Bloor-Yonge Subway Station

Probably on of the most business station in the system, it connect the yonge line with bloor or vice versa depending on where you are coming from. The yonge platform is more spacial then bloor platform and it does get packed for room
It has washrooms and a convenience store for a quick stop over but you can find what you need by leaving the station since it in heart of Toronto. Connecting the core with midtown. and even East York/​Danforth
The crowd are pain to deal with but this is the ttc and toronto. You use the subway enough you know what you have deal with.

Bloor-​Yonge or Yonge-​Bloor as this station is known is both the same station depending on what platform you are on, you can go by what is on the wall.
This station is one of the busiest in the entire TTC system perhaps after Union or very well may be the busiest by far considering it’s one of the main interchange stations that connects both 1 and 2 lines (yellow and green or Yonge and Bloor/​Danforth lines).
Just like St George station this station is also on 3 levels but the platforms are not directly inline, one on top of another like St George. Street level, then line 1 level and then line 2 level below at the bottom level.
«Bloor» platform is the line 1 (north/​south — Yonge-​Spadina line) platform and this platform is divided by each side being north or southbound. Because of this when interchanging from the line 2 to line 1, you must take the appropriate stairs/​escalator to the proper side whether north or southbound.
«Yonge» platform is the line 2 (east/​west — Bloor-​Danforth line) platform and this platform is NOT divided. You can access either east or westbound trains from this single platform.
Regardless of north or southbound on the line 1 level, all access to line 2 is at the NORTH side of the Bloor platform. If you were going north from Union, then line 2 will be in the direction of the train (front of train) and the opposite if you were going southbound from the Finch end (behind you back of the train).
It should be noted on the Bloor platform towards either side of the line 2 stairs and escalators that this area of the platform is considerably wider and there is much more room to stand without being so close to the tracks.
This station also has Presto access, access to pass vending machines, the newly enabled WIFI and wheelchair accessibility including elevators.
There are a variety of entrances for this station which include connectivity to the PATH near the base of the Hudson’s Bay building at 2 Bloor East.

What can I say about Bloor-​Yonge station that hasn’t already been said. This is probably the busiest station for the TTC other than Union. The fact that it is a connection station makes it even more crazy during rush hour and peak times. You’ll need to pass by it though, at least once if you’re looking to go downtown.
The crowds here are wild, and people will not hesitate to push you over to get to their train. Subways are often packed to the brim during peak times, and you’ll feel like a sardine in a can if you get stuck in the rush hour blitz.
The small shops around the subway (exiting the station) are great though, you can find an LCBO, Shoppers Drug Mart, and even a Dollarama nearby if you wanted to grab some things before you head on your way. Overall a busy and fairly dirty subway station, but you can’t expect much more from the main hub of the TTC where thousands of people travel through each day!

Yonge/​Bloor station happens to be the closest station to my apartment, so I use it on a very regular basis. During rush hour it can get hectic, as it connects the Yonge and Bloor lines so there is always a ton of people transferring from one line to the other.
There are a few different entrances and exits here, so when I am not going north or south, I usually enter via the entrance beside Jack Astors as it’s WAY quieter and avoids all of the craziness.
Overall, a decent station. I like how they have Presto readers and vending machines, so you can pick up a transit pass without having to wait in line at the collector booth.

This Subway station is way too busy as it’s quite a central location in Toronto. Make sure you hold on to something when coming down the stairs in rush hour as you will get pushed. All in all another busy station because of its great surroundings!

Being one of the three hubs that connects the two major lines (Yonge/​University/​Spadina YUS & Bloor/​Danforth BD) it gets crazy busy here.
People will throw you down the stairs to catch the connecting subway. I’m not the biggest guy around, but even I have been tossed around like a rag doll by people that just can’t wait a couple minutes for the next train.
On the north end of the Yonge line you can catch a cell signal, weak, but good enough to check-​in.

Here’s the thing with this line… it’s convenient and connects the two biggest subway lines in Toronto. I know we only have 3 or 4.
But I really hate this line too for the following reasons:
a) Too congested
b) If you get off at the wrong time during rush hour — PROTECT YOURSELF!!! I can’t count the amount of times I’ve been shoved by people running into me and even once I was getting off the train and a person almost shoved me back into the train off the Yonge line. I was like «WTH?»
Yes, I know that’s not this station’s fault, but here’s what I like about this station though:
a) If you are coming from the Bloor line during rush hour and going up the stairs, they actually have pedestrian traffic controllers and segregate people going up and down the stairs so no one gets injured (I really think people would if they weren’t here).
b) The buskers here are decent.
All and all, this is the station that gets you everywhere but beware of insane corporate drones and students trying not to be late.

I don’t really like this station very much — I have to walk through the PATH to get to it, often late at night, and an empty PATH is SCARY. All the stores are closed and its deserted. It’s creepy and eerie, and when I see that single other person wandering around the PATH I instantly assume they’re going to kill me. The actual subway station is pretty run of the mill — it’s a larger one, so there are quite a few self serve machines and it’s very conveniently staffed all night.
Not sure if it’s just my bad luck, but I find a rather high number of creepy guys trying to hit on random girls in the subway here. Please, no.

What can you do without this station? You’d have to be insane to give it one star, as without this station the whole network collapses. Bloor-​Yonge is characterized by passengers, trains, musicians, passengers, Gateway Newstands, lottery shop, passengers, and… oh, passengers.
The Yonge platforms are easily the better platforms of the two, as there is ample waiting area for the train. The Bloor platforms, on the other hand, are extremely narrow. You’d have to push behind the yellow line sometimes to not fall in the tracks, which can be difficult with the huge amounts of passengers coming from the Yonge trains above.
It can be argued that this station can be designed better, for example spreading the load more evenly on the Yonge side (most passengers stay in the north side of the platform and not go down south, where there’s more room), but it functions as a station… and I guess that’s all that matters.

Down The Rabbit Hole. And no cakes or drinks to help!
The signage down here is not very clear. It might be all right if you have the time or energy to wander around looking at all the signs and exploring them further… buuut. If you have a mobility problem, you’re kind of screwed. I followed the signs twice which led me out of the station in such a fashion that I could not get back in without paying again, and another time I had to walk so far that I was basically out of my daily energy reserve. I have MS, I need to watch what I do, and this subway station does nothing to help me out. Sigh. They should set these stations up like hospitals with painted lines to tell you which way to go, it’d make more sense.

The epicentre of Toronto’s subway system, this station serves as the crossroads for passengers travelling east-​west on the Bloor-​Danforth line and North-​South on the Yonge-​Finch line. Always busy, thousands of passengers make this station one of the busiest in the entire subway system. The station has entrances on the northeast corner of the intersection of Bloor and Yonge Streets, another on the right of the southeast corner of that same intersection (across the street from the large RBC branch), another entrance on the concourse level of The Bay’s large shopping complex, and finally one on Hayden Street. Convenient for those who work on Bloor Street East or those looking to shop on Bloor Street West. Always clean, the station is accessible for those who are physically handicapped.