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Downsview Park station
Downsview Park station is an intermodal transit station in North York, a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It serves Line 1 Yonge–University of the Toronto subway and GO Transit's Barrie commuter rail line. Subway service began on December 17, 2017, and GO Train service began on December 30, 2017. Downsview Park station is a fully integrated multi-modal transit facility serving both transit lines. This is in contrast to other interchanges between TTC subway and GO Transit rail lines, which have separate structures for each agency.
As of 2024[update], the station is the fifth-least used on the heavy-rail subway system, and the least used of the stations built as part of the subway extension to Vaughan.
The official ground breaking ceremony for the Toronto–York Spadina subway extension (TYSSE) was held on November 27, 2009; with tunnelling operations beginning in June 2011. The station opened on December 17, 2017, along with the rest of the extension. It opened to GO Transit service on December 30, 2017, on the same day that a major service increase was inaugurated on the Barrie line.
This station, along with the five other TYSSE stations, were the first to be opened without collectors, although collector booths were installed as per original station plans. It was also among the first eight stations to discontinue sales of legacy TTC fare media (tokens and senior/youth tickets). Presto vending machines were available at its opening to sell Presto cards and to load funds or monthly passes onto them. On May 3, 2019, this station became one of the first ten stations to sell Presto tickets via the Presto vending machines.
TTC ridership statistics for 2018 showed that Downsview Park was the least used station on the heavy-rail subway system, displacing Bessarion on Line 4 Sheppard. However, by 2022, ridership at Downsview Park had increased to 8,845 riders per weekday versus 4,269 for Bessarion, again making Bessarion station the least used.
TTC Line 1 operates every 5 minutes or better all day, every day.
The GO Transit Barrie Line operates approximately every 15–30 minutes during the morning peak period, every 30 minutes during the afternoon peak period, and every 60 minutes outside of peak periods including on weekends and holidays.
Originally slated to be called Sheppard West, the station was referred to by that name throughout its construction. However, in 2010, approval was granted for the station to be named Downsview Park, contingent upon successful negotiations between the Toronto Transit Commission, the City of Toronto, and Downsview Park regarding property acquisition. As part of this agreement, the existing Downsview station was renamed Sheppard West. Other names considered for this station were GO/Sheppard, Chesswood, Bakersfield, and Carl Hall.
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Downsview Park station
Downsview Park station is an intermodal transit station in North York, a district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It serves Line 1 Yonge–University of the Toronto subway and GO Transit's Barrie commuter rail line. Subway service began on December 17, 2017, and GO Train service began on December 30, 2017. Downsview Park station is a fully integrated multi-modal transit facility serving both transit lines. This is in contrast to other interchanges between TTC subway and GO Transit rail lines, which have separate structures for each agency.
As of 2024[update], the station is the fifth-least used on the heavy-rail subway system, and the least used of the stations built as part of the subway extension to Vaughan.
The official ground breaking ceremony for the Toronto–York Spadina subway extension (TYSSE) was held on November 27, 2009; with tunnelling operations beginning in June 2011. The station opened on December 17, 2017, along with the rest of the extension. It opened to GO Transit service on December 30, 2017, on the same day that a major service increase was inaugurated on the Barrie line.
This station, along with the five other TYSSE stations, were the first to be opened without collectors, although collector booths were installed as per original station plans. It was also among the first eight stations to discontinue sales of legacy TTC fare media (tokens and senior/youth tickets). Presto vending machines were available at its opening to sell Presto cards and to load funds or monthly passes onto them. On May 3, 2019, this station became one of the first ten stations to sell Presto tickets via the Presto vending machines.
TTC ridership statistics for 2018 showed that Downsview Park was the least used station on the heavy-rail subway system, displacing Bessarion on Line 4 Sheppard. However, by 2022, ridership at Downsview Park had increased to 8,845 riders per weekday versus 4,269 for Bessarion, again making Bessarion station the least used.
TTC Line 1 operates every 5 minutes or better all day, every day.
The GO Transit Barrie Line operates approximately every 15–30 minutes during the morning peak period, every 30 minutes during the afternoon peak period, and every 60 minutes outside of peak periods including on weekends and holidays.
Originally slated to be called Sheppard West, the station was referred to by that name throughout its construction. However, in 2010, approval was granted for the station to be named Downsview Park, contingent upon successful negotiations between the Toronto Transit Commission, the City of Toronto, and Downsview Park regarding property acquisition. As part of this agreement, the existing Downsview station was renamed Sheppard West. Other names considered for this station were GO/Sheppard, Chesswood, Bakersfield, and Carl Hall.
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