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| Location | 743 Pape Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°40′48″N79°20′42″W / 43.68000°N 79.34500°W /43.68000; -79.34500 | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 36 lock-up spaces and 5 ring and posts | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Website | Official station page | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | February 26, 1966; 59 years ago (1966-02-26) | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2009–2013 | ||||||||||||
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| 2023–2024[1] | 34,506 | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 15 of 70 | ||||||||||||
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Pape is asubway station onLine 2 Bloor–Danforth inToronto, Ontario, Canada. The station opened in 1966 and is located in Toronto'sGreektown neighbourhood at the northeast corner of Pape Avenue and Lipton Avenue, just north ofDanforth Avenue. It is located at the site of the formerLipton loop.
The ticket collector's booth and turnstiles are at the surface in the main station building on the southwest corner of the site with a secondary exit/entry structure to the east, adjacent to the parking lot. Bus bays are within the fare-paid zone. Stairs, escalators and elevators connect the ground level, concourse and train platforms. Automatic sliding doors, accessible fare gates and the addition of elevators, made the station became fully accessible in 2013.[2]
Pape station was formerly the site of the Lipton Loop, which opened in 1927 as the terminus of the discontinuedHarbord streetcar route,[3] which ran south on Pape to downtown. The loop also served the 56 Leaside bus route,[4] serving theLeaside neighbourhood. The 56 Leaside was later rerouted to serveDonlands station.
TheChurch of the Holy Name, a prominent architectural landmark, is located nearby.
TheTaste of the Danforth street festival takes place for three days in August on the stretch of Danforth west of Pape.
Centennial College'sStory Arts Centre, home to Communications, Media and Design programs, is located just north of the station.
Due to construction of theOntario Line, the bus terminal at Pape station will be closed between May 12, 2024, and the fourth quarter of 2024.[5]
| Route | Name | Additional information |
|---|---|---|
| 72C | Pape | Northbound toThorncliffe Park |
| Southbound to Commissioners Street | ||
| 325 | Don Mills | Blue Night service; northbound to Steeles Avenue East and southbound to Eastern Avenue (On-street transfer) |
Pape was the first station scheduled to be renovated under a new modernization program, which will update the visual, safety and infrastructure aspects of many older stations. The renovations include adding a second entrance to the platform level, installation of elevators and public art, platform wall renovations, upgraded lights, and improved ventilation and fire safety systems.[6]
The project was scheduled to begin in 2008, but due to delays, the contractor did not mobilize on the site until September 28, 2009.
Construction lasted until 2013. In the spring of that year it was estimated that the renovations would be complete by December. In April, the TTC announced an opinion survey which gave riders three options, continue with the current schedule, speed up renovations by three months by closing the station over six consecutive weekends, or speed up renovations by closing the station for 12 consecutive days. The results were that out of 2,842 respondents, most preferred the third option. The TTC announced that the closure would happen between August 19–30.[7] The closure was originally scheduled for June 15–26, but a strike by the Terrazzo, Tile and Marble Guild of Ontario made it necessary to postpone the closure until the labour dispute was resolved.
The elevators came into operation on October 31, 2013 making the station fully accessible,[2] and on December 23, 2013, the new second exit building opened.[6][8]
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The Toronto Transit Commission has long had plans to construct aRelief Line, connecting the south loop ofLine 1 Yonge–University to the east wing ofLine 2 Bloor–Danforth. The preferred route of the subway line is from Pape station toOsgoode. Future extensions west of Osgoode and north of Pape would establish Pape as one of the major transit hubs in theToronto subway system.
Previously, former mayorDavid Miller proposed theTransit City plan, part of which outlined theDon Mills LRT line, running alongDon Mills Road fromDon Mills station to Pape station. Along with much of the proposals under that plan, the Don Mills LRT was scrapped by succeeding mayorRob Ford.
In September 2019, the Government of Ontario announced plans for theOntario Line, a successor to the Relief Line. The line is planned to intersect with the station. A tentative completion date has been set for 2027. As of July 2020, construction timing and impacts to Pape station have not yet been announced.
The Ontario Line is a planned rapid transit line that will connectScience Centre station (onLine 5 Eglinton) toExhibition GO station (on theLakeshore West GO line). A connection to Line 2 is planned at Pape station.[9] The new platform and tracks will be constructed underneath and perpendicular to the existing Line 2 platforms, slightly to the east of Pape Avenue, to avoid traffic and utility disruptions during construction.[9] As of December 2020, the expected completion date of the Ontario Line is 2030.[10]
This table shows the typical number of customer-boardings made on each subway line and the number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on a typical weekday in Sep 2023–Aug 2024.
Pape Station is now fully accessible
Sunday route changed at the east end, extended up Pape north of the Danforth to the new Lipton Loop
