Queen Line - Proposed Routes

Proposed Routes

Later changes to the line would have extended the subway to the Humber Loop in the west and Eglinton-Don Mills to the north-east end:

  • 1960 - subway from Sunnyside to Greenwood, then from Greenwood to O'Connor Drive and connect with the Bloor-Danforth subway at either Greenwood or Donlands stations
  • 1964 - an underground streetcar line from Greenwood to McCaul to replace the existing surface route.
  • 1964 - a route was to have the underground section from Jarvis (Sherbourne in 1968 plan) to Spadina. The route re-surfaces between Spadina to Humber Loop and from Jarvis to either Broadview or Pape.
  • 1968 - Queen from Humber to Victoria Park
  • 1968 - Greenwood and O'Connor to Queen; Queen from Dufferin; Dufferin north to Weston rail corridor to Islington
  • 1968 - Greenwood and O'Connor to Queen; Queen from Dufferin; Dufferin north to Weston rail corridor to Eglinton; Eglinton to Martin Grove
  • 1968 - Greenwood and Danforth to Queen; Queen from Dufferin; Dufferin north to Weston rail corridor and Eglinton
  • 1972 - GO-Urban route using railway corridors - from Eglinton and Kennedy to Don Valley; Don Valley to Union; Union to Dundas West

The Queen route was not removed from plans until 1975, but the Lower Queen station was renovated in the 1990s due to elevator construction in Queen.

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