Fairbank station


Fairbank is an underground light rail transit station on Line 5 Eglinton, part of the Toronto subway system. It is located in the Fairbank neighbourhood at the intersection of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West. Destinations include the Fairbank neighbourhood and Fairbank Memorial Park., construction work related to the station was in progress, having been scheduled to begin in 2014.
During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name "Dufferin", which is identical to the pre-existing Dufferin station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. On November 23, 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system. Thus, the LRT station was renamed "Fairbank" after the Fairbank neighbourhood rather than the intersecting Dufferin Street.
The main entrance replaces the Esso gas station on the east side of St. Hilda's Park, at the southeast corner of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue. A secondary entrance is located on the northwest corner, where a right-turn slip road was removed to provide the necessary space. A third structure, for mechanical and venting purposes, replaces a storefront near the southwest corner. Fairbank station includes a decorative exterior plaza having grass, a misting feature, 14 shade trees, 15 benches and ten bicycle parking spaces. It will be suitable for community events.

Surface connections

, the following are the proposed connecting routes that would serve this station when Line 5 Eglinton opens:
RouteNameAdditional information
29A/CDufferinNorthbound to Wilson station
29ADufferinSouthbound to Exhibition Place
29CDufferinSouthbound to Exhibition Place
34EglintonWestbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Kennedy station
929Dufferin ExpressNorthbound to Wilson station and southbound to Exhibition Place