Dundas West station
Toronto subway station
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Dundas West is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located just north of Bloor Street West at the corner of Dundas Street and Edna Avenue. The station is about 200 metres west of Bloor GO Station on the GO Transit Kitchener line and the Union Pearson Express.
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Toronto, Ontario
Canada
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| Location | 2365 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°39′25″N 79°27′11″W | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |    Bloor GO | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official station page | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 26 February 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2002 (streetcar infrastructure) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023–2024[1] | 23,861 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 25 of 70 | |||||||||||||||||||
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The station, which is the northwestern terminus of the 504A King and 505 Dundas streetcar routes, has two streetcar platforms and five bus bays to allow riders to transfer between connecting routes. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.[2] A McDonald's restaurant serves the station, with access from both the fare-paid and non-fare-paid areas of the station's upper level, and there is a Gateway Newstand on the mezzanine level.
Overview
To the east of the station, the subway runs in a twin-bored tunnel until just before the next station (Lansdowne). This allowed the tracks to pass underneath nearby railway lines without disturbing them during construction. To the west, the tracks follow a short "cut and cover" tunnel before emerging outside at the Dorval Portal. Trains run in the open air until they enter Keele Station.
The four tunnels comprising the Vincent Subway Yard are underground and south of the subway platforms. This station also houses the Subway Track Maintenance Office, which is located on the Mezzanine level.
Nearby landmarks include the Crossways residential and retail complex, Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School, The Lithuanian House banquet hall, Roncesvalles and the Junction neighbourhoods.
History
Dundas West station opened in 1966 as a part of the initial segment of the Bloor–Danforth line between Keele and Woodbine. Trolley buses on route 40 Junction served the station from 1968 to 1991.[3]
In 2002, as part of a scheduled reconstruction of the streetcar tracks on Dundas Street, a second streetcar track and platform were added to improve reliability on both the 504 King and 505 Dundas streetcar routes. Until the completion of the second track, a streetcar waiting in the station on either route could hold up vehicles on the other. At the same time, elevators were added, making the station wheelchair-accessible.
Following controversy over the eponym of Dundas Street – British politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, who delayed the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade[4] – Toronto City Council voted in 2021 to rename Dundas Street and other civic assets named after Dundas, such as Dundas West station.[5] A new name was to be chosen in April 2022.[5] In December 2023, citing costs, Toronto ultimately decided to keep Dundas' name for the street but to rename Yonge–Dundas Square (now Sankofa Square) and the two subway stations named after him, Dundas and Dundas West.[6] Dundas station was renamed TMU station in December 2025,[7] although as of January 2026, Dundas West has retained its name.
In April 2022, the streetcar loop was closed for two months to replace track and to extend the 505 streetcar platform to accommodate two Flexity Outlook streetcars.[8][9]
Surface connections
TTC routes serving the station include:
| Route | Name | Additional information |
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| 40A | Junction–Dundas West | Westbound to Kipling station |
| 40B | Westbound to Jane Street | |
| 168 | Symington | Northbound to Mount Dennis station |
| 304 | King | Blue Night Network; eastbound to Broadview station |
| 305 | Dundas | Blue Night Network; eastbound to Broadview station |
| 340 | Junction | Eastbound to Gunns Loop |
| 402 | Parkdale | Community bus |
| 504A | King | Streetcar; eastbound to Distillery Loop |
| 505 | Dundas | Streetcar; eastbound to Broadview station |
Connection to Bloor GO station
Metrolinx contracted to build a connection between Dundas West station and the nearby Bloor GO Station via a new pedestrian tunnel at the east end of the subway platforms. Customers transferring from the TTC to GO/UPX need to walk 500 metres (1,600 ft) east along city streets from the only station entrance at the west end of the subway platforms. The new tunnel will shorten that distance to 200 metres (660 ft). The work includes:[10]
- a new concourse in the lower level of the Crossways’ building
- elevator access to the TTC platform level
- two elevators and a stairwell to connect GO's Bloor tunnel to a new TTC concourse
- an electrical backup system in case of power outages
Metrolinx began proceedings to expropriate necessary properties for a pedestrian tunnel in September 2017.[11] It intended to start construction in 2018, but this was delayed when the ownership of the Crossways changed hands. Metrolinx expected property within the Crossways' parking garage necessary for tunnel construction to be transferred to Metrolinx in 2019.[12] By August 2023, the contract to construct the pedestrian connection between the two stations was awarded to Kenaidan Contracting.[10][13] Construction began in May 2024.[14] The project was delayed while Metrolinx and TTC officials negotiated with the owners of the Crossways, and as of 2025[update], no official opening date for the tunnel had been announced.[15]
In 2011, Metrolinx predicted there would be 2,000 transfers between the two stations by 2031.[16] As of 2023[update], there were approximately 600 daily transfers.[10]
