Mount Pleasant station (Toronto)
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| Location | 256 Eglinton Avenue East Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°42′30.2″N 79°23′24.6″W / 43.708389°N 79.390167°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | NORR | ||||||||||
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| Opened | February 8, 2026[1] | ||||||||||
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Mount Pleasant is an underground Toronto subway station on Line 5 Eglinton in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2] The station is located in North Toronto at the intersection of Mount Pleasant Road and Eglinton Avenue. Nearby destinations include Northern Secondary School, North Toronto Collegiate Institute, and the Davisville Village neighbourhood.
Description
The station has two entrances. The main, accessible entrance is at the northwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and Mount Pleasant Road. The secondary entrance is just east of Mount Pleasant Road on the north side. The station has storage for 30 bicycles.[2]
The station was designed by NORR, following an architectural concept designed by architects gh3* from Toronto and Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker from Montreal.[3][4][5] 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).[5] The main entrance of the station at 256–258 Eglinton Avenue East was the location of a former branch of the Imperial Bank of Canada (later CIBC), in a building originally designed by architect Herbert Horner in 1928. Metrolinx had the building's façade disassembled brick-by-brick, catalogued, labelled and stored for reassembly upon completion of the station's construction. Only the building's façade was preserved.[6][7]
Surface connections
The following bus routes serve Mount Pleasant station:[8]
| Route | Name | Additional information |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | Eglinton | Westbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Kennedy station |
| 74 | Mount Pleasant | Southbound to St. Clair station and westbound to Eglinton station |
| 103 | Mount Pleasant North | Westbound to Eglinton station and northbound to Doncliffe loop |
| 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) |
References
- ^ 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 "Mount Pleasant Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ^ 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 Transit Stations" (PDF). NORR. July 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
- ^ a b Bozikovic, Alex (February 8, 2026). "Will the Eglinton Crosstown carry Toronto forward?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
- ^ "McDonalds to be demolished for Bayview LRT". Bayview News. November 7, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
A nice bit of news on the northwest corner of Mt Pleasant and Eglinton where, according to Metrolinx information, the facade of the old building will be retained.
- ^ "Mount Pleasant Station Open House". Metrolinx. October 19, 2017. p. 32. Archived from the original on November 3, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
•Designed by architect Herbert Horner in 1928, and established as an Imperial Bank of Canada. •In July 2016 demolition of the 256–258 Eglinton Avenue East began. •The façade was disassembled brick-by-brick, cataloged, labelled and stored. •The east portion of the façade will be reassebled upon completion of station construction.
- ^ "2024 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. November 17, 2023. p. 106.