What is "spadina"

Spadina, a name used in Toronto may refer to:

• Spadina House, one of the largest mansions in Toronto, Canada, and today a museum
• Spadina Avenue, a major street in Toronto
• Spadina Expressway, a partially completed highway in Toronto (the part that is completed had been renamed Allen Road)
• Spadina (TTC), a subway station on the Yonge-University Spadina and Bloor-Danforth lines in Toronto
• 510 Spadina, a streetcar route in Toronto
• Spadina (electoral district) (1935–1988), a federal electoral district in Toronto
• Trinity—Spadina, a federal (since 1988) and provincial electoral district (since 1999) in Toronto

Spadina was a Canadian electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1988. It covered a portion of the western-central Toronto. Its name comes from the Spadina Avenue, which runs through the heart of the riding.

It was formed in 1933 from portions of Toronto Northeast, Toronto Northwest, Toronto West Centre, and Toronto South. Its boundaries changed repeatedly over the years, when it created it stretched far north to the edge of the city boundaries. As this northern portion of became more populated it was split off into other ridings. Its eastern and western boundaries were more consistent, with it stretching from John Street in the east to Bathurst Street in the west. In 1987, due to the relative decrease in the population of downtown Toronto compared to other areas, it was merged with Trinity to form Trinity—Spadina. Some portions also went to the eastern riding of Rosedale.

Spadina is a subway station on Line 1 ( Yonge-University) and Line 2 ( Bloor-Danforth) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Spadina Road, north of Bloor Street West. The station consists of two separate sections, one for each line, at the same level and 150 metres apart. The north-south platforms, which opened in 1978, were originally planned as a separate station, but the TTC decided to join to the existing 1966 east-west station with a pedestrian tunnel containing a pair of long moving walkways. The cost of the moving walkways themselves became an issue when they became due for refurbishment or replacement, and they were shut down and ultimately removed in 2004, leaving the corridor as a simple underground walkway. The former location of the moving walkways remains visible because the tiles used to cover their removal are noticeably different. Warnings to hold the handrails are still embossed on the walls where the ends of the moving walkways were once located.

Changing trains between the two subway lines here is not recommended. It is much more convenient to transfer at neighbouring St. George, with one set of platforms being directly above the other and wheelchair accessible via elevator.

An underground loop for the 510 Spadina streetcar was added in 1997 near the east end of the east-west platforms. The streetcar platform adds Postmodern finishes to the station's mix of styles. These range from the basic Modernist tiles of the Bloor-Danforth line platform, to the more intricate round tiles and backlit signage of the Yonge-University line platform.

In 1997, this station became accessible only to the Bloor-Danforth platforms and exit.