King Station opened on March 30, 1954, as part of Toronto’s original Yonge subway line and continues to serve as a crucial access point to the city’s Financial District. Nestled just south of King and Yonge, the station’s entrances blend into a mix of heritage buildings and modern towers, with direct underground access to the PATH network. While smaller in scale than its neighbour at Queen, King carries its own steady rhythm—catering to office crowds, street-level retail, and a constant flow of surface transit along King Street’s busy streetcar corridor.
Today, the station is feeling the strain of its age and location. Narrow stairwells, tight corridors, and minimal platform space contrast with the scale of the urban core it serves. With the Ontario Line on the horizon—set to bring expanded transit connections by 2031—construction around the station is already underway. The area around King is evolving rapidly, and the station itself sits at the centre of that change: a space shaped by mid-century planning, surrounded by 21st-century growth.