engineering

Sunnyside station (Toronto)

Sunnyside station (Toronto) is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sunnyside station (Toronto) rather than just read about it. In short: Sunnyside station was a railway station at the intersection of King Street, Queen Street West and Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It operated passenger service from 1912 until 1967.

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Reference excerpt

Sunnyside station was a railway station at the intersection of King Street, Queen Street West and Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It operated passenger service from 1912 until 1967. The station was built by the Grand Trunk Railway from 1910 to 1912 and was well-situated, with access to nearby streetcars and the Sunnyside Amusement Park. The station was later taken over by Canadian National Railways. It was closed in 1967 after the introduction of GO Transit, which bypassed the station, and was demolished in 1973.

History Sunnyside station was built by the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue and opened in December 1912. It was built to replace South Parkdale station to the east and Swansea station to the west. These changes were part of a grade separation project which brought the tracks, laid by the Great Western Railway in 1855, to an even grade from the Humber River to Union Station. The station and line were nationalized into Canadian National Railways in 1923. Passenger service to Sunnyside stopped in 1967, when GO Transit was formed to provide commuter service in the Greater Toronto Area, building its own stations at Exhibition and Mimico. Sunnyside was demolished in 1973 and replaced with the Beaty Boulevard Parkette.

Structure and amenities The station was built at street level, with stairs descending to a platform for westbound trains. A pedestrian flyover crossed over the tracks where stairs accessed another platform for eastbound trains. The platform (and station) provided a view of Lake Ontario, but was exposed to the weather. The location was well-situated, with access to the popular Sunnyside Amusement Park and streetcar routes nearby. A coach station, the Sunnyside Bus Terminal, was built across the street in 1936, providing access to motor coaches of the Gray Coach bus lines. The Edgewater Hotel was built next to the bus station on the north-west corner of the intersection in 1939.

Service A total of 10 Canadian Pacific and 14 Canadian National trains stopped at Sunnyside daily from 1923. Ridership declined as automobiles came into greater use.

Current use

The site of the former station is now Beaty Boulevard Parkette, a small city park. The park is home to Katyń Monument commemorating the 1940 Katyn massacre in Poland.

Gallery

See also Roncesvalles, Toronto Sunnyside, Toronto

References

External links Media related to Sunnyside, Toronto railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sunnyside station (Toronto)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sunnyside station (Toronto) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sunnyside station (Toronto) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sunnyside station (Toronto) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sunnyside station (Toronto)

In research: Sunnyside station (Toronto) appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sunnyside station (Toronto) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sunnyside station (Toronto) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1910 establishments in Ontario, 1971 disestablishments in Ontario, Buildings and structures completed in 1912, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sunnyside station (Toronto) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Sunnyside station (Toronto) in simple terms?

Sunnyside station was a railway station at the intersection of King Street, Queen Street West and Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It operated passenger service from 1912 until 1967.

Why does Sunnyside station (Toronto) matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Sunnyside station (Toronto)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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