Don Valley station
Don Valley  | |||||||||||||
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 Station platform and concourse on opening day in February 2026 | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 1185 Eglinton Avenue East Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°43′14″N 79°20′20″W / 43.72056°N 79.33889°W | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Indoor bike parking[1] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Architect | Arcadis (Line 5) | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | February 8, 2026 (Line 5)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Opening | 2031 (Ontario Line) | ||||||||||||
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Don Valley is an underground Toronto subway station on Line 5 Eglinton in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] It is located in the Flemingdon Park neighbourhood at the intersection of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue.
On April 10, 2019, the Ontario government announced that Don Valley station, under its planned name Science Centre, would be the northern terminus for the proposed Ontario Line,[3] construction of which began in March 2022.[4]
Description
This station's main entrance is located at the southwest corner of the intersection with Don Mills Road.[5] A secondary entrance is on the opposite northeast corner, with a new bus terminal stretching beyond that to Gervais Drive. The TTC bus terminal will have seven bus bays as well as on-street bus connections. An underground, accessible passage will link the bus terminal to the light rail transit concourse level, which will have retail spaces. The station will provide 30 outdoor and 30 indoor bicycle parking spaces.[1]
The underground Don Valley station was built using cut-and-cover method. The station is between two surface sections of the line. To travel under Don Mills Road, the line dips underground, passes through the station under the middle of Eglinton Avenue and re-emerges to the surface at the other side.[6] To the west of Don Valley station, there is a facing-point crossover just beyond the ramp descending to the station's west portal. To the east of the station, there is a double crossover on the ramp descending to the station's east portal.[7]
Architecture and artwork
The Line 5 station was designed by Arcadis, following an architectural concept designed by architects gh3* from Toronto and Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker from Montreal.[8][9] As with other stations on Line 5, architectural features include natural light from large windows and skylights, steel structures painted white, and orange accents (the colour of the line).[8]
As part of a program to install artworks at major interchange stations along Line 5 Eglinton, Don Valley station features an artwork titled Total Lunar Eclipse by British-American artist Sarah Morris. The artwork is a mural consisting of porcelain tiles that were silkscreened by hand. According to the artist, the artwork is a "wall painting" that "invites reflection on concepts of light, scale and motion through space".[10]
The station's main entrance has louvres in the glass panels above the doors. Metrolinx predicted that the louvres "will be a well-known and a distinctive part of the transit destination's look".[11]
Name
During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name Don Mills. On November 23, 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system (including Line 5 Eglinton).[12] Thus, the station was named Science Centre to reflect its proximity to the Ontario Science Centre (similar to Museum station) and to avoid confusion with the existing Don Mills station on Line 4 Sheppard.
On April 18, 2023, the Ontario provincial government announced plans to move the Science Centre to Ontario Place (near the other terminus of the Ontario Line).[13] When asked what this would mean for Science Centre station, Paul Calandra said the station would be renamed but did not speculate on what the new name might be.[14] The following year, in 2024, the government announced that the Science Centre would close permanently following an engineering report that cited a significant risk of roof collapse.[15]
As a result of the closure, on March 28, 2025, Metrolinx announced that the unopened station would be renamed Don Valley to reflect the station's proximity to the Don Valley Parkway, the Don River, and the Don Valley itself. Other names considered for the station were Concorde, Industrial District, Olympia Square, Ferrand, and Don River.[16]
Nearby landmarks
Nearby landmarks include the Celestica headquarters, the Foresters building, a Real Canadian Superstore, and a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse.
Don Valley is one of the Line 5 stations that was reported to have most excited developers.[17] On April 3, 2017, Urban Toronto reported that the City's planning department's initiative for the intersection had been named Don Mills Crossing, while it would be accompanied by a plan for nearby properties, in 2018.
Surface connections
The following bus routes serve Don Valley station:[18]
| Bay number | Route | Name | Additional information |
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| 1 | Spare | ||
| 2 | 100A | Flemingdon Park | Southbound to Broadview station via Grenoble Drive |
| 100B | Southbound to Broadview station via Linkwood Lane | ||
| 3 | 54A | Lawrence East | Eastbound to Starspray Boulevard |
| 54B | Eastbound to Morningside Avenue | ||
| 954 | Lawrence East Express | Eastbound to Starspray Boulevard (Rush hour service) | |
| 4 | 72 | Pape | Southbound to Commissioners Street via Pape station |
| Wheel-Trans | |||
| 5 | 162 | Lawrence-Donway | Westbound to Lawrence station |
| 191 | Underhill | Northbound to York Mills Road | |
| 6 | Spare | ||
| 7 | Spare | ||
| N/A | 25A | Don Mills | Northbound to Steeles Avenue East via Don Mills station and southbound to Broadview station (On-street connection) |
| 25B | Northbound to Don Mills station and southbound to Broadview station (On-street connection) | ||
| 34 | Eglinton | Westbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Kennedy station (On-street connection) | |
| 925 | Don Mills Express | Northbound to Steeles Avenue East via Don Mills station and southbound to Broadview station (On-street connection) | |
| 325 | Don Mills | Blue Night service; northbound to Steeles Avenue East and southbound to Commissioners Street (On-street connection) | |
| 334A | Eglinton | Blue Night service; eastbound to Kennedy station and westbound to Renforth Drive and Pearson Airport (On-street connection) | |
| 334B | Blue Night service; eastbound to Finch Avenue East and Neilson Road via Morningside Avenue and westbound to Mount Dennis station (On-street connection) | ||
| 354 | Lawrence East | Blue Night service; eastbound to Starspray Boulevard and westbound to Eglinton station (On-street connection) | |
References
- ^ a b c "Science Centre (formerly Don Mills) Station". Eglinton Crosstown. October 12, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ Thayaparan, Arrthy (February 8, 2026). "Beautiful, wonderful, or Toronto transit's black eye? Whatever it is, the Eglinton Crosstown is finally open". CBC News. Archived from the original on February 9, 2026. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
- ^ Jackson-Kelso, Rhianna; Bensadoun, Emerald (April 10, 2019). "How Doug Ford's $28.5-billion transit overhaul compares with Toronto's existing plans". Toronto Star. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
stretching from Ontario Place to the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto.
- ^ "'Game changer': Ford, Tory break ground on Ontario line, vow to protect local businesses - Toronto | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ Bateman, Chris (August 6, 2014). "Crosstown LRT spurs massive redevelopment proposal". blogTO. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
An underground stop on the Eglinton-Crosstown LRT is due to be built on the southwest corner of Eglinton and Don Mills
- ^ "Crosstown LRT Science Centre (open house) June 15, 2017" (PDF). Metrolinx. June 15, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017. Slides 19, 23, 24
- ^ "Eglinton Crosstown Surface Flyover - July 2020". Metrolinx. July 15, 2020. p. 01:00, 01:48. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
- ^ a b Bozikovic, Alex (February 8, 2026). "Will the Eglinton Crosstown carry Toronto forward?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
- ^ Lestage, Daoust. "Eglinton Crosstown LRT – Design excellence – Daoust Lestage". Retrieved February 22, 2026.
Daoust Lestage inc. (Fairbank Station)
DIALOG and Arcadis (Forest Hill, Chaplin and Avenue Stations)
Arcadis (Mount Dennis, Keelesdale, Oakwood, Eglinton, Leaside, Laird, Science Centre and Kennedy Stations and At-grade Stops)
NORR (Caledonia, Cedarvale and Mount Pleasant Stations) - ^ Spurr, Ben (January 15, 2018). "Art installations will enliven Eglinton Crosstown LRT". Toronto Star. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ "Crosstown LRT projects sees significant concrete milestones as well as main entrance features at Science Centre Station". Metrolinx. April 21, 2021. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
- ^ "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. November 23, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
TTC staff evaluated the initial report and the proposed names and provided feedback and recommendations. A primary TTC concern was to avoid replication and redundancy with existing TTC station names. The proposed names are unique and are not likely to be confused with existing station names.
- ^ Bozikovic, Alex (April 19, 2023). "Doug Ford's plan to move the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place ruins them both". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ Colin, D'Mello (April 20, 2023). "Ford government to rename Science Centre subway station in Toronto". Global News. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ Bowden, Olivia (June 21, 2024). "Ontario Science Centre to close immediately: province". CBCNews.ca. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
- ^ Colin, D'Mello (March 28, 2025). "Metrolinx renaming Eglinton Crosstown LRT's Ontario Science Centre station". Global News. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
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Julian Mirabelli (April 3, 2017). "Big Plans in Store for the Transformation of Don Mills & Eglinton". Urban Toronto. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
First, City Planning is undertaking a comprehensive planning study of the area they have named Don Mills Crossing, encompassing the four corners of the intersection while considering the neighbourhoods beyond, for which a Secondary Plan will be introduced in 2018.
- ^ "2024 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. November 17, 2023. p. 106.
External links
- Official station page
- Crosstown LRT Walk-through Don Mills on YouTube by Infrastructure Ontario. (The video shows the old station name of Don Mills. The station was later renamed Don Valley.)
