Laird station

Laird
Laird
	Laird station main entrance under construction in January 2024
General information
Location	Eglinton Avenue & Laird Drive; Toronto, Ontario; Canada
Coordinates	43°42′48″N 79°21′54″W / 43.71333°N 79.36500°W
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Under construction
History
Opening	2024
Services

Laird is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system.^[2] It is located in the Leaside neighbourhood in East York at the intersection of Laird Drive and Eglinton Avenue. It is scheduled to open in 2024.^[1]

This station's entrances are both on the south side of Eglinton. The main entrance is at the southwest corner of the Laird Drive intersection replacing a small strip mall and the secondary one is east of that in the Leaside Centre parking lot, just beyond the Pier 1 Imports store.^[3]

On the east side of the station, there is a third track between the eastbound and westbound tracks, either to store a train or to allow a train to change direction due to an emergency or a change in service. On the west side of the station, there is a diamond crossover.^[4]^[5] Laird station is the easternmost underground station in the main tunnel; the line will emerge onto Eglinton about 250 metres (820 ft) east of Brentcliffe Drive and change to predominantly on-street operation in a dedicated right-of-way in the centre of the street east to Kennedy station.

Destinations include the many commercial establishments to the southeast: Leaside Centre, the SmartCentres on Laird, and the Leaside Business Park on Eglinton.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne officiated at the ground-breaking for the station on June 30, 2016.^[6]

^ ^a ^b Spurr, Ben (February 17, 2020). "Eglinton Crosstown faces another setback, delayed until 2022 | The Star". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
^ "Laird Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
^ "Laird LRT stop will replace long-time Bagel maker". The South Bayview Bulldog. November 20, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2017. The main entrance will be built on the site of the strip mall on the southwest corner. Across Laird to the east, a second entrance will be built on the parking lot of the RioCan-owned Laird Centre on the southeast corner.
^ "Vehicle Ride: Laird Station to EMSF". Metrolinx. November 30, 2021. p. 0:25.
^ "Eglinton Crosstown LRT Updates – July 2017". Metrolinx. July 14, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference GovOn2016-06-30 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Opening-1] Spurr, Ben (February 17, 2020). "Eglinton Crosstown faces another setback, delayed until 2022 | The Star". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 18, 2020.

[eglinton-2] "Laird Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved June 24, 2017.

[Bulldog_2013-3] "Laird LRT stop will replace long-time Bagel maker". The South Bayview Bulldog. November 20, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2017. The main entrance will be built on the site of the strip mall on the southwest corner. Across Laird to the east, a second entrance will be built on the parking lot of the RioCan-owned Laird Centre on the southeast corner.

[CrosstownTO-2021-11-30-4] "Vehicle Ride: Laird Station to EMSF". Metrolinx. November 30, 2021. p. 0:25.

[Metrolinx-2017-07-14-5] "Eglinton Crosstown LRT Updates – July 2017". Metrolinx. July 14, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.

[GovOn2016-06-30-6] Cite error: The named reference GovOn2016-06-30 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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