Davisville (TTC)

Davisville
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Location	1900 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates
Platforms	1 island platform 1 side platform
Tracks	3
Connections	TTC buses
Construction
Structure type	above ground
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	30 March 1954 (1954-03-30)
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	24,010
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station St. Clair toward Downsview Yonge–University Eglinton toward Finch

Davisville is a subway station on the Yonge–University line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1900 Yonge Street at Chaplin Crescent/Davisville Avenue. The station opened in 1954 as part of the original section of subway line. In 2002, this station became accessible with elevators.

The station is on three levels, the entrances are located on street level, the concourse and collector are on the second level, and the subway platforms are on the lower level.

Entrances

There are four entrances that connect the station to two buildings in the area:

• three accessible entrances from the TTC head office
• an automatic entrance at 1910 Yonge Street, near Chaplin Crescent, which leads directly to the northbound subway platform

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

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Northbound Toronto Rocket train, with Chaplin Crescent crossing above

The station is constructed above ground, but below street level, with separate canopies over each platform. It is adjacent to the Davisville Subway Yard, which is visible from the trains and platforms. The station has a unique semi-active third platform, on the yard side - actually referred to as the Davisville Buildup - which can be used by trains entering or leaving the yard on service or as an alternate route if one of the running lines is blocked.

The line continues in open cut in both directions: north as far as the Berwick Portal, immediately before Eglinton station; and south as far as the Muir Portal, roughly halfway to St. Clair station, from which it continues in tunnel.

Davisville is one of only three stations in the subway system where a track signal is publicly accessible (the others being Union and Islington). The signal is located at the southern end of the southbound platform, below the pedestrian overpass to the bus terminal.

Nearby landmarks

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Looking north at Davisville Yard, Davisville subway station, McBrien Building and a Toronto Rocket train departing southbound

Nearby landmarks include the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, the Upper Canada College campus, and the TTC's main administrative office building, the Wm. C. McBrien Building. The station's bus platforms are under the western half of the building at street level, and the open-air northbound subway platform abuts against the building's west wall.

The former Canadian National Railways Belt Line Railway railway corridor crosses over the subway tracks south of the station. It has been converted into a pedestrian and biking trail, called the Beltline Trail.

Surface connections

Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

• 11A Bayview to Steeles Avenue via Sunnybrook Hospital

11B to Bayview Avenue and Davisville Avenue

11C to Sunnybrook Hospital

• 14 Glencairn to Caledonia Road via Glencairn Station
• 28 Bayview South - Weekend branch extends to Evergreen Brick Works
• 97A/D Yonge northbound to York Mills Station via Yonge Blvd.

97B/C/F northbound to Steeles Avenue

97C/D southbound to St. Clair Station

97B southbound to Queens Quay

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Davisville Station at the Toronto Transit Commission