling
Location950 Kipling Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°38′14″N 79°32′10″W
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
Connections

Kipling Bus Terminal

Kipling GO Station
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Parking1465 spaces[1]
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedNovember 21, 1980[2]
Passengers
2018[3]49,340
Rank11 of 75
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
Terminus Bloor–Danforth
toward Kennedy

History
A train in the station, with the original wall slats visible, in 2009

Kipling station, in what was then the Borough of Etobicoke, officially opened on November 21, 1980—along with Kennedy station, as a pair of one-stop extensions at opposite ends of the Bloor–Danforth line—but was not opened to the public until the following day.[2][5] Kipling and Kennedy were designed similarly, with both stations having an island platform that is typical of terminal stations. The outer platform walls at Kipling were originally two rows of vertical yellow vinyl slats separated by a black strip showing the station's name in Univers font.[6] This wall treatment was replaced by off-white fitted enamelled panels using the traditional Toronto Subway font with black trim with smaller lettering along the top in a 2017 renovation, evoking the older stations along the line.[7]

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.[8] 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 adjacent Kipling GO Station.[9]

In 1999, this station became accessible with the addition of elevators.

Facilities

The main entrance is located at the west end of the 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.[10] Fares can be paid for at this station by using tokens, tickets, passes, as well as the Presto card.[11] 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 never-built Etobicoke RT line similar to Line 3 Scarborough.[8]

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.

Surface connections
Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes
Bus bays are a level above the subway trains on the north side of the station.

The bus platform is in the fare-paid zone, allowing passengers to quickly transfer between the subway and the following TTC bus routes:[12]

Route Name Notes
40A Junction–Dundas West Eastbound to Dundas West station
44 Kipling South Southbound to Lake Shore Boulevard and Humber College Lakeshore Campus
45A Kipling Northbound to Steeles Avenue West past Etobicoke North GO Station
45B Northbound to Carlingview Drive via Belfield Road
46 Martin Grove Northbound to Steeles Avenue West
49 Bloor West Westbound to Markland Wood (east of the Etobicoke Creek)
111 East Mall Northbound to Eglinton Avenue West (Willowridge & Richgrove)
112B West Mall Northbound to Renforth station
112C Northbound to Disco Road
123B Sherway Southbound to Long Branch Loop via Shorncliffe Road and The East Mall
123C Southbound to Long Branch Loop via Shorncliffe Road and North Queen Street
123D Southbound to Sherway Gardens via Shorncliffe Road and The East Mall
123F Southbound to Sherway Gardens via The West Mall
(Rush hour service)
900 Airport Express Northbound to Toronto Pearson International Airport
927A Highway 27 Express Northbound to Humber College North Campus
927B Northbound to Steeles Avenue West
927C Northbound to Humber College via Attwell Drive
(Rush hour service)
927D Northbound to Steeles Avenue West via Royalcrest Road
(Rush hour service)
944 Kipling South Express Southbound to Lake Shore Boulevard and Humber College Lakeshore Campus
(Weekday service)
945 Kipling Express Northbound to Steeles Avenue West
(Rush hour service)
300A Bloor–Danforth Blue Night Westbound to Toronto Pearson International Airport
Eastbound to Warden Avenue & Danforth Road
300B Westbound to The West Mall & Burnhamthorpe Road
Eastbound to Kennedy station
  • Some 300 Bloor–Danforth trips do not enter the bus terminal, but can be accessed at Aukland Road at Dundas Street.
  • A courtesy bus operated by IKEA between Kipling station and the IKEA Etobicoke store departs from Subway Crescent north of the kiss and ride area.[13]

MiWay and GO bus terminal

Main article: MiWay § Routes
Kipling Bus Terminal
Location120 Subway Crescent,
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada
Owned byMetrolinx
Bus routes
Bus stands16
Bus operatorsMiWay
Connections
Construction
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedJanuary 4, 2021 (2021-01-04)
The regional bus terminal under construction in April 2020

A new 16-bay regional bus terminal opened on January 4, 2021, to serve MiWay buses.[14][15] It will also be served by GO Transit buses in the future. Previously, MiWay buses connected to the subway at Islington station.

The subway station's parking facilities were reconfigured to allow for the terminal's construction. The modernization project also includes landscaping and revitalization of interior and exterior station finishes and lighting.

Passengers transferring between MiWay and the TTC subway or buses are required to pay separate fares, as are those transferring between TTC and GO Transit services, including GO Transit's Milton Line trains; however, MiWay customers aged 13 and over who transfer to or from GO Transit and pay single MiWay bus fares using a Presto card are eligible for a "double-fare" discount of $0.80.[16][17]

All MiWay routes are wheelchair-accessible and the following serve the terminal:

Route Name Notes
1 Dundas To Vega Boulevard
1C To South Common Centre
via University of Toronto Mississauga
3 Bloor To Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal
11 Westwood To Westwood Square Mall
via Highway 427
20 Rathburn To Erindale GO station
via Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal
26 Burnhamthorpe To South Common Centre
via Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal
35 Eglinton To Ninth Line
35A To Tenth Line
(Rush hour service)
70 Keaton To Milverton Drive
(AM rush hour service)
71 Sheridan-Subway To Sheridan Centre
(AM rush hour service)
76 City Centre-Subway To Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal
(No weekend service)
101 Dundas Express To South Common Centre
via University of Toronto at Mississauga
101A To Vega Boulevard
(Rush hour service)
108 Meadowvale Business Express To Meadowvale Business Park
via Highways 427 and 401 (AM rush hour service)
109 Meadowvale Express To Meadowvale Town Centre
via Highway 427, Mississauga Transitway, and Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal

References
  1. "Parking". Kipling Station. Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  2. "The Built Subways". Transit Toronto. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  3. "Subway ridership, 2018" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved February 5, 2019. This table shows the typical number of customer-trips made on each subway on an average weekday and the typical number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on an average weekday.
  4. "Kipling Station". Find Parking. Toronto Parking Authority (Green P). Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  5. "New Kipling Station". The Toronto Star. November 20, 1980. p. A18.
  6. Blackett, Matthew (March 25, 2008). "Ride the Rainbow of the Bloor–Danforth". Spacing Toronto. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  7. Bow, James. "Kipling: Trivia". Transit Toronto.
  8. Bateman, Chris (June 23, 2012). "Whatever Happened to the Etobicoke RT?". blogTO. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  9. "Kipling Station Redevelopment Handover to GO Transit". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  10. Kipling: Accessible Alternative
  11. "PRESTO card". Presto card official Twitter feed. July 21, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
  12. Kipling Station: Connections to
  13. IKEA Etobicoke: Store information
  14. "Map of Kipling Miway bus terminal" (PDF). MiWay Route Maps. City of Mississauga. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  15. "Kipling Mobility Hub". Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  16. White, Craig (August 5, 2010). "Kipling Subway Station's East Entrance On Its Way". urbantoronto.ca. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  17. "New Kipling Bus Terminal". MiWay. Archived from the original on January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
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