Forest Hill station (Toronto)
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| Location | 842 Eglinton Avenue West[1] Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°42′04″N 79°25′31″W / 43.70111°N 79.42528°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | Dialog and Arcadis | ||||||||||
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| Opened | February 8, 2026[2] | ||||||||||
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Forest Hill is an underground Toronto subway station on Line 5 Eglinton in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[3] It is located in the Forest Hill neighbourhood at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue.
The station has two entrances. The main entrance is at the northeast corner of Eglinton Avenue West and Bathurst Street and is fully accessible. The secondary entrance is 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 are 60 exterior spaces for bicycles.[3] The secondary entrance building also houses a traction power substation.[4]
Station naming
During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name Bathurst, which is identical to the pre-existing Bathurst station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. In 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system (including Line 5 Eglinton). As the station was located in the Forest Hill neighbourhood, the alternate name of Forest Hill was chosen.[5]
Construction
A small plaza at the northeast corner of the Eglinton and Bathurst intersection, that used to house several businesses including a coffee shop and convenience store, was demolished to make way for the main station entrance.[6] At 874–876 Eglinton Avenue West, three storefronts were demolished to build the secondary entrance building. One of these businesses, the House of Chan, a Chinese-Canadian restaurant, was a local landmark that needed to relocate.[7]
After completion of construction of the station headwalls, restoration of the roadway on Bathurst Street began on August 16, 2015.[8]
On April 18, 2016, a scaffold erected across the face of the future secondary entrance collapsed, injuring seven people (three seriously). The collapsed structure was the façade of the former location of House of Chan, which was relocated eastwards along Eglinton Avenue to the west of Avenue Road.[9][10]
Architecture and artwork
The station was designed by Dialog and Arcadis, following an architectural concept designed by architects gh3* from Toronto and Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker from Montreal.[11][12] 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).[11]
Avenue station features the artwork a bird in the hand by artist Vanessa Maltese, with birds screenprinted on a window at street level.[13]
Surface connections
The following bus routes serve Forest Hill station:[14]
| Route | Name | Additional information |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Bathurst | Northbound to Steeles Avenue West and southbound to Bathurst station |
| 33 | Forest Hill | Southbound to St. Clair West station |
| 34 | Eglinton | Westbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Kennedy station |
| 307 | Bathurst | Blue Night service; Northbound to Steeles Avenue West and southbound to Exhibition Loop |
| 334A | Eglinton | Blue Night service; eastbound to Kennedy station and westbound to Renforth Drive and Pearson Airport |
| 334B | Blue Night service; eastbound to Finch Avenue East and Neilson Road via Morningside Avenue and westbound to Mount Dennis station |
References
- ^ "Bathurst Crosstown Station". Urban Toronto. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Bathurst Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. November 23, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
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.
- ^ Fannie Sunshine (November 29, 2011). "Bathurst station plans unveiled in Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown open house". Inside Toronto. Metroland News. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ^ Ross, Brendan (January 2012). "Local landmarks to be appropriated for Bathurst station". Post City Toronto. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
A recent public consultation meeting on the design of the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown rapid transit line's Bathurst station revealed that three local landmarks are likely to be appropriated and demolished for its construction.
- ^ MacKenzie, Robert (August 16, 2015). "Eglinton Crosstown LRT – Bathurst: Roadway restoration, August 16, 17". Transit Toronto. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
Since they've almost finished this part of the project, they're restoring the roadway.
- ^ Davidson, Terry (April 18, 2016). "Stroller protects baby in scaffolding collapse on Eglinton". Toronto Sun. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
A baby stroller may have saved its tiny occupant from injury Monday when a wall collapsed at the street-side demolition site of what will be a Crosstown LRT station on Eglinton Ave. W.
- ^ Paul Johnston (April 18, 2016). "Eglinton scaffolding collapse injures 7, including baby: paramedics". CP24. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
- ^ 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) - ^ Eglinton Crosstown [@CrosstownTO] (August 8, 2022). "At Forest Hill Station, crews installed "A Bird in the Hand," an art piece by artist Vanessa Maltese. The piece is designed to evoke the English proverb "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," and invites commuters to think of the wildlife that shares our community" (Tweet). Retrieved February 19, 2026 – via Twitter.
- ^ "2024 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. November 17, 2023. p. 106.
External links
- Official station page
- Media related to Forest Hill Station at Wikimedia Commons