The station will have two entrances. The main entrance will be at the northeast corner of Eglinton Avenue West and Bathurst Street and will be fully accessible. The secondary entrance will be on the north side of Eglinton about 50 m (160 ft) west of Bathurst Street, opposite Peveril Hill, and will include retail spaces at street level. On-street connections will be available for TTC buses. There will be 60 exterior spaces for bicycles.[3] The secondary entrance building will also house a traction power substation.[4]
Station naming
During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name "Bathurst", which is identical to the pre-existing Bathurst station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. On November 23, 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system (including Line 5 Eglinton). Thus, "Forest Hill" was chosen as the station's official name.[5]
Construction
A small plaza at the northeast corner of the Eglinton and Bathurst intersection, that used to house several businesses including a coffee shop and convenience store, was demolished to make way for the main station entrance.[6] At 874–876 Eglinton Avenue West, three storefronts were demolished to build the secondary entrance building. One of these businesses, the House of Chan, a Chinese-Canadian restaurant, was a local landmark that needed to relocate.[7]
After completion of construction of the station headwalls, restoration of the roadway on Bathurst Street began on August 16, 2015.[8]
On April 18, 2016, a scaffold erected across the face of the future secondary entrance collapsed, injuring seven people (three seriously). The collapsed structure was the façade of the former location of House of Chan, which was relocated eastwards along Eglinton Avenue to the west of Avenue Road.[9][10]
^"Line 5 Eglinton Station Names"(PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. November 23, 2015. Archived from the original(PDF) on November 26, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2015. TTC staff evaluated the initial report and the proposed names and provided feedback and recommendations. A primary TTC concern was to avoid replication and redundancy with existing TTC station names. The proposed names are unique and are not likely to be confused with existing station names.
^Ross, Brendan (January 2012). "Local landmarks to be appropriated for Bathurst station". Post City Toronto. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014. A recent public consultation meeting on the design of the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown rapid transit line's Bathurst station revealed that three local landmarks are likely to be appropriated and demolished for its construction.
^Davidson, Terry (April 18, 2016). "Stroller protects baby in scaffolding collapse on Eglinton". Toronto Sun. Retrieved April 19, 2016. A baby stroller may have saved its tiny occupant from injury Monday when a wall collapsed at the street-side demolition site of what will be a Crosstown LRT station on Eglinton Ave. W.
