These are the best and worst TTC stations in Toronto, according to locals

Worst TTC stations

When it comes to the worst TTC stations, transit riders have a lot of opinions.

“Any of them at 5 p.m.,” one person said.

“There are too many contenders to narrow it down to one,” someone else commented.

Even though a few people feel like all of the stations are bad, some had specific answers for what the worst TTC stations are in Toronto.

“College. One stairwell to the platforms. Always smells bad. Small collector area,” someone said.

Others also said that College Station is their pick for the worst TTC station as well.

“Warden, on a winter day. It’s a sort [of] platform open to the cold wind at each end,” one person noted. “And it’s a ridiculously long walk out to the lot.”

Another person commented that Queen is the worst because of the “one stairwell that you only use once and never again.”

“I’ve always gotten annoyed with Dufferin. That intersection is always so busy, the buses [are] always full. The subway portion is OK, but above I feel utter chaos,” someone said.

This transit rider singled out a specific spot — the Line 2 platform — at Yonge and Bloor as being the worst.

“Platforms too narrow, too crowded especially when both trains come in at the same time,” they explained.

Someone else said that the Yonge and Bloor station is the worst in Toronto because of “traffic and general filth.”

Another person was surprised nobody had mentioned Spadina Station even though is somewhere that “everyone bypasses when switching lines regardless of where they’re going.”

“It’s old, cavernous, and disgustingly hot and humid in the summer, it just feels poorly designed in general,” they continued.

Someone commented that Broadview is the worst and another person agreed.

“The lineups for the buses are wild. It’s well connected, but poorly planned and mostly always congested.”

“Worst I think is Kennedy,” another person said. “That three-floor transfer onto Line 3 is awful.”

A few people said that Dundas Station is the worst TTC station.

“The worst is probably Dundas in terms of both aesthetics and practicality,” someone explained. “The first time I went there I got stuck on the wrong side.”

Best TTC stations

You might not expect it but people actually do have a favourite TTC station or at least a station they think is one of the best in Toronto’s transit system.

Bessarion Station, which is just west of Leslie Station on Line 4, got quite a few votes for the best TTC station.

“Bessarion is really nice, even though I don’t know why it exists,” one person said.

Someone else said it’s the best because it’s an “empty station.”

Another popular station is Dupont, which someone said is the best because it’s like you’re under the sea thanks to the aquatic-themed artwork on the station walls.

“Dupont is best,” one transit rider said. “Reminds me of Montreal metro stations.”

A lot of people picked Museum Station as the best TTC station in Toronto.

If you’ve never gone through Museum, the station’s platform features ancient Egyptian deities and hieroglyphics, columns resembling those in the Parthenon and China’s Forbidden City, and Indigenous house posts.

“The Best Looking Prize goes to Museum, clearly,” someone said. “I don’t know why the TTC doesn’t try to make all their subway stations more unique.”

“I wish all stations had a special element such as Museum Station,” another person said.

Someone commented that St. Clair West is their favourite because “it’s just beautiful.”

A few people noted that Old Mill is the best station because of the views you get of the park and the Humber River.

“Glencairn is great because it’s so quiet. You temporarily don’t think that you live in a massively large city, squeezed between the craziness of Eglinton West and Yorkdale,” another person said.

Someone else said that “Downsview is the best-designed station in the system.”