TTC: Dufferin Station Modernization (TTC, U/C)

[Johnny Au]

For the 29 Dufferin, the zone 1-2 border was at Briar Hill Avenue, just north of Castlefield Avenue and Eglinton Avenue West. When the zones were dropped by 1973, the 29 Dufferin would have experienced an increase in ridership, from above Briar Hill, not having to pay another fare.

When the 29 Dufferin bus no longer travelled along Briar Hill, route 109 Ranee took over the portion along Marlee Avenue. Briar Hill no longer has any public transit along it (same with Roselawn Avenue west of Marlee).

 

[W. K. Lis]

See this link for the Briar Hill (1949-1954), this link for the 73 South Dufferin (1961-1962), and this link for the 29 Dufferin.

 

[M II A II R II K]

Too bad an old original plan to have the Yonge Subway go west on the Waterfront, and go north on Dufferin itself, and then all the way to York University was never realized because of cheapskates.

 

[M II A II R II K]

The new West side entrance just opened today.

 

[drum118]

Dec 28
The elevator to the south is supposed to be completed by June, who are the kidding since the hole hasn't been dug yet.

The collector booths are stagger

 

[junctionist]

Is the coffered ceiling in the entrance pavilion new? If so, that's probably the finest detail of the renovation.

 

[drum118]

Is the coffered ceiling in the entrance pavilion new? If so, that's probably the finest detail of the renovation.

The whole entrance is new, north of the existing one.

It will connect to the existing one once the existing one is close off and Reno is done. Better than the platform.

 

[ShonTron]

The exit sign is way too cluttered.

It should simply say "To Street and Buses" or "To Dufferin Street, Bloor Street, and Buses" - outside there could be a sign explaining that Bloor Street is on the right, and to cross at the lights to get to northbound 29/329 buses.

 

[Palma]

Too bad an old original plan to have the Yonge Subway go west on the Waterfront, and go north on Dufferin itself, and then all the way to York University was never realized because of cheapskates.

, Yup that would have been a lot better than the Spadina route that goes past Eglinton

 

[W. K. Lis]

, Yup that would have been a lot better than the Spadina route that goes past Eglinton

Except that the 29 Dufferin bus was only extended south of Eglinton to the Exhibition in 1962, combining with the then 73 South Dufferin bus (which only opened in 1961).

The 2 Bloor-Danforth subway only opened four years later, in 1966 (the designing would have been going on before 1961).

They wouldn't know about the any passenger loads on the full Dufferin route during the design stage.

 

[West End Boy]

The exit sign is way too cluttered.

It should simply say "To Street and Buses" or "To Dufferin Street, Bloor Street, and Buses" - outside there could be a sign explaining that Bloor Street is on the right, and to cross at the lights to get to northbound 29/329 buses.

Signage is a problem at platform level as well. While the exit signs for the new Russett Ave. exits give the street name, the new exit signs for the original Dufferin Street exits omit the street name. Instead, they just say exit and have symbols for bus and stairs/escalators. Many riders stand puzzled by the signs and many go up the Russett exit by mistake. I have no idea why they didn't put "Dufferin Street" on those exits.

 

[salsa]

Signage is a problem at platform level as well. While the exit signs for the new Russett Ave. exits give the street name, the new exit signs for the original Dufferin Street exits omit the street name. Instead, they just say exit and have symbols for bus and stairs/escalators. Many riders stand puzzled by the signs and many go up the Russett exit by mistake. I have no idea why they didn't put "Dufferin Street" on those exits.

Hopefully the TTC's new wayfinding signage will fix it.

 

[smuncky]

From today.

New directional signage between tracks.

 

[junctionist]

It looks awful. It makes the much maligned Yonge station renovations from the 1980s seem attractive by comparison. Pape turned out much better.

 

[CDL.TO]

Why do they put arrows showing the direction of the train on these signs? It's not relevant in the slightest! Typically, the arrow would indicate "go over there to find the westbound trains".

Plus, it's a brand new sign and the TTC can't even be consistent with their own "Line 2" symbology.

I think they have a bunch of former bus drivers working in their signage shop rather than anyone who knows anything about wayfinding.