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Line 5 Eglinton stationsToronto Transit Commission stations located undergroundUse mdy dates from January 2018
Science Centre station main entrance (2020 06)
Science Centre station main entrance (2020 06)

Science Centre is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station and mobility hub under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system. It will be located in the Flemingdon Park neighbourhood at the intersection of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue. It is scheduled to open in 2022.During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name "Don Mills". 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, it was given its current name to both be more descriptive of the nearby Ontario Science Centre (in the same vein as Museum station), and to avoid confusion with the pre-existing Don Mills station on Line 4 Sheppard. On April 10, 2019, the Ontario Government announced that Science Centre station would be the northern terminus for the proposed Ontario Line.

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Science Centre station
Don Mills Road, Toronto

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N 43.720555555556 ° E -79.338888888889 °
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Don Mills Road 827
M3C 1V4 Toronto (North York)
Ontario, Canada
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Science Centre station main entrance (2020 06)
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