Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (TTC)
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Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
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Highway 7 at Millway Ave. Vaughan, Ontario Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°47′39″N 79°31′39″W / 43.79417°N 79.52750°WCoordinates: 43°47′39″N 79°31′39″W / 43.79417°N 79.52750°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |
 Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal (York Region Transit) Highway 7 Rapidway
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | Grimshaw Architects | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Postmodern architecture | ||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | ||||||||||
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| Opening | December 2017 | ||||||||||
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Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal
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| Location | Millway Avenue, Vaughan, Ontario Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°47′46″N 79°31′40″W / 43.79611°N 79.52778°W |
| Owned by | Regional Municipality of York |
| Operated by | York Region Transit |
| Platforms | 8 |
| Bus operators |
YRT
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| Connections |
  VMC subway station Highway 7 Rapidway
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| Disabled access | Yes |
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| Fare zone | 2 |
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| Opening | 2017 |
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre is a subway station under construction on the extension of the western arm of the Line 1 Yonge–University subway of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.
It is located under Millway Avenue on the north side of Highway 7, west of Jane Street, and is one of two new stations that are outside the City of Toronto in York Region. The project was expected to be completed by the autumn of 2016 but it is now estimated that 31 December 2017 will be the earliest achievable date to deliver the project.
To avoid the difficulty of implementing a payment-on-exit system, the station will be part of the TTC's Toronto fare zone despite being located north of Steeles Avenue. This is in contrast to TTC-contracted bus routes, where riders are required to pay extra fare when their bus crosses Steeles. This is analogous to the situation in 1968, when five subway stations opened inside the TTC's "Zone 2" area at the time (Islington, Royal York, Old Mill, Victoria Park and Warden), yet no extra fare was required to reach those stations, although the Zone 2 fare was charged when transferring to connecting buses.
Geographically, this will be the northernmost station in the system.
On 27 November 2009 the ground-breaking ceremony was held for the Spadina Extension, and major tunnelling operations began in June 2011. The original project schedule expected the completion by 2015 but that is now delayed to autumn 2016-2018.
Grimshaw Architects have been retained to design the station, which will have a domed ovoid entrance building just north of the Viva platforms on Highway 7. The building will have four entrances in an X pattern; these will be the only entrances at the station's opening, but knockout panels are planned for future underground access to the station from evolving development (including a future YRT bus terminal).
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