Bloor-Danforth

Bloor-Danforth

The Bloor–Danforth Line (officially Route 2 Bloor–Danforth Subway) is a rapid transit line of the Toronto subway and RT, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It has 31 stations and is 26.2 kilometres (16.3 mi) in length. It opened on February 25, 1966, and extensions at both ends were completed in 1968 and again in 1980. It is also numbered as Route 2 (formerly route 601), but its route number is used primarily for internal purposes and is rarely shown on public maps or signs.

The most travelled part of the line is located in Toronto's midtown area known as Yorkville. In this area the subway also connects to the Yonge–University–Spadina line at St.George and Yonge stations. Towards the east the line runs parallel to Danforth Avenue serving areas such as Greektown and the East Danforth, it then continues further to the east to its eastern terminus in Scarborough where it connects to the Scarborough RT. To the west, the line continues along Bloor street serving many communities such as The Annex, Bloor West Village, and the area surrounding the line's western terminus located in Etobicoke.

The line runs primarily a few metres north of Bloor Street from its western terminus at Kipling Avenue to the Prince Edward Viaduct east of Castle Frank Road, after which the street continues as Danforth Avenue. Just east of Main Street, the line begins to deviate north from Danforth Road and runs grade-separated until its eastern terminus, slightly east of Kennedy Road on Eglinton Avenue. The subway line is closed at the night for maintenance, when Blue Night Network bus routes serve the route.