Downsview Park (TTC)

Downsview Park
File:Downsview Park Station under construction 16311733331.jpg
Location	1212 Sheppard Ave West, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates
Platforms	TTC Subway: 1 island platform GO Transit: 2 side platforms
Construction
Platform levels	3
Disabled access	Yes
Architect	Aedas
Other information
Status	Under construction
History
Opening	2018
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.

Name

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

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.

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.

The official ground breaking ceremony for the Spadina Extension was held on 27 November 2009, however tunneling operations did not commence until June 2011.

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

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.

External links

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