Caledonia station
LRT station in Toronto, Canada
Caledonia is an underground Toronto subway station on Line 5 Eglinton in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located along Eglinton Avenue between the GO Transit Barrie rail corridor and the entrance to the Westside Mall. It is about 200 metres (660 ft) west of Caledonia Road opposite Blackthorn Avenue.
In April 2014, the station's headwalls were tunnelled through.
Description
The main entrance faces Eglinton Avenue West and has a small station plaza. The station includes a bus loop with two bus bays, outdoor parking for 60 bicycles and retail spaces within the main entrance at ground level.
The underground station platform is located on the north side of Eglinton Avenue directly under the main entrance. The station design provides an opportunity to bring sunlight from this entrance down to the platform level via an open shaft from the upper concourse.
Artwork and architecture
The station was designed by NORR, following an architectural concept designed by architects gh3* from Toronto and Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker from Montreal. As with other stations on Line 5, architectural features include natural light from large windows and skylights, steel structures painted white, and orange accents (the colour of the line).
“Caledonia station” enters the record as lRT station in Toronto, Canada. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Caledonia, station and Toronto can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17986215. Authority coordinates are 43.692, -79.466. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014.
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