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69, Day 15: Spadina Station

By David Topping

Spadina Station
Day 15 of the 69-day TTC Station project, at Spadina Station on the Bloor-Danforth (Green) line. Taken at 1:48 PM on Tuesday, June 6th.
Photos throughout the project, including those not featured on Torontoist, will be available in the 69 Photoset on Flickr.


Previous Stations:
Bloor-Danforth (Green Line)
Day 1: Kipling Station
Day 2: Islington Station
Day 3: Royal York Station
Day 4: Old Mill Station
Day 5: Jane Station
Day 6: Runnymede Station
Day 7: High Park Station
Day 8: Keele Stations & Roncesvalles Streetcar Terminal (Special Strike Edition)
Day 9: Dundas West Station
Day 10: Lansdowne Station
Day 11: Dufferin Station
Day 12: Ossington Station
Day 13: Christie Station
Day 14: Bathurst Station

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  • Boy Reporter

    Hey the tunnel is all fixed?! great photo btw David, this is one of my favourite so far.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstopping David Topping

    This was such an obvious shot, too. The Spadina tunnel’s one of the prettiest pieces of architecture on the TTC. Thanks Ron.

  • Little Boy Blue

    Anyone know why they took the moving walkway out? Since they took it out, it’s quicker to go an extra stop and change at St. George.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstopping David Topping

    “In 2004, Spadina station lost its popular moving walkway between the Bloor-Danforth and Spadina platforms. Time had taken its toll on the long sidewalk, and it was spending more and more time shut down for maintenance. In February of the year, a TTC report recommended that the walkway be removed. It was too expensive to maintain or rebuild, and no company made walkways that long anymore. The TTC’s tight capital budget spelled the end for the popular feature, and the walkway was removed over the summer.”
    From http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5106.shtml

  • rek

    Even when it was operational, I always found it faster to transfer at St George.

  • crabby

    I used to transfer at Spadina just for that walkway. Sad, I know.
    I agree, this is my favorite shot in the series so far as well.

  • chris

    this is my station, and i have a fondness for it, but that tunnel is a far cry from being an attractive “piece of architecture”! what is the genius here, exactly? the tile (which now looks like a ridiculous patch job)? the crumbly concrete ceiling? the claustrophobia? it’s a tunnel. only good for people with roller skates. or skateboards. or rollerblades. or those wheelie shoes kids have these days. you get the idea.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstopping David Topping

    I just thought it looked cool. A bit eerie, and cool. And Chris, I love walking the length of that tunnel.

  • Little Boy Blue

    Thanks for the info David!
    Seems odd that, if budget restrictions were so tight, they spent money removing the machine and re-tiling where it was. Why didn’t they just leave it there unoperational?

  • Gloria

    That’s the TTC for you.

  • Karen Whaley

    This one is my favourite so far!