Mount Dennis station
Mount Dennis is an intermodal transit terminal under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located east of the intersection of Eglinton Avenue and Weston Road in the Mount Dennis neighbourhood in the district of York, the station will be the western terminus of the future Line 5 Eglinton as well as an intermediate station on the GO Transit Kitchener line and Union Pearson Express. The station has been designated as one of many "mobility hubs" in Greater Toronto. It is scheduled to open in 2022.
The station is being built on the lands formerly known as Kodak Heights, which was a camera manufacturing facility operated by the Eastman Kodak Company from 1918 to 2006. Adjacent to the station, the Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility will also be located on the lands.
Metrolinx expects Mount Dennis station to be completed in 2020 along with Keelesdale and Caledonia stations. Also in 2020, Metrolinx expects test trains to run between Mount Dennis and Caledonia stations.
Timeline
A draft prepared on April 10, 2013, established four designs for the station. In all the designs, the underground LRT platform was long—long enough for four vehicle trainsets. Two designs placed the bus platform on the north side of Eglinton, accessed through a pedestrian tunnel. In the other two designs the bus platform were on the south side of Eglinton, accessed through a pedestrian tunnel.By 2016, the finalized design placed the bus loop on the north side of the station, accessed by a relocated Photography Drive bridge that crosses Eglinton further to the east than the old bridge. This roadway would pass east of the renovated Kodak building, which would form the station's third entrance.
On the weekend of February 19–21, 2016, the Photography Drive bridge over Eglinton Avenue was demolished to make way for construction on the Mount Dennis station site.
In August 2016, the former Kodak building was temporarily moved to facilitate construction. On November 13, 2017, the building was moved back to sit on a newly built foundation. The community wanted this landmark preserved; thus, it will become an integral part of Mount Dennis station.
By August 2018, some track had already been laid within the Eglinton Crosstown station. By August 2019, track had been extended from the station platform eastwards past the junction with the Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility, but overhead wire for pantographs had not yet been hung; escalators and wall tiles were being installed; graffiti had been removed from the Kodak building and restoration work to its interior was in progress.
Description
In addition to being a landmark and a Heritage Interest Building, the former Kodak building will be a focal point for riders using the mobility hub, as many of the mobility hub's features are linked to this building. It will have a waiting area and public washrooms, and retail spaces on the main and basement levels. The upper floors of the building will be used for rented offices and to provide a space for community use.The station will have three entrances:
- The main entrance and a station plaza will be located between Weston Road and the GO Transit Kitchener rail corridor. There would an underground passage from the main entrance to the former Kodak building.
- The secondary entrance will be located at street level on the north side of Eglinton Avenue West on the east side of the rail bridges for the Kitchener rail corridor.
- The third entrance and another station plaza will be at the former Kodak building.
- Line 5 Eglinton will terminate at Mount Dennis, and there will be special track work for reversing LRT trains. The LRT platform would have a glass wall allowing natural light into the space.
- GO Transit and UP Express station will have platforms constructed along the Kitchener rail corridor and be accessible from the underground connection between the main entrance and the waiting room in the former Kodak building.
- The off-street TTC bus terminal will have 15 bays and will be connected to the former Kodak building. The bus terminal will have its own space for retail.
- The passenger pick-up and drop-off area will be available to riders of any of the hub's transit services. There will also be four taxi stands nearby.
- Bicycle storage will include 40 outdoor and 80 indoor spaces. Indoor storage will be provided at the main entrance.
As part of a program to install artworks at major interchange stations along Line 5 Eglinton, Mount Dennis Station will feature two artworks:
- Up to This Moment, by Hadley + Maxwell, will be a video display of an image documenting changes to the Kodak Heights site. The image displayed will change daily. The artwork will be located on the east wall of the upper concourse; it will be visible from Eglinton Avenue through the south-side, glass wall of the station.
- An untitled work by Sara Cwynar will feature a brightly coloured, wall-sized mural consisting of a collage of photographic images, digitally printed on layered glass panels. The artwork will be located along a pedestrian corridor within the station.
Surface connections
| Route | Name | Additional Information |
| 27 | Jane South | Southbound to Jane station |
| 32 | Eglinton West | Westbound to Renforth station |
| 34 | Eglinton | Eastbound to Science Centre station |
| 35A | Jane | Northbound to Pioneer Village station |
| 35B | Jane | Northbound to Pioneer Village station via Hullmar Drive |
| 71 | Runnymede | Southbound to Runnymede station |
| 89 | Weston | Northbound to Albion Road and southbound to Keele station |
| 161 | Rogers Road | Eastbound to Ossington station |
| 168 | Symington | Southbound to Dundas West station |
| 170 | Emmett | Westbound to Jane & Emmett |
| 171 | Mount Dennis | Southbound to Jane Street and northbound to Industry street |
| 935 | Jane Express | Southbound to Jane station and northbound to Pioneer Village station |
| 989 | Weston Express | Northbound to Steeles Avenue West and southbound to Keele station |