Forest Hill station (Toronto)

Forest Hill
Primary entrance under construction in January 2024
General information
Location842 Eglinton Avenue West,[1]
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°42′04″N 79°25′31″W / 43.70111°N 79.42528°W / 43.70111; -79.42528
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
Connections TTC buses
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
ArchitectIBI Group Architects and
SNC-Lavalin[1]
Other information
StatusUnder construction
History
Opening2024 (0 years ago) (2024)[2]
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station
Cedarvale
towards Mount Dennis
 Line 5 Eglinton
(opens 2024)
 Chaplin
towards Kennedy
Photo of a light rail station entrance under construction which appears largely completed. It is a white building with glass panelling and an orange accent.
Secondary entrance under construction

Forest Hill 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.[3] It will be located in the Forest Hill neighbourhood at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue. It is scheduled to open no earlier than 2024.[2]

The station will have two entrances. The main entrance will be at the northeast corner of Eglinton Avenue West and Bathurst Street and will be fully accessible. The secondary entrance will be on the north side of Eglinton about 50 m (160 ft) west of Bathurst Street, opposite Peveril Hill, and will include retail spaces at street level. On-street connections will be available for TTC buses. There will be 60 exterior spaces for bicycles.[3] The secondary entrance building will also house a traction power substation.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Bathurst Crosstown Station". Urban Toronto. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Bathurst Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  4. ^ "Appendix "A" – Expropriation of Property Interests for the Eglinton Scarborough Crosstown Transit Project" (PDF). toronto.ca. City of Toronto. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2014. Main station entrance and vent shafts for Bathurst Station. Secondary entrance, vent shafts and traction power substation for Bathurst Station.