Oakwood station (Toronto)

Oakwood
Primary entrance under construction in January 2024
General information
LocationEglinton Avenue / Oakwood Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°41′50″N 79°26′35″W / 43.69722°N 79.44306°W / 43.69722; -79.44306
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
Connections TTC buses
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusUnder construction
History
Opening2024 (0 years ago) (2024)[1]
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station
Fairbank
towards Mount Dennis
 Line 5 Eglinton
(opens 2024)
 Cedarvale
towards Kennedy

Oakwood is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system.[2] It will be located in the Little Jamaica neighbourhood[3] at the intersection of Oakwood Avenue and Eglinton Avenue.[4] It is scheduled to open in 2024.[1]

Local member of Provincial Parliament Mike Colle organized a petition in 2012 that led to a station at Oakwood Avenue being added to the Crosstown plan.[4][5] The main destination will be the Eglinton West commercial strip.

  1. ^ a b Ranger, Michael (May 16, 2023). "Eglinton Crosstown won't open until 2024, construction group to take legal action: Metrolinx". CityNews. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "OakwoodStation". The Crosstown. October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  3. ^ Kalinowski, Tess (April 5, 2013). "Crosstown LRT: Eglinton's big dig ends 30-year wait for renewal". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 24, 2017. Folks are lined up out the door of Randy's, waiting to buy some of the best Jamaican patties in the city. This stretch of Eglinton Ave., near Oakwood, is where Rasta meets pasta in Toronto.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference InsideToronto2012-08-29 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference InsideToronto2012-10-26 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).