Caledonia station

This article is about the station in Toronto. For the former station in Caledonia, Ontario, see Caledonia station (Grand Trunk Railway).

Caledonia
Caledonia station platform
General information
Location2400 Eglinton Avenue West[1]
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°41′32″N 79°27′56″W / 43.69222°N 79.46556°W / 43.69222; -79.46556
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
Connections
  •  18  Caledonia
  •  34  Eglinton
  •  47  Lansdowne
  •  334   Eglinton
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
ArchitectNORR[1]
History
Opened
  • Line 5: February 8, 2026 (2026-02-08)[2]
  • GO Transit: TBA
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station
Keelesdale
towards Mount Dennis
 Line 5 Eglinton Fairbank
towards Kennedy
Future services
Preceding station GO Transit Following station
Downsview Park
towards Allandale Waterfront
 Barrie Union Station
Terminus
Location

Caledonia is an underground Toronto subway station on Line 5 Eglinton in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located along Eglinton Avenue between the GO Transit Barrie rail corridor and the entrance to the Westside Mall. It is about 200 metres (660 ft) west of Caledonia Road opposite Blackthorn Avenue.[3]

In April 2014, the station's headwalls were tunnelled through.[4][5][6]

Description

The main entrance faces Eglinton Avenue West and has a small station plaza. The station includes a bus loop with two bus bays, outdoor parking for 60 bicycles and retail spaces within the main entrance at ground level.[3]

The underground station platform is located on the north side of Eglinton Avenue directly under the main entrance. The station design provides an opportunity to bring sunlight from this entrance down to the platform level[3] via an open shaft from the upper concourse.[7]

Artwork and architecture

The station was designed by NORR, following an architectural concept designed by architects gh3* from Toronto and Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker from Montreal.[8][9][10] 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).[10]

As part of a program to install artworks at major interchange stations along Line 5 Eglinton, Caledonia station features the artwork Ride of Your Life by Janice Kerbel, consisting of a series of large-scale mosaic wall works visible from the Line 5 platform level. The artwork shows mosaic images of signage with multiple typefaces and sizes, similar to fairground posters from the early 1900s.[11][12][13]

Caledonia GO Station

In May 2015, Metrolinx announced plans to add Caledonia as a future stop on the GO Transit Barrie line.[14][15] Construction of the GO portion of the station was expected to take two years[16] and began in October 2025.[17]

The LRT station will be integrated with the planned GO station. There will be a pedestrian bridge connecting the GO station to the LRT station's main entrance. The GO station will have a second entrance at its north end where both the York Beltline Trail and Bowie Avenue end. In future, through the Regional Rail Express project, a second track is planned for the GO line to enable all-day, two-way GO train service.[18][15]

Surface connections

Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

The following bus routes serve Caledonia station:[19]

Caledonia station surface transit connections
Bay number Route Name Additional information
1 18 Caledonia Northbound to Yorkdale station
2 Wheel-Trans
3 47 Lansdowne Southbound to Queen Street West
N/A 34 Eglinton Westbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Kennedy station
(On-street connection)
334A 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)

References

  1. ^ a b "Caledonia Crosstown Station : Urban Toronto". Urban Toronto. Archived from the original on August 5, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c "Caledonia Station : Crosstown". Eglinton Crosstown. October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  4. ^ Moore, Oliver (April 29, 2014). "Underground for now, construction proceeds on Eglinton LRT". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015. Headwalls that will form the box of the stations have been installed at Keele Street and Caledonia Road, and work is under way on one at Dufferin Street. The TBMs go right through headwalls after they have been built, in order to ensure a tight seal, and the two at work in this area are now on either side of what will eventually be the Caledonia LRT station.
  5. ^ Gupta, Rahul (May 9, 2014). "Eglinton LRT: Construction activity well underway on both sides of Allen Road". Inside Toronto. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015. Digging 50 feet below street level, the 81-metre long TBMs nicknamed Dennis and Lea are currently located in the vicinity of Caledonia Road, one of 12 underground Crosstown stations planned for the route. They are expected to reach the Allen later this year, when they will be redeployed beyond Eglinton West subway station to continue the dig east towards Yonge Street.
  6. ^ Alamenciak, Tim (April 30, 2014). "Eglinton Crosstown LRT back on schedule, engineer says". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on August 3, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015. "It's a seemingly simple process that's actually very high tech," said Kramer. The first of the two tunneling machines (dubbed Dennis) entered the ground June of 2013 and has made it to Caledonia Rd. from its starting point at Black Creek Dr. The other machine, Lea, is just behind.
  7. ^ "Caledonia Station shows unique open design on Crosstown LRT route". Metrolinx. November 16, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ^ "Eglinton Crosstown Transit Stations" (PDF). NORR. July 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ a b Bozikovic, Alex (February 8, 2026). "Will the Eglinton Crosstown carry Toronto forward?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
  11. ^ "Artists and Artworks". Metrolinx. Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  12. ^ Graziani, Téana (July 6, 2022). "Art Installations Underway at Crosstown Line 5 Stations". urbantoronto.ca. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  13. ^ "New art installations going up at Eglinton Crosstown LRT station". Metrolinx. June 30, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  14. ^ Kurek, Dominic (May 5, 2015). "Metrolinx to add GO station at Eglinton Avenue West on Barrie line". Inside Toronto. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Metrolinx, the provincial agency in charge of regional transportation plans in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areas, has announced it will be adding a GO Transit station on the Barrie GO line at Eglinton Avenue West and Caledonia Road.
  15. ^ a b "Metrolinx moving forward with plans for Caledonia GO Station" (Press release). Canada News Wire. April 24, 2015. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  16. ^ "For a Greater Region – Caledonia Station". www.metrolinx.com. Retrieved July 20, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  17. ^ "Ontario Begins Construction on Caledonia GO Station". news.ontario.ca. October 10, 2025. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
  18. ^ "5 facts about the future Caledonia GO Station". York Guardian. June 14, 2015. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. The expected completion date for the station is 2020, to open at the same time as the new Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Metrolinx, a provincial agency in charge of both projects, is currently conducting an environmental assessment for the GO station, which is expected to be complete in early 2016.
  19. ^ "2024 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. November 17, 2023. p. 106.
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