York University station

York University
File:YorkUniversitySubwayConstruction4-DLighting.jpg York University station construction in August 2015
Location	Keele Campus (York University) Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates
Platforms	centre platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Disabled access	Yes
Architect	Foster+Partners
Other information
Status	Under construction
History
Opening	Expected for 2018
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Pioneer Village toward Vaughan Yonge–University Extension in 2018 Finch West toward Downsview

York University is a subway station under construction on the extension of the Yonge–University–Spadina line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When built, it will be located on the grounds of York University’s main Keele campus, near Ian Macdonald and York Boulevards. The main entrance will be located within the university common.

Description

More than 1,400 TTC buses serve the campus every weekday at the York University Bus Loop, in addition to hundreds more spread across other services including Go Transit, York Region Transit/Viva, Brampton Transit and Greyhound. The development of a subway station will greatly reduce the number of buses entering campus by effectively eliminating the 196 York University Rocket bus route, and will serve to greatly improve public transit access to the university and surrounding area.

The university’s main buildings lie to the west of the proposed location. Seneca College’s York campus is found to the south, and the Aviva Centre to the west.

The station is being built underground, lying on a northwest-southeast axis. The line will approach from Finch West station along Keele Street, then bend northwestward to meet the station.

Architecture firm Foster+Partners has been commissioned for the design, which includes a curving ramp connecting the entrances.

The official ground breaking ceremony for the Spadina Extension was held on 27 November 2009, however tunneling operations did not commence until June 2011. The project was expected to be completed by the autumn of 2016, but it is now estimated that 31 December 2017 would be the earliest achievable date to deliver the project.

The first stage of construction for the station began in May 2011. On October 11, 2011, one worker was killed and five others injured when a drilling rig working on the station site collapsed.

See also

• York University
• York University Vivastation
• York University Busway

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• TTC: The Spadina Subway Extension
• Map indicating alignment of extension and location of stations