Dupont (TTC)

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Dupont 278 Dupont Street


Opened	January 28, 1978
District	Old Toronto
Line	Yonge-University-Spadina line
Next station	≅1.2 km northwest to St. Clair West 2 min ≅0.6 km south to Spadina 1 min
Daytime Connections	26 Dupont, 127 Davenport
Night Connections	None
Daily Boardings	14,980
Rank 2007-08	51st busiest out of 69
Platforms	Side platforms
Accessibility	0 elevators

Spadina Summer Under All Seasons

Dupont is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway/RT system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Spadina Road at 278 Dupont Street. It opened in 1978. Nearby landmarks include Casa Loma, George Brown College, and the Toronto Archives. The Russell Hill Subway accident happened just north of the station on the southbound line in 1995.

The central cavern of the station features a tilework mural by James Sutherland entitled Spadina Summer Under All Seasons.

Dupont is one of the few TTC stations where it is possible to view an adjacent station by looking down the tunnel. The tunnel south to Spadina is relatively short and straight, and Spadina is visible from the northbound Dupont platform.

[edit] Surface connections

26 Dupont
127 Davenport

[edit] Smoke incident

At 9:30 ET on June 1, 2006, a metal inspection cover in the bottom of a train inside the station dislodged and wedged in the third rail. This filled the station with smoke, and forcing the evacuation of the station. The section between St. Clair West and St. George Stations was closed for approximately one hour, forcing the use of shuttle buses within that section. Some believed the incident to be a result of sabotage by TTC personnel, as TTC workers went on a wildcat strike on May 29; this possibility was discarded by the Toronto Police.

v • d • e Stations of the Toronto Transit Commission

Yonge University Spadina	Finch \| North York Centre \| Sheppard-Yonge ■ \| York Mills \| Lawrence \| Eglinton \| Davisville \| St. Clair \| Summerhill \| Rosedale \| Bloor-Yonge ■ \| Wellesley \| College \| Dundas \| Queen \| King \| Union \| St. Andrew \| Osgoode \| St. Patrick \| Queen's Park \| Museum \| St. George ■ \| Spadina ■ \| Dupont \| St. Clair West \| Eglinton West \| Glencairn \| Lawrence West \| Yorkdale \| Wilson \| Downsview \| Sheppard West \| Finch West \| York University \| Steeles West \| Highway 407 Transitway \| Vaughan Corporate Centre

Bloor-Danforth	Kipling \| Islington \| Royal York \| Old Mill \| Jane \| Runnymede \| High Park \| Keele \| Dundas West \| Lansdowne \| Dufferin \| Ossington \| Christie \| Bathurst \| Spadina ■ \| St. George ■ \| Bay \| Bloor-Yonge ■ \| Sherbourne \| Castle Frank \| Broadview \| Chester \| Pape \| Donlands \| Greenwood \| Coxwell \| Woodbine \| Main Street \| Victoria Park \| Warden \| Kennedy ■

Scarborough RT	Kennedy ■ \| Lawrence East \| Ellesmere \| Midland \| Scarborough Centre \| McCowan

Sheppard	Sheppard-Yonge ■ \| Bayview \| Bessarion \| Leslie \| Don Mills

Streetcars	Queen's Quay-Ferry Docks \| Exhibition Loop

Legend: - wheelchair-accessible station (as of May 2007) \| ■ - connection \| proposed station \| Washroom at station