Wilson (TTC)

Wilson
File:Wilson Station Platform.jpg
Location	570 Wilson Avenue Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates
Platforms	centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses
Construction
Structure type	at grade
Parking	2257 spaces
Architect	TTC in-house architects
History
Opened	28 January 1978
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	23,420
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Downsview Terminus Yonge–University Yorkdale toward Finch

Wilson is a subway station on the Yonge–University line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the median of Allen Road at Wilson Avenue.

History

Wilson Station was opened in what was then the Borough of North York as the last station in the 1978 subway line extension north from St. George Station. The station and the street are named in honour of Norman D. Wilson, Toronto-based transportation engineer.

Wilson was the north-western terminus of the Yonge–University line for eighteen years and a major hub for TTC bus service, but with the extension to Downsview Station in 1996, many of the bus routes were moved from the station.

Architecture and art

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Canyons wall sculpture by Ted Bieler

Wilson is one of two Yonge–University line stations on the west side of the line, along with St. Clair West, that was designed by the TTC's in-house architects.

The subway station building is a simple enclosed concrete structure built within the median of Allen Road where it crosses over Wilson Avenue. The mezzanine level connects by a maze of tunnels to the bus terminal, a kiss-and-ride facility and four commuter parking lots with a total of 2257 spaces. An additional island bus platform, no longer needed for the reduced number of connecting buses after the line was extended to Downsview Station, was mothballed and now serves as a storage area.

A wall sculpture by Ted Bieler entitled Canyons is located at the mezzanine level.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

Northwest of the station is the Wilson Complex, opened in 1977, which houses the system's largest subway marshalling yard having taken over Yonge-University line operations from Davisville yard in 1993 and a large bus garage servicing most of the bus routes in north Toronto.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include the southern end of Downsview Park (formerly Downsview Airport); large events at the park, such as visits by the Pope John Paul II and benefit concerts, have resulted in heavy use of this station.

Tenants

• doughnut shop
• lottery booth
• Gateway Newstands

Surface connections

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Wilson station bus terminal

Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

• 29A Dufferin to Dufferin Gate Loop at Canadian National Exhibition

29C to Exhibition (Princes' Gates)

• 329 Dufferin Blue Night Network to Exhibition Loop
• 96A/B/C/D/G Wilson to York Mills Station

96A to Carrier Drive via Kipling Avenue and John Garland Boulevard

96B to Humberline Drive and Albion Road

96C to Thistle Down Boulevard via Albion Road (rush hour service)

96D to Carrier Drive and Westmore Drive

96E to Humber College (Express service) - terminates here eastbound

96G to Torbarrie and Clayson (rush hour service)

96H to Tandridge and Islington via Albion Road - terminates here eastbound

• 104 Faywood to Downsview Station
• 120 Calvington to Sheppard and Jane via De Havilland
• 160 Bathurst North to Centre Street (Extra fare required north of Steeles)
• 165A/C/D/F Weston Rd North to York Mills Station

165A to Steeles Avenue

165C to Wonderland Terminal (Canada's Wonderland Seasonal) (Extra fare required north of Steeles Avenue)

165D to Major Mackenzie (Extra fare required north of Steeles Avenue)

165F to Canada Drive (Extra fare required north of Steeles Avenue)

• 396 Blue Night Wilson eastbound to York Mills Station and westbound to Martin Grove Road and Steeles Avenue West. Overnight service stops on Wilson Avenue and does not enter the station

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Wilson Station at the Toronto Transit Commission
• Wilson Complex