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Downtown TTC subway station evacuated due to security incident
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Toronto police are investigating a security incident at a downtown TTC subway station Tuesday evening.
Toronto police are investigating a security incident at a downtown TTC subway station Tuesday evening.
St. Patrick subway station has been evacuated for the investigation, police said on X, formerly Twitter.
The TTC said in a series of tweets that there is no service between St. Patrick and Union stations.
Trains are being turned back at St. Andrew and Spadina stations at this time.
"Customers south of Bloor travelling north on University line may take 510 Streetcar from Union to Spadina, then transfer to Line 1 trains," the TTC said on social media.
Officers are on scene and police are urging people to avoid the area at this time.
No further details about the threat have been reported.