Science Centre station
Science Centre is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station and mobility hub under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system. It will be located in the Flemingdon Park neighbourhood at the intersection of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue. It is scheduled to open in 2024.
Main entrance under construction in January 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Eglinton Avenue East & Don Mills Road Toronto, Ontario Canada | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°43′14″N 79°20′20″W | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | TTC buses | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Indoor bike parking | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | |||||||||||||||
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| Opening | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name "Don Mills". On November 23, 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system (including Line 5 Eglinton). Thus, it was given its current name to both be more descriptive of the nearby Ontario Science Centre (in the same vein as Museum station), and to avoid confusion with the pre-existing Don Mills station on Line 4 Sheppard.
On April 10, 2019, the Ontario government announced that Science Centre station would be the northern terminus for the proposed Ontario Line, construction of which began in March 2022.
The station may be renamed, as on April 18, 2023, the Ontario provincial government announced plans to move its namesake to Ontario Place (near the other terminus of the Ontario Line). When asked about the name of Science Centre station, government House leader Paul Calandra said the station would be renamed but did not comment on what the new name might be.