King–Liberty GO Station explained

King–Liberty
Style:GO Transit
Address:North of King Street West between Joe Shuster Way and Sudbury Street
Toronto, Ontario
Other: TTC buses 501 Queen 504 King
Platform:2 island platforms
Tracks:4
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Metrolinx
Opening:2026

King–Liberty GO Station (also referred to as Liberty Village) is a planned commuter train station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It will be an infill station on the Kitchener line of GO Transit located between Union Station and Bloor GO Station. The station is one of five GO stations to be built as part of the SmartTrack Stations Program to adapt regional commuter service for urban public transit.[1] The construction contract was awarded in 2022; construction is to start in January 2024 for completion in March 2028.[2]

Description

The station will be located between Joe Shuster Way and Sudbury Street, north of King Street West. The station building will have two glass towers suspending a glass-enclosed bridge over the tracks with stairs and elevators descending to the two island platforms. One tower will face Joe Shuster Way and the other Sudbury Street. From the Sudbury Street tower, there will be a long enclosed ramp descending from bridge level to street level between Sudbury Street and the railway right-of-way towards Queen Street. The station service building will be located at the foot of the ramp. On the north side of King Street and at the west portal of the King Street West Subway Bridge, there will be another tower with a pedestrian bridge crossing over to the island platforms at their southern end. From the base of this tower there will also be a pedestrian bridge crossing King Street parallel to the railway bridge. This will give the station four entry points.[3] The entrance towers will have elevators, and the platforms will have canopies. There will be bicycle parking at each entrance. Bicycles will be allowed on the ramp along Sudbury Street to allow cyclists to cross over the tracks to Joe Shuster Way.[4]

There are seven tracks passing through the future station area. The new station platforms will serve the four tracks of the Kitchener line. Ultimately, there could be eight tracks through the area.

Construction

During planning, Metrolinx had to take three heritage structures into account:[5]

TTC connections

TTC routes that may serve the new station are:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SmartTrack Stations Program . . December 9, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211123063334/https://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/smarttrack-stations-program.aspx . November 23, 2021 .
  2. News: From a planned 22 stations to five. How did John Tory’s $8-billion SmartTrack public transit plan go off the rails? . . March 27, 2023.
  3. Web site: SmartTrack stations program technical update . City of Toronto . March 27, 2021.
  4. Web site: SmartTrack King-Liberty GO Station - LIVE Event . . November 18, 2021 .
  5. Web site: King-Liberty GO Station . . November 18, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211201174625/https://www.metrolinxengage.com/sites/default/files/st_king-liberty_voh_nov_18_-_final_0.pdf . December 1, 2021 .