King Street West Railway Subway (Underpass) 1888

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted August, 2007

At the west entrance to this underpass at the southeast corner of King Street and Atlantic Avenue is this 2006 Heritage Toronto plaque which says:

Coordinates: 43.640132 -79.420756

This railway underpass is one of the oldest in the City of Toronto. Rail lines were first built through this area in the 1850s, connecting Toronto to the upper Great Lakes and points in-between. By the 1880s, multiple tracks had been constructed to carry passengers and freight to destinations such as London and Chicago and, eventually, to the edges of the continent. Rail traffic was busy enough to cause lengthy stops and dangerous crossings for pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles travelling between the City of Toronto and the Town of Parkdale. Designed by Charles Sproatt, a City of Toronto engineer, this underpass succeeded in solving the traffic problem, and was an important structure in the development of Toronto's rail and road system.

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