Downsview Park (TTC)

Downsview Park

Location

1212 Sheppard Ave West,
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Coordinates

43°45′14″N 79°28′42″W / 43.75389°N 79.47833°WCoordinates: 43°45′14″N 79°28′42″W / 43.75389°N 79.47833°W

Platforms

TTC Subway: 1 island^[1]
GO Transit: 2 side^[1]

Tracks

2 TTC and 2 GO Transit

Construction

Platform levels

3^[1]

Disabled access

Yes

Architect

Aedas

Other information

Status

Under construction

History

Opening

2018^[2]

Services

Preceding station	TTC	Following station
Finch West toward Vaughan	Yonge–University Extension in 2018	Sheppard West toward Downsview
Preceding station	GO Transit	Following station
Rutherford toward Allandale Waterfront	Barrie Opens 2018	Union Station Terminus

Downsview Park is an intermodal transit facility under construction on the University branch of the Yonge–University line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the south side of Sheppard Avenue West where the GO Transit Barrie line crosses, and is expected to open after the end of 2017.

It is a fully integrated multi-modal transit facility serving both TTC and GO trains. In contrast, other interchanges between TTC subway and GO Transit rail lines have separate structures for each agency. The TTC subway platform will be built underground on an east-west axis parallel to Sheppard Avenue West, and the GO Transit commuter rail station will be built at the surface on a north-south axis. An intermediate TTC concourse level will be located below ground between the two. GO Transit has committed to cost sharing at this station. Upon its opening, this station will replace the York University GO Station located a short distance to the north; that station will then be closed. A southerly extension of Bakersfield Street on the west side of the station will provide vehicle access and passenger drop off.^[1]

Name

The station was originally expected to be named Sheppard West^[3] and is still officially referred to by that name during construction.^[4]

Approval was given in 2010 for the station to be named Downsview Park, subject to the satisfactory resolution of negotiations between the Toronto Transit Commission, the City of Toronto, and Parc Downsview Park related to property acquisition, and to rename the existing Downsview station to Sheppard West.^[5]

Construction

Architecture firm Aedas was commissioned to design the station; their initial plan provides twinned entrances on opposite sides of the rail corridor, each with green roofs that resemble landing strips or wings.^[6]

The official ground breaking ceremony for the Spadina Extension was held on 27 November 2009,^[7] however tunnelling operations did not commence until June 2011.^[8]

It is estimated that 31 December 2017 would be the earliest achievable date to deliver the project.^[2]

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include Downsview Park, which is Canada's National Urban Park and played host to World Youth Day in 2002 and the SARSstock concert in 2003. The Park is site of an airstrip used by an airplane manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace and formerly used as Canadian Forces Base Downsview. Other points of interest include the Chesswood hockey arenas, and the industrial lands north of Sheppard.

References

1 2 3 4 "Sheppard West Subway Station Open House" (PDF). Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension. Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved January 2013.
1 2 A. Byford, CEO (26 March 2015). "Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension – Schedule and Budget Change" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved April 2015. The TYSSE project is currently 70 per cent complete. However, it has been determined that the publicly stated opening date of the end of 2016 and the approved budget are not achievable. This report recommends that a comprehensive project “reset” involving a new third-party project manager be undertaken to deliver the project by December 31st, 2017
↑ Tess Kalinowski (27 November 2009). "TTC breaks ground on subway extension". Toronto Star. Retrieved January 2013.
↑ "Sheppard West Station (TTC official site)". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved January 2013.
↑ "Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension, Station Names" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. 30 September 2010. Retrieved January 2013.
↑ "Sheppard West Station, Approval Of Conceptual Design" (PDF). Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension Project. Toronto Transit Commission. 24 September 2009. Retrieved January 2013.
↑ "Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension breaks ground". Railway Gazette. 30 November 2009. Retrieved January 2013.
↑ "Tunnel boring for Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension begins". Toronto Transit Commission. 17 June 2011. Retrieved January 2013.

External links

Sheppard West Station (TTC official site)
Map indicating alignment of extension and location of stations

Stations of the Toronto Transit Commission

Yonge–University	Finch North York Centre Sheppard–Yonge York Mills Lawrence Eglinton Davisville St. Clair Summerhill Rosedale Bloor–Yonge Wellesley College Dundas Queen King Union St. Andrew Osgoode St. Patrick Queen's Park Museum St. George Spadina Dupont St. Clair West Eglinton West Glencairn Lawrence West Yorkdale Wilson Downsview (Sheppard West) Downsview Park Finch West York University Pioneer Village Highway 407 Vaughan Metropolitan Centre

Bloor–Danforth	Kipling Islington Royal York Old Mill Jane Runnymede High Park Keele Dundas West Lansdowne Dufferin Ossington Christie Bathurst Spadina St. George Bay Bloor–Yonge Sherbourne Castle Frank Broadview Chester Pape Donlands Greenwood Coxwell Woodbine Main Street Victoria Park Warden Kennedy

Scarborough	Kennedy Lawrence East Ellesmere Midland Scarborough Centre McCowan

Sheppard	Sheppard–Yonge Bayview Bessarion Leslie Don Mills

Eglinton (under construction)	Mount Dennis Keelesdale Caledonia Fairbank Oakwood Cedarvale (Eglinton West) Forest Hill Chaplin Avenue Eglinton Mount Pleasant Leaside Laird Sunnybrook Park Science Centre Aga Khan Park & Museum Wynford Sloane O'Connor Pharmacy Hakimi Lebovic Golden Mile Birchmount Ionview Kennedy

Streetcar system	Bingham Loop Dufferin Loop Exhibition Loop Fleet Loop Gunns Loop High Park Loop Humber Loop Long Branch Loop McCaul Loop Neville Park Loop Queens Quay station

GO Transit

Lakeshore West line	Union Exhibition Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation ^† St. Catharines ^‡ Niagara Falls ^‡

Milton line	Union Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton

Kitchener line	Union Bloor Mount Dennis ^† Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Kitchener

Barrie line	Union Caledonia ^† York University (Downsview Park ^†) Rutherford Maple King City Aurora Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Barrie South Allandale Waterfront

Richmond Hill line	Union Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley ^† Bloomington ^†

Stouffville line	Union Danforth Kennedy Agincourt Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Lincolnville

Lakeshore East line	Union Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners ^† Oshawa Central ^† Darlington ^† Bowmanville ^†

Bus terminals	Ajax Barrie Bramalea Brampton Erin Mills Finch Kitchener McMaster Newmarket Oshawa Renforth Gateway ^† Richmond Hill Centre Scarborough Centre Square One Union Winston Churchill ^† Yorkdale York Mills

Miscellaneous	History Fares Park and ride Infrastructure Willowbrook Yard Bombardier BiLevel Coach MPI MP40PH-3C GO-ALRT Bus routes

See also	Metrolinx Presto card Union Pearson Express The Big Move

† - Future station ‡ - Limited excursion train service

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