Kennedy (TTC)
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| Kennedy 2455 Eglinton Avenue East |
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| Opened | November 21, 1980 (Bloor-Danforth line) March 22, 1985 (Scarborough RT) |
| Line | Bloor-Danforth line Scarborough RT |
| Next station | Bloor-Danforth line: ≅2.5 km west to Warden 3 min Scarborough RT: |
| Connections | 12 Kingston Road, 20 Cliffside, 21 Brimley, 34 Eglinton East, 43 Kennedy, 57 Midland, 86 Scarborough, 113 Danforth, 116 Morningside, 131 Nugget, Kennedy GO station |
| Rank of Subway Boardings [1] | 3rd busiest out of 69 |
| Daily Boardings | 107,570 (69,200 on BD line, 38,370 on SRT) |
| No. of Elevators | 3 |
| Platforms | Centre platform on BD line, side platforms on SRT (one for boarding, one for alighting)
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Kennedy is a station on the Bloor-Danforth and Scarborough RT lines of the Toronto, Ontario, Canada, subway system; it is a terminus for each line, which depart in opposite directions. It is located at 2455 Eglinton Avenue East, just east of Kennedy Road. The station opened in 1980 with the Bloor-Danforth platform, and the Scarborough RT platform opened in 1985. It now connects with the adjacent Kennedy station on GO Transit's Stouffville railway line. Nearby landmarks include the Mid-Scarborough Community Centre.
Kennedy is a four-level station, with the Scarborough RT on top, then the bus terminal, the entry concourse that leads to the GO railway station and parking, and the subway on the bottom. The subway and RT tracks through the station are parallel. Leaving the station, the Scarborough RT line descends to ground level and turns north to run alongside the Canadian National Railway railway tracks. All TTC levels are accessible by elevator.
Although the Scarborough RT trains are bidirectional, at this station they originally reversed on a loop like single-ended streetcars, because when Kennedy station was built, the TTC planned to run the line as a dedicated right-of-way for streetcars, rather than the light metro that was eventually constructed. They would enter the station from the east, unload passengers, run onto an elevated loop west of the station to reverse, return to the station, and call at a second platform to load passengers before departing eastward.
The trains could not handle the sharp curves of the loop as well as expected, so the station was rebuilt in 1988 to eliminate it. Because of another curve at the east end of the station, it was not possible to add a scissors crossover there, so the station was reduced to a single terminal track with the loading platform on one side and the unloading platform on the other. Trains now use that track to reverse, opening their doors on both sides while stopped.
Kennedy is the third busiest station in the system, after St. George and Bloor-Yonge, serving a combined total of approximately 107,570 people a day.
Kennedy station is getting busier day by day as the population growth in the Scarborough area increases. Statistics proven that the Kennedy Station is the third busiest but it is among one of the smaller stations of the TTC. Although it has 4 floors including one basement level for subways, lower-mid level for various underground walkway paths to and from significan buildings and areas around Kennedy Station and a ground level for buses and a above ground level for the Scarborough RT, the size if this station and the amount of passengers are not up to scale. Therefore, the TTC and the municipality government of City of Toronto have previously mentioned that a proposal for Kennedy Station expansion is possible in order to meet the demand of increasing passengers. Aside from the numerous passengers, because of the increasing demand in public transportation, many bus routes that operates in and out of Kennedy Station might experience a service increase. As bus service increases, the demand for more bus bays will rise. To prevent buses sharing the same bus bay or congestion, the possible proposal will include more bus bays.
[edit] Rapid transit extension and replacement
The TTC is planning to upgrade and extend the SRT with newer but similar RT technology.
[edit] Surface connections
- 12 Kingston Road
- 20 Cliffside
- 21 Brimley
- 34 Eglinton East]
- 43 Kennedy (to Steeles Ave.)
- 43B Kennedy(to Scarborough Centre Station VIA Progress Rd.)
- 57 Midland
- 86 Scarborough
- 113 Danforth
- 116 Morningside
- 116E Morningside Express
- 131E Nugget Express (rush hours only)
- Kennedy (GO Station)
