History
The station opened in 1978, as part of the subway line extension from St. George to Wilson Station.
Eglinton West Station had been planned to be an interchange station as part of the proposed Eglinton West line. This was one of the three proposed subway lines in the Network 2011 Plan created in 1985 by the Toronto Transit Commission. The project was cancelled in 1995 after a change in provincial government. Afterwards, the small amount of tunnel that had been dug under the station was refilled. Had the project gone ahead, this station would likely have been renamed "Eglinton West-Allen".
The Transit City plan called for a new Eglinton Crosstown LRT line, running along Eglinton Avenue from Toronto Pearson International Airport and Mississauga to Kennedy Station, passing through Eglinton West and Eglinton Station on the way. Mayor Rob Ford announced the cancellation of Transit City on the day that he took office. However, a redesigned Eglinton–Scarborough Crosstown line along with a Sheppard line extension was announced four months later, with the support of Metrolinx and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.
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