Finch West station
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Finch West
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| Location | Keele St. at Finch Ave. West Toronto, Ontario Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°45′50″N 79°29′28″W / 43.76389°N 79.49111°WCoordinates: 43°45′50″N 79°29′28″W / 43.76389°N 79.49111°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | ||||||||||
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| Opening | 2018 | ||||||||||
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Finch West is a subway station under construction on the extension of the Yonge–University–Spadina line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is being built under Keele Street, north of Finch Avenue West, and is expected to open after the end of 2017.
The station will be built underground and parallel to Keele Street. The line is proposed to continue from Downsview Park station, curving northward to align with Keele. Nearby landmarks include Fountainhead Park and the commercial strip along Keele Street. Industrial lands lie to the east, James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School to the west and York University is to the northwest.
On 27 November 2009 the official ground breaking ceremony was held for the Spadina Extension, and major tunnelling operations started in June 2011. It is estimated that 31 December 2017 would be the earliest achievable date to deliver the project.
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.
The Toronto Transit Commission has conducted the environmental assessment (see official link below) for the project to extend the Spadina line north from Downsview through this station to York University, Steeles Avenue and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. The governments of Ontario and Canada have each pledged $670 million of funding for its construction. The City of Toronto and the TTC have indicated their concerns about lacking funding to operate the subway once it is built. According to the Globe and Mail newspaper (March 23, 2006), real estate development companies belonging to the family of former Finance Minister Greg Sorbara own the properties just south of the intersection of Finch Avenue West and Keele Street, according to land registry documents and corporate records. Sorbara was the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for Vaughan.
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