Summerhill is a subway station on the Yonge–University line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Shaftesbury Avenue just east of Yonge Street, with the entrance being at the north end of the train platforms. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.[2]

Summerhill
General information
Location16 Shaftesbury Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°40′56″N 79°23′27″W / 43.68222°N 79.39083°W / 43.68222; -79.39083
PlatformsSide platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  •  97  Yonge
  •  320   Yonge
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleNo
Other information
WebsiteOfficial station page
History
OpenedMarch 30, 1954; 70 years ago (1954-03-30)
Passengers
2022[1]16,269
Rank47 of 70
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station
Rosedale
towards Vaughan
Line 1 Yonge–University St. Clair
towards Finch
Location
Map

Like Rosedale station, the next station to the south, it is currently among the least-used stations, with only 16,269 average weekday ridership. This is mainly due to it having no surface transit connections, except the parallel Yonge Street bus, and no major local destinations. The station has to rely entirely on the immediate Summerhill residential neighbourhood for passengers.

History

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Covered original open cut north of the station

Summerhill station opened in 1954 as part of the original Yonge line.

The tunnel connecting Summerhill station with St. Clair station (which is the next station north) originally ended immediately north of the station at Summerhill Avenue and continued in an open cut as far as Pleasant Boulevard. Various sections of this open cut were roofed over as the years passed, and since the early 1980s it has been entirely under cover, except when one block was opened to allow new construction above it. Passengers who look out from the train into the tunnel on this section can still see the sloping sides of the original cut, the stumps of lamp posts and trees, and the undersides of six bridges which still carry six streets (Woodlawn, Summerhill, Shaftesbury, Scrivener, Price and Rowanwood streets) over the line.

South of the station, the tunnel emerges to the surface at Rowanwood Drive. Originally, the line surfaced at Price Portal, but a one-block section from Rowanwood Drive to Price Street was roofed over in 2002 for parking.

In a February 2020 meeting of the TTC board, the TTC proposed a secondary exit for emergency use. The station entrance is at the north end of the station. The proposed exit would be at the south end of the station and emerge to the surface at Scrivener Square. There would be underground corridors to connect the platforms to the new exit, with one corridor running under the subway tracks from the northbound platform to the west side of the tracks.[3]

Construction started in the fourth quarter of 2021 to install elevators to the side platforms; they will connect the north and south platforms to the street level concourse. Completion is expected at the end of 2024.[4]

Nearby landmarks

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The station entrance

Surface connections

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All connecting bus routes require a transfer and can be boarded at curbside stops.

TTC routes serving the station include:

Route Name Additional information
97C Yonge Northbound to Eglinton station and southbound to Union station
(Rush hour service)
320 Blue Night service; northbound to Steeles Avenue and southbound to Queens Quay

References

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  1. ^ "Subway ridership, 2022" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved May 4, 2024. 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.
  2. ^ "There's now free WiFi at over 40 TTC subway stations". blogTO. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  3. ^ "Summerhill Station – Second Exit/Entrance – Authorization of Third Party Design/Construction Agreement and Property Acquisition" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. February 25, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "Summerhill Station – Easier Access". TTC. Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Archdiocese of Toronto: Contact Us". Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  6. ^ "GO Transit's Future Midtown Line". Transit Toronto. October 6, 2006. Archived from the original on March 3, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  7. ^ "Toronto Lawn Tennis Club is located between Summerhill and Rosedale subway stations, just east of Yonge". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
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