NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bay (TTC)


Bay 64 Bloor Street West
Opened	February 25, 1966
Line	Bloor-Danforth line
Next station	Bloor-Danforth line: ≅0.8 km west to St. George 1 min ≅0.2 km east to Bloor-Yonge 1 min Lower Bay tunnel: ≅0.6 km southwest to Museum 1 min, not in regular use ≅0.2 km east to Bloor-Yonge 1 min, not in regular use Image File history File links TTC_Bay_-_Digital_Rendering. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The Bloor-Danforth line is the main east-west subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. ... St. ... Bloor-Yonge is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line and the Bloor_Danforth Line of the Toronto subway. ... A T-1 subway train pulls out of Museum station on its way north to Finch. ... Bloor-Yonge is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line and the Bloor_Danforth Line of the Toronto subway. ...
Connections	6 Bay
Rank of Subway Boardings [1]	16th busiest out of 69
Daily Boardings	33,610
No. of Elevators	0
Platforms	Centre platform (additional closed centre platform underneath)

Bay is a station on the Bloor-Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is located at 64 Bloor Street West at Bay Street. It was opened in 1966. Nearby landmarks include the Manulife Centre and Yorkville. This is a list of all of the subway and Scarborough RT stations of the Toronto Transit Commission. ... The Bloor-Danforth line is the main east-west subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. ... It has been suggested that List of Toronto Transit Commission stations be merged into this article or section. ... Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Torontos Bay Street in the heart of the financial district. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The Manulife Centre is a 51 storey complex in the heart of the Yorkville district of Toronto at 44 Charles Street. ... Bloor Street Bloor Street Yorkville is an affluent neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Early plans of the Bloor line, and even some published maps, named this station ‘Yorkville’; the platform signs still read ‘BAY’ in large type, with a smaller ‘YORKVILLE’ underneath.

Lower Bay

Below the main platform for Bay station is an abandoned platform, which was used for only six months in 1966 when the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) experimentally ran trains whose routes included portions of both the Yonge-University and Bloor-Danforth lines. This abandoned platform is sometimes referred to as Lower Bay. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... It has been suggested that TTC Special Constable Services be merged into this article or section. ... The Yonge-University-Spadina Line is the oldest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and undoubtedly, the most crowded subway line in Toronto, since it serves Downtown Toronto. ... The Bloor-Danforth line is the main east-west subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. ...

The platform was in service in 1966 as part of an ‘interlining’ experiment, in which the TTC ran trains along three routes, with one matching the subsequent Bloor-Danforth line, and the other two combining parts of the Bloor-Danforth line with the Yonge-University line. The experiment was deemed a failure, largely because delays anywhere quickly cascaded to affect the entire system. Also, as the stations had not been laid out effectively for cross-platform interchange, trains travelling west from St. George and east from Bay alternated between the two levels, leading passengers to wait on the stairs in-between the levels, since they were unable to tell which platform would receive the next train. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The Yonge-University-Spadina Line is the oldest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and undoubtedly, the most crowded subway line in Toronto, since it serves Downtown Toronto. ... A cross-platform interchange is a type of interchange between different lines in a metro system. ... St. ...

With every station served by at least two routes (Bloor-Yonge station was served by all three routes, with the Yonge-University-Danforth route passing through it twice, once on each level), passengers could travel between any two stations without changing trains, but the TTC found that when the extra time waiting for a train from the correct route was considered, the time savings were not significant. Bloor-Yonge is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line and the Bloor_Danforth Line of the Toronto subway. ...

Interlining was discontinued because of the confusion and delays, although it has been argued that it was politically motivated and that the experiment was sabotaged by the TTC, perhaps even designed to fail from the start. Much of the infrastructure for interlining is still present on the system, and most older stations still have signs informing passengers of each train’s next destination, although they no longer change.

Though closed to the public, Lower Bay has not been abandoned. It is now used to train new operators, to move trains between the two lines, for platform-surface experiments, and to allow filming in the subway without disrupting the public service. The station has been modified several times to make it look like a ‘common’ North American subway station, and the TTC once had an elaborate pre-built set for converting it to a New York subway station. The set was used for the filming of the movie Don't Say a Word. Pictures of that transformation can be found using the link at the bottom of the page. The TTC asked the production company if they could donate the set. The set remained up for about three weeks as a selling point for other movies but was then torn down due to safety concerns. Other notable movies shot at Lower Bay include Johnny Mnemonic and Mimic. The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system operated by the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as MTA New York City Transit. ... Dont Say a Word is a 2001 motion picture that tells the story of a psychiatrist, whose daughter is being held hostage while he attempts to connect with a young mental patient who holds the key to a fortune in her memory. ... Johnny Mnemonic is a 1995 cyberpunk-based movie, loosely based on a short story of the same name by William Ford Gibson, in which Keanu Reeves plays the title character, a man with a cybernetic implant in his head designed to store information. ... Mimic is a 1997 science fiction horror film, directed by Guillermo del Toro. ...

The tracks connecting Lower Bay are still in existence and are used if subway trains or equipment must be moved between lines. A northbound train from Museum can reach them by turning right at the junction where the train veers to the left toward St. George; a westbound train from Bloor-Yonge can reach them by turning left at the junction immediately after the station. The station platform can be reached through (normally-locked) service doors on the upper level. A T-1 subway train pulls out of Museum station on its way north to Finch. ... St. ... Bloor-Yonge is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line and the Bloor_Danforth Line of the Toronto subway. ...

Passengers on the Bloor-Danforth trains can get a glimpse of Lower Bay station, from the front of a westbound train as it leaves Yonge station bound for (upper) Bay station. Immediately after the station, the westbound tracks fork, with normal traffic travelling on the right. If passengers follow with their eyes the left-hand fork in the tracks, ahead and down, the lights of Lower Bay station can be seen in the distance.

The last double doors at the end of Bay station's upper platform, near the Cumberland exit lead to Lower bay. These doors are usually locked and they can be recognized by the missing tiles on the wall around them.

2007 tunnel construction

As a result of TTC service alterations, Lower Bay station will be visible to the public during Saturdays and Sundays from February 24 to March 31, 2007. Westbound trains will be rerouted through the Lower Bay subway station to accommodate major structural repairs to the tunnel roof between St. George and Bay stations. Trains will not stop at Bay Station, and this station will be closed during the construction days.

All Eastbound & Westbound trains will end at Museum Station. Passengers must cross the centre platform and change trains at Museum Station to continue their Bloor-Danforth subway trip. University-Spadina subway passengers should change to eastbound trains at Museum Station.

Passengers have been advised to use Bloor-Yonge, St George, or Museum stations to access the Bloor-Danforth subway. St George, lower level, will be closed. All trains will serve the upper level.

Spadina, St George and Bloor-Yonge remain as interchange stations. As a result of the diversionary routing, the customary last service train connections at Bloor-Yonge Station will not be possible.

The following are approximate times of the last service trains operating through Bloor-Yonge Station. These times are subject to change due to unexpected delays to service:

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