Toronto Crosstown LRT: Eglinton Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

May 15
Forming is underway for the 2nd entrance that is part of the new Salvation Army Church that will replace to old one. The old one was removed to allow access to the tunnel and the Yonge Station.
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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]
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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.
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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.
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Odd that the Village of Yorkville didn't get its name, except as a understatement, for BAY STATION.
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W. K. Lis said:
Why EGLINTON STATION?

Because the area used to be the Village of Eglinton.
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For the original 1954 stations, with the exception of Rosedale and Summerhill every other station was named for the street on which it sits. As well, for those two exceptions, Summerhill Av is only a block north and Rosedale station was at some point in the planing to be named Crescent.

The historic location of the Village of Eglinton is a fun factoid, but I don't buy that the TTC was using any separate methodology to pick the station name in the case of this station. I expect every station was named for the adjacent street as a starting point.
 
The TTC and Metrolinx have to be flexible with the station naming schemes. Sometimes, neighbourhood-level place names can be obscure and unhelpful as station names, making it better to use the intersecting street for the station name.

On the other hand, some intersecting streets like Crescent Road are relatively obscure and unknown. "Rosedale" is a better station name than "Crescent".
 
max said:
For the original 1954 stations, with the exception of Rosedale and Summerhill every other station was named for the street on which it sits. As well, for those two exceptions, Summerhill Av is only a block north and Rosedale station was at some point in the planing to be named Crescent.

The historic location of the Village of Eglinton is a fun factoid, but I don't buy that the TTC was using any separate methodology to pick the station name in the case of this station. I expect every station was named for the adjacent street as a starting point.
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I think point being the road was named after the village. Therefore, the name should be "Eglinton" whether they are using the cross street or the neighborhood name methodology.
 
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