Old Mill station

Old Mill is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 2672 Bloor Street West at Old Mill Terrace and Humber Boulevard in the Kingsway residential neighbourhood. Nearby destinations include the Old Mill Inn and Park Lawn Cemetery. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.^[2]

Old Mill
General information
Location	2672 Bloor Street West Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°39′00″N 79°29′41″W
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses  66  Prince Edward  300   Bloor - Danforth
Construction
Structure type	Underground/elevated
Accessible	No
Other information
Website	Official station page
History
Opened	May 10, 1968; 56 years ago (1968-05-10)
Passengers
2023–2024[1]	6,109
Rank	64 of 70
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station Royal York towards Kipling Line 2 Bloor–Danforth Jane towards Kennedy
Location

History

The station opened in 1968 in what was then the Borough of Etobicoke.

In 2000, the station was damaged by a fire on a waste collection train, just after the subway had closed for the night. This was most likely caused by a lit cigarette disposed of in a garbage can at another station. After this incident, the TTC switched to leaving waste outside stations for collection by truck.^[3]

Station access upgrades

The TTC planned to build two elevators at Old Mill Station to make it accessible as soon as the property acquisition process was finalized, and subject to weather, unforeseen site conditions and events.^[4] In 2022, the TTC began constructing elevators for the side platforms; they will connect them to the street-level concourse.^[5]

Subway infrastructure

The station is built on the west side of the Humber River valley. The west end of the station lies underground with the tunnel continuing toward Royal York. The east end of the platform is elevated on a viaduct that takes the line across the river to re-enter the tunnel on the other side of the valley toward Jane Station.

Glass walls at the train platform's east end provide a view of the riverside park. Bird of prey shaped cutouts have been applied to these large windows to reduce the number of avian fatalities.

From when the station opened in 1968 until 1973, buses and the subway trains serving the station were in separate fare zones and the station's bus loop was located outside the street entrance. Although the bus platforms have still not been integrated into the station's fare-paid area, since only the one bus route is affected, this has a relatively minor impact on the flow of passengers through the turnstiles.

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  At the west end of the station, the line goes underground in a tunnel toward Royal York station.
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  To the east, the tracks are elevated across the Humber River valley and into the tunnel portal toward Jane station.

Surface connections

Concourse

Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

The station's bus platform is not within the fare-paid area.

TTC routes serving the station include:

Route	Name	Additional information
66A	Prince Edward	Southbound to Humber Loop
66B		Southbound to Lake Shore Boulevard

References

1. "Subway ridership, 2023–2024" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved November 12, 2024. This table shows the typical number of customer-boardings made on each subway line and the number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on a typical weekday in Sep 2023–Aug 2024.
2. "There's now free WiFi at over 40 TTC subway stations". blogTO. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
3. "Transit Toronto, Subway Fire and Shuttle Buses". Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
4. "Easier Access Program Schedule".
5. https://www.ttc.ca/about-the-ttc/projects-and-plans/Old-Mill-Station-Easier-Access

External links

Media related to Old Mill station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official station page