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Spadina is a Station on the Yonge-University Spadina and Bloor-Danforth lines of the Subway System in Toronto , Canada . It has entrances on Spadina Road at Kendal Avenue (for the Spadina line platform, opened 1978 ), and at 371 Bloor Street and Spadina Road (for the Bloor line platform, opened 1966 ). Nearby landmarks include the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, The Annex , and the northwest side of the University Of Toronto . Spadina station consists of two separate sections, one for each line, at the same level and 150 Metre s apart. The north-south platforms were originally planned as a separate station called Lowther, but the Toronto Transit Commission decided to join it to the existing east-west station with a foot tunnel containing a pair of long Moving Walkways , presumably to eliminate the cost of staffing the north-south station. The cost of the walkways themselves became an issue when they became due for refurbishment or replacement, and they were shut down in 2004 , leaving the corridor as a simple underground walkway. Therefore, it is not recommended to change between the two lines here unless the trip is from a station on the Spadina branch of the Yonge-University Spadina Line to a TTC station west of Spadina on the Bloor-Danforth Line , or vice versa. Otherwise, it is better off to change between the two lines at St. George instead. The Lowther Avenue entrance to the north-south (Spadina line) platforms retains the exterior of the house that was previously on the site. An underground streetcar loop for the 510 Spadina streetcar was added in 1997 near the east-west platforms. According to ''Transit Toronto'' {Link without Title} , a fan site, Spadina station has the longest fare-paid walk among the TTC subway stations. Here's how: enter the station through the Walmer Road entrance, walk the length of the Bloor-Danforth platform, up to the mezzanine level, into the corridor walkway, down the steps, then the length of the Spadina platform, up the stairs and out the Kendal Street exit. Spadina station features two works of art: ''Barren Ground Caribou'' by Joyce Weiland and ''Morning Glory'' by Louise de Neverville. South of the station, the tunnel turns off-street and curves eastward through 90 degrees to run briefly parallel to Bloor Street; the connecting tracks from the Bloor-Danforth subway then rise on each side to meet it. Bay and St. George stations each have four parallel tracks, two above two. Between these stations and Museum is a full double-track, grade-separated wye junction. The tracks to/from Museum connect to the upper St. George and Lower Bay stations, while the tracks along Bloor use lower St. George and upper Bay. From February to September 1966 , all three sides of the wye were used in regular service, as part of the TTC's brief 'interlining' experiment; for more details, see the '' Lower Bay '' article. |
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