Finch West station

Finch West
Location 3950 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°45′50″N 79°29′28″W / 43.76389°N 79.49111°W / 43.76389; -79.49111Coordinates: 43°45′50″N 79°29′28″W / 43.76389°N 79.49111°W / 43.76389; -79.49111
Platforms Centre platform
Tracks 2
Bus routes
Construction
Structure type Underground
Parking 383 spaces
Bicycle facilities 13 short term
Disabled access Yes
Architect Spadina Group Associates/IBI, Lea Consulting, HH Angus and Associates, Pivotal Projects and Janet Rosenberg and Associates
Architectural style Postmodern architecture
History
Opened December 17, 2017 (2017-12-17)[1]
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Vaughan
 Yonge–University
toward Finch
Sentinel
 Finch West
Opens 2023
Terminus

Finch West is a subway station on the Line 1 Yonge–University of the Toronto subway. It is located under Keele Street, north of Finch Avenue West, and opened on December 17, 2017.

Description

Main station under construction in December 2017

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 the next station north on the line.

The main entrance is located on the east side of Keele Street with the secondary entrance on the west side. The main structure has a striped, bar-code cladding to decorate its exterior along with colourful tiling and windows. An elevated substation facility is on the second floor 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 6-bay bus terminal has an enclosed concourse. Bicycle parking at the station includes 100 secure plus 13 short-term spaces. North of the station is a parking lot for 350 cars plus a pick-up-and-drop-off facility.[2][3][4]

A consortium of consultants including SGA/IBI, Lea Consulting, HH Angus and Associates, Pivotal Projects, Janet Rosenberg and Associates, and Will Alsop of Alsop Architects designed Finch West station. Artist Bruce McLean 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.[3]

History

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, which includes Finch West station.[5]

On November 27, 2009, the official ground breaking ceremony was held for the Toronto–York Spadina Subway Extension, and major tunnelling operations started in June 2011.[6]

In mid-2015, the former Toronto Fire Station 141 on the east side of Keele and south side of 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.[7]

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

The still-clean tunnels and centre storage track (visible at left) north of the station a few days after the TYSSE opened in December 2017

The line curves off the Keele Street alignment a short distance to the north and south of the station, veering northwest to York University station and swings broadly at a 90° angle southeast to Downsview Park station. To reverse trains, there is both a crossover at the south end of the station and a storage track to the north.[8]

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School.

Surface connections

The 36 Finch West bus route splits here to help maintain reliable service in light of the Finch West LRT construction west of this station. The 36 Finch West and 939B Finch Express enter via Tangiers Road.[9] When the subway is closed, buses do not enter the station and bypass Tangiers Road. The following routes serve the station:[10][11]

Route Name Additional Information
36A Finch West Westbound to Humberwood Boulevard
36B Eastbound to Finch station
36D Westbound to Weston Road and Milvan Drive
(Rush hour service)
36F Westbound to Weston Road and Milvan Drive via Fenmar Drive
(Rush hour service)
41A Keele Northbound to Pioneer Village station and southbound to Keele station
41E Southbound to Keele station
(Rush hour express service)
107 St. Regis Northbound to Pioneer Village station via Petrolia Road and southbound to Sheppard West station
939B Finch Express Eastbound to Scarborough Centre station via Finch station
336 Finch West Blue Night service; Eastbound to Finch station and westbound to Woodbine Race Track.
(Overnight service stops on Finch Avenue West and does not enter the station.)
341 Keele Blue Night service; Northbound to York University and southbound to Keele station.
(Overnight service stops on Keele Street and does not enter the station.)

Fares sold and accepted

As with all stations from Wilson north to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, legacy TTC fare media (tokens, tickets and physical Metropasses) are accepted at this station pending elimination, but they cannot be purchased by passengers, who otherwise need to pay exact change for cash fares. Presto cards can be purchased and loaded with funds for single rides or with TTC Metropasses for unlimited travel, using various automated machines at the station.[12]

Line 6 Finch West

Line 6 Finch West, expected to open in 2023, will have its eastern terminus at Finch West station. An LRT station has already been roughed-in but is sealed off by a temporary wall until the LRT line opens.[13][14] The future LRT station will be located with an east–west orientation under Finch Avenue West passing above the crossover box structure for Line 1 trains. The station will have side platforms.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Beattie, Samantha; Spurr, Ben (December 16, 2017). "After delays, cost overruns, and tragedy, a subway to Vaughan is complete". Toronto Star. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ Byford, Andy (November 10, 2017). "Next stop on TTC Line 1 extension: Finch West Station". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Finch West Station". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ Oliver Moore & Jeff Gray (December 14, 2017). "Next stop, Vaughan: Inside the Toronto subway's big move beyond the city limits". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ Moore, Oliver (March 23, 2006). "Subway plan could benefit Sorbara family". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ A. Byford, CEO (March 26, 2015). "Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension – Schedule and Budget Change" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved September 28, 2017. The TYSSE project is currently 70 per cent complete. However, it has been determined that the publicly stated opening date of the end of 2016 and the approved budget are not achievable. This report recommends that a comprehensive project "reset" involving a new third-party project manager be undertaken to deliver the project by December 31st, 2017
  7. ↑ "City of Toronto Fire Station 141 has a new Home!". Toronto Transit Commission. February 29, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2017. To make room for the new bus terminal at the future Finch West Subway Station, Toronto Fire Station 141 had to be relocated. The new Fire Station 141 can be found at the southwest corner of the intersection of Keele Street and Murray Ross Parkway.
  8. 1 2 "Finch West station – Approval of Conceptual Design" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. January 20, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Bus Route Changes". Toronto Transit Commission. September 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017. See New TTC Network map.
  10. ↑ http://ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commission_reports_and_information/Commission_meetings/2017/May_18/Reports/6_Changes_to_Bus_Routes_for_Line_1_Extension.pdf
  11. ↑ https://cptdb.ca/topic/8410-miscellaneous-ttc-discussion-questions/?page=449
  12. ↑ "New Customer Service Agents at TTC stations". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  13. ↑ Freeman, Joshua (September 18, 2017). "With 3 months to go, TTC tests hundreds of elements on Vaughan subway extension". CablePulse 24. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  14. ↑ Flack, Derek (October 2017). "There's a secret station on Toronto's new subway line". blogTO. Retrieved November 10, 2017.

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