History
Islington Station was opened in 1968 in what was then the Borough of Etobicoke as the western terminus of the Bloor-Danforth line, but the line has since been extended to Kipling Station.
Until 1973, buses and subway trains serving the station were in separate fare zones and so turnstiles and collector booths were placed between bus bays and subway platforms. The station was reconfigured after the zones were abolished, and the fare barrier layout was simplified in a later renovation.
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