[robmausser]

Line 2 opened with a "Yonge Station" not "Bloor-Yonge Station".

That STILL makes way more sense than the Eglinton LRT opening with an Eglinton station.

To keep the same logic, Line 2 would have opened with a "Bloor station" Which is insane.

 

[robmausser]

Can someone explain why Metrolinx thought it was too difficult to rename Eglinton to Eglinton-Yonge? Bloor became Bloor-Yonge with Line 2's opening, and Sheppard became Sheppard-Yonge with Line 4's opening.

It really makes you worried about the people in charge of our transit, no?

 

[JasonParis]

Seeing the map of the Eglinton line with a station simply designated "Eglinton" really highlights the stupidity of leaving that name the same. It boggles my mind that they want to change Eglinton West, but not Eglinton itself.

Metrolinx's standard is not to repeat names in the system, so this gives Line 5 only one Eglinton. BUT... they seem to have no issue owning a GO station in Scarborough with the very same name. Really, Line 1/5's Eglinton Station should be "Eglinton-Yonge" to keep the TTC standard. I also think "Eglinton Centre" or "Midtown" could work as alternatives.

 

[JSF-1]

Metrolinx's standard is not to repeat names in the system, so this gives Line 5 only one Eglinton. BUT... they seem to have no issue owning a GO station in Scarborough with the very same name. Really, Eglinton Station should be "Eglinton-Yonge" to keep the TTC standard. I also think "Eglinton Centre" or "Midtown" could work as alternatives.

I would prefer the "Centre" epithet be reserved for the "dowtowns" of municipalities, like North York Centre or Scarborough Centre. Honestly you could get away with calling Mount Dennis "York Centre" since that was to be its name back during the Eglinton West Subway era. Similarly we could if we were so inclined rename Thorncliff Park station on the OL, "East York Centre". Or at the very least give them these names as subtitles like how Bay has Yorkville as a subtitle. Eglinton would be better off as Eglinton-Yonge to keep tradition and I would hope Queen will be renamed "Queen-Yonge" when the OL opens.

 

[JasonParis]

I would prefer the "Centre" epithet be reserved for the "dowtowns" of municipalities, like North York Centre or Scarborough Centre. Honestly you could get away with calling Mount Dennis "York Centre" since that was to be its name back during the Eglinton West Subway era. Similarly we could if we were so inclined rename Thorncliff Park station on the OL, "East York Centre". Or at the very least give them these names as subtitles like how Bay has Yorkville as a subtitle. Eglinton would be better off as Eglinton-Yonge to keep tradition and I would hope Queen will be renamed "Queen-Yonge" when the OL opens.

Then how about Midtown Centre? I kid, sort of.

 

[Sandpit]

Then how about Midtown Centre? I kid, sort of.

Midtown Metropolitan Centre.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

I would prefer the "Centre" epithet be reserved for the "dowtowns" of municipalities, like North York Centre or Scarborough Centre. Honestly you could get away with calling Mount Dennis "York Centre" since that was to be its name back during the Eglinton West Subway era. Similarly we could if we were so inclined rename Thorncliff Park station on the OL, "East York Centre". Or at the very least give them these names as subtitles like how Bay has Yorkville as a subtitle. Eglinton would be better off as Eglinton-Yonge to keep tradition and I would hope Queen will be renamed "Queen-Yonge" when the OL opens.

Personally, I would accept "CITY HALL" as the Ontario Line's station at Yonge Street.

 

[11th]

Then how about Midtown Centre? I kid, sort of.

There is also "North Toronto". Name of nearby high school, and former town.

 

[robmausser]

There is also "North Toronto". Name of nearby high school, and former town.

Yeah but now everything thinks North Toronto is Finch/Steeles area. So its confusing

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Yeah but now everything thinks North Toronto is Finch/Steeles area. So its confusing

Location of North Toronto in Toronto

From link.

The former town was bounded on the south by Moore Avenue east to Bayview Avenue, north to Eglinton Avenue, west to Bruce, north to Fairfield, west to the west boundary of Mount Hope Cemetery, then north to north of Glen Echo, west to Yonge, north to north of McNairn Avenue, then west to a line just west of Elm Road. The boundary continues south to just north of Glenview Avenue and Avenue Road, then west to a line with Proudfoot Avenue, then south to just north of Briar Hill, then south on Castlewood to Roselawn, then south on Latimer to Eglinton Avenue. The boundary continues east on Eglinton to Elmsthorpe, then south to the former rail line south of Chaplin Crescent, then east to Yonge.

From link.

The town of North Toronto was incorporated in 1890. It was formed as the result of an amalgamation between Davisville Village, Eglinton Village, and Bedford Park Village.

At the time of its incorporation, North Toronto was primarily an agricultural farming community. However, large parcels of land in North Toronto were already subdivided, and were being held by speculators.

The actual building of houses in this area began in the 1890’s, when the Metropolitan Street Railway, made North Toronto the northernmost stop on its five cent line from downtown Toronto.

By the early 1900’s, North Toronto had emerged as one of Toronto’s most popular commuter suburbs. However, frustrated by the poor level of municipal services being offered by the Town, North Toronto residents voted in favour of Annexation to the City of Toronto on December 15, 1912. North Toronto filled in quickly after annexation and was completely developed by the 1940’s.

 

[KhalilHeron]

There is also "North Toronto". Name of nearby high school, and former town.

I think North Toronto should be reserved for the station on Yonge on the midtown corridor if that ever happens, given that's what the station was originally called as far as I know.

 

[11th]

I think North Toronto should be reserved for the station on Yonge on the midtown corridor if that ever happens, given that's what the station was originally called as far as I know.

The name works back then when it served as auxiliary station to Union and had intercity trains.
In my opinion, the new station on the midtown corridor should just be called Summerhill. Fits right into the current naming scheme - distinctive, reference to nearby area.

 

[11th]

Location of North Toronto in Toronto

From link.


From link.
The town of North Toronto was incorporated in 1890. It was formed as the result of an amalgamation between Davisville Village, Eglinton Village, and Bedford Park Village.

At the time of its incorporation, North Toronto was primarily an agricultural farming community. However, large parcels of land in North Toronto were already subdivided, and were being held by speculators.

The actual building of houses in this area began in the 1890’s, when the Metropolitan Street Railway, made North Toronto the northernmost stop on its five cent line from downtown Toronto.

By the early 1900’s, North Toronto had emerged as one of Toronto’s most popular commuter suburbs. However, frustrated by the poor level of municipal services being offered by the Town, North Toronto residents voted in favour of Annexation to the City of Toronto on December 15, 1912. North Toronto filled in quickly after annexation and was completely developed by the 1940’s.

Davisville Village = Davisville/Yonge
Bedford Park = Lawrence/Yonge
Looks like Eglinton is a correct choice for the station.

 

[Johnny Au]

Davisville Village = Davisville/Yonge
Bedford Park = Lawrence/Yonge
Looks like Eglinton is a correct choice for the station.

Not just that, but there's a historical village at Yonge and Eglinton named Eglinton, further justifying the Eglinton name for the Line 1 and 5 interchange station.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Why EGLINTON STATION?

Because the area used to be the Village of Eglinton.

From link.

Eglinton was a small farming village located at what is today the intersection of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue in York County, Ontario, Canada. It was first settled in the early 19th century and became the agricultural hub for the area just north of the city of Toronto. During the early 19th century, the area was part of the largest cattle-grazing region in Upper Canada (now the southern region of Ontario). The region was the first in North America to extend the use of cowbells to all cattle. Prior to this, it had been standard practice for a cowbell to be attached only to the best and leading animal in a group of livestock.[1] To honour this proud and storied heritage, the City of Toronto named a local street Cowbell Lane.[2]

The village was also an important stop on Yonge Street, the main road north from Toronto. One of the first settlers was John Montgomery, who founded a tavern catering to travelers. He likely named the village after the Earls of Eglinton, who had the family name Montgomerie and with whom he believed he had some connection. The name of the village would later be given to the east-west trail running through it, which would become Eglinton Avenue. In 1837 Montgomery's Tavern served as the base of William Lyon Mackenzie's rebels and was the site of the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern.

A successful village of 700 people, the area's character changed in 1884 when the Metropolitan Street Railway began running a horse-drawn streetcar up Yonge Street to the village. Rapid housing development soon followed. As the population grew, the settlement was in 1890 incorporated with the smaller Davisville Village into the town of North Toronto. North Toronto was annexed to Toronto two decades later.

Odd that the Village of Yorkville didn't get its name, except as a understatement, for BAY STATION.

From link.