Sheppard–Yonge station

Sheppard-Yonge
Location	20 Sheppard Avenue West Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°45′41″N 79°24′39″W / 43.76139°N 79.41083°W / 43.76139; -79.41083Coordinates: 43°45′41″N 79°24′39″W / 43.76139°N 79.41083°W / 43.76139; -79.41083
Platforms	1 centre platform (1 Y-U line) 2 side platforms (4 Sheppard line)
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Connections	TTC buses  84  Sheppard West  85  Sheppard East  97  Yonge  98  Willowdale-Selnac  196  York University Rocket  320   Yonge  384   Sheppard West  385   Sheppard East GO Buses  19A   19C  Mississauga - North York  27  Milton - North York  32  Brampton Trinity Common - North York  34  Pearson Airport - North York  92A  Oshawa - Yorkdale  96  Oshawa - Finch Express
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	29 March 1974 (1974-03-29) (1 Y-U line) 24 November 2002 (2002-11-24) (4 Sheppard line)
Previous names	Sheppard
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	76,820 (1 Y-U line) 45,750 (4 Sheppard line) 122,570 (total)
Rank	3rd of 69
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station York Mills toward Sheppard West Yonge–University North York Centre toward Finch Terminus Sheppard Bayview toward Don Mills

Sheppard–Yonge is a station on the Line 1 Yonge–University and Line 4 Sheppard of the Toronto subway. It is the third-busiest station in the system, after Bloor–Yonge and St. George, serving a combined total of approximately 122,570 people per day in 2015.

Sheppard-Yonge first opened as Sheppard in 1974, when the Yonge-University subway line was extended from Eglinton to Finch. The extension was planned to open in two stages with Sheppard as the temporary terminus, but construction north of York Mills was delayed by various problems and in 1973, York Mills was opened as the temporary terminus instead; Sheppard and Finch station opened in 1974. The H-2 class subway cars delivered in 1971 included destination signs for "Sheppard via downtown" on the expectation that it would be a terminal station.

The station was expanded and renamed "Sheppard-Yonge" in 2002 with the opening of the Sheppard subway line, for which this station became the western terminus. The renaming was similar to that of Bloor-Yonge Station. Unlike Bloor-Yonge, where the signs on Line 1 platforms still read "Bloor" and those on the Line 2 Bloor-Danforth read "Yonge", Sheppard-Yonge is given its full name on both sets of platforms; all existing signs within the station were changed to give the new name. At that time, this station became accessible with elevators. When the automated announcements were installed on Toronto's subway trains, Line 1 trains referred to the station as "Sheppard" while Line 4 trains referred to the station as "Sheppard-Yonge", the new Toronto Rocket subway trains refer to the station on both lines as "Sheppard-Yonge" followed by "Change for Line 1/4" respectively.

The station is located under Yonge Street at Sheppard Avenue, and is built on five levels. All seven entrances are located at street level, as well as the bus platform. The three levels below are concourse levels, which provide access to the bus platform and the two subway lines. The subway platforms are on the two lower levels, with the Yonge–University line on the bottom and the newer Sheppard line crossing above.

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