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Finch West station
Finch West is a Toronto subway interchange station serving Line 1 Yonge–University and Line 6 Finch West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Keele Street and Finch Avenue West. It opened as a through station for Line 1 on December 17, 2017, and became the eastern terminus of Line 6 on December 7, 2025.
The station is underground and parallel to Keele Street just north of Finch Avenue West. Nearby landmarks include Fountainhead Park. Industrial areas lie to the east, James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School to the west and York University is to the northwest, served by York University station on the line.
The main entrance is located on the east side of Keele Street with the secondary entrance on the west side. The exterior of the main entrance features a striped, barcode cladding along with colourful tiling and windows. The concourse level around the faregates also features the barcode motif. An elevated substation facility is in the attic level of the main building and overhangs the main entrance as a canopy. The main entrance is highlighted by a glowing panel attached to the canopy. There is a cool roof over this entrance and a green roof over the elevated substation box. The six-bay bus terminal has a waiting area inside the building. Bicycle parking at the station includes 100 secure plus 13 short-term spaces. North of the station is a parking lot for 347 cars plus a pick-up-and-drop-off facility.
The station was designed by a consortium of architects and engineers, Spadina Group Associates – including All Design (headed by British architect Will Alsop) and IBI Group. Scottish artist Bruce McLean – a frequent collaborator with Will Alsop – worked with the design team to integrate sculptural concrete forms with the supporting columns within the entrance buildings, on double-height platform columns, and under the bus canopy. Landscape design of the station was by Janet Rosenberg & Studio.
The station is the eastern terminus of the namesake Line 6 Finch West, which is subtitled Keele Street under the station name on the Line 6 platform's walls. The platform is located 11 m (36 ft) underground with an east–west orientation under Finch Avenue West, passing over the crossover box structure for Line 1 subway trains. The station has a centre island platform, which is 98 m (322 ft) long to handle light rail vehicle (LRV) trains. West of the platform, Line 6 climbs a grade to street level for its run along the centre of Finch Avenue.
In March 2006, The Globe and Mail reported that real estate development companies belonging to the family of Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara owned the properties just south of the intersection of Finch Avenue West and Keele Street, according to land registry documents and corporate records. The article said that these companies would benefit from higher real estate values due to the subway extension. Sorbara was the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for Vaughan, and was a major advocate for the Toronto–York Spadina subway extension (TYSSE), which includes Finch West station.
On November 27, 2009, the official groundbreaking ceremony was held for the TYSSE, and major tunnelling operations started in June 2011. The project, including Finch West station, was initially expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2015 but was delayed to the fourth quarter of 2016; ultimately, the station opened on December 17, 2017.
In mid-2015, the former Toronto Fire Station 141 on the east side of Keele and south side of the hydro corridor was demolished to make way for the bus platform area. A new fire station replaced this building on the opposite side of Keele Street.
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Finch West station
Finch West is a Toronto subway interchange station serving Line 1 Yonge–University and Line 6 Finch West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Keele Street and Finch Avenue West. It opened as a through station for Line 1 on December 17, 2017, and became the eastern terminus of Line 6 on December 7, 2025.
The station is underground and parallel to Keele Street just north of Finch Avenue West. Nearby landmarks include Fountainhead Park. Industrial areas lie to the east, James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School to the west and York University is to the northwest, served by York University station on the line.
The main entrance is located on the east side of Keele Street with the secondary entrance on the west side. The exterior of the main entrance features a striped, barcode cladding along with colourful tiling and windows. The concourse level around the faregates also features the barcode motif. An elevated substation facility is in the attic level of the main building and overhangs the main entrance as a canopy. The main entrance is highlighted by a glowing panel attached to the canopy. There is a cool roof over this entrance and a green roof over the elevated substation box. The six-bay bus terminal has a waiting area inside the building. Bicycle parking at the station includes 100 secure plus 13 short-term spaces. North of the station is a parking lot for 347 cars plus a pick-up-and-drop-off facility.
The station was designed by a consortium of architects and engineers, Spadina Group Associates – including All Design (headed by British architect Will Alsop) and IBI Group. Scottish artist Bruce McLean – a frequent collaborator with Will Alsop – worked with the design team to integrate sculptural concrete forms with the supporting columns within the entrance buildings, on double-height platform columns, and under the bus canopy. Landscape design of the station was by Janet Rosenberg & Studio.
The station is the eastern terminus of the namesake Line 6 Finch West, which is subtitled Keele Street under the station name on the Line 6 platform's walls. The platform is located 11 m (36 ft) underground with an east–west orientation under Finch Avenue West, passing over the crossover box structure for Line 1 subway trains. The station has a centre island platform, which is 98 m (322 ft) long to handle light rail vehicle (LRV) trains. West of the platform, Line 6 climbs a grade to street level for its run along the centre of Finch Avenue.
In March 2006, The Globe and Mail reported that real estate development companies belonging to the family of Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara owned the properties just south of the intersection of Finch Avenue West and Keele Street, according to land registry documents and corporate records. The article said that these companies would benefit from higher real estate values due to the subway extension. Sorbara was the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for Vaughan, and was a major advocate for the Toronto–York Spadina subway extension (TYSSE), which includes Finch West station.
On November 27, 2009, the official groundbreaking ceremony was held for the TYSSE, and major tunnelling operations started in June 2011. The project, including Finch West station, was initially expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2015 but was delayed to the fourth quarter of 2016; ultimately, the station opened on December 17, 2017.
In mid-2015, the former Toronto Fire Station 141 on the east side of Keele and south side of the hydro corridor was demolished to make way for the bus platform area. A new fire station replaced this building on the opposite side of Keele Street.