Kipling (TTC)

Kipling is the western terminus of the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Canada. The station is served by buses and subway trains operated by the Toronto Transit Commission and is adjacent to Kipling GO Station on the Milton line. It is located in the Islington-Six Points area on St. Albans Road at Aukland Road, just west of the overpass of Kipling Avenue, after which it is named. The Toronto Parking Authority operates three commuter parking lots near the station.HistoryKipling station, in what was then the Borough of Etobicoke, officially opened on 21 November 1980, but not until 22 November 1980 was it opened to the public, along with Kennedy station as part of east-west extensions to the Bloor-Danforth line. As the western terminus of the line, the subway station is built with a centre platform allowing trains to stop at either side. The platform walls are yellow with black stripes and show the station's name in Univers.As a result of the initial lack of density near the station, and its location near a hydro substation, it was originally designed around commuter travel, with a large amount of parking space and a roughed-in platform for a future LRT line. Due to this design, the area around Kipling station is considered to be a travel hub and it is being further developed to contain a regional bus platform as well as improved access to the nearby Kipling GO Station.