St. Patrick station

St. Patrick
General information
Location449 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°39′17″N 79°23′18″W / 43.65472°N 79.38833°W / 43.65472; -79.38833
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
Connections
  •  305   Dundas
  •  505  Dundas
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
Other information
WebsiteOfficial station page
History
OpenedFebruary 28, 1963; 61 years ago (1963-02-28)
Passengers
2022[1]27,617
Rank23 of 70
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station
Queen's Park
towards Vaughan
Line 1 Yonge–University Osgoode
towards Finch
Location
Map

St. Patrick is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located under University Avenue at Dundas Street West. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.[2]

The station, which opened in 1963, is named for the nearby St. Patrick's Church. It is one of only two stations in the system to have a tubular shape created by the tunnel boring machine, the other such station being Queen's Park, the next station to the north.

The murder of Mariam Peters here in 1975 prompted the TTC to adopt system-wide safety measures such as the first police patrols on the subway and the installation of emergency telephones and alarms. One of the three cross passages was blocked off, as well as at Queen's Park station, to prevent it being used as a hiding spot for criminals.[3]

  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. ^ Brait, Ellen (January 4, 2017). "Why part of TTC's St. Patrick station is still sealed off after 1975 murder". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017.