Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal

Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
Location	Highway 7 at Millway Ave. Vaughan, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°47′39″N 79°31′39″W / 43.79417°N 79.52750°W / 43.79417; -79.52750Coordinates: 43°47′39″N 79°31′39″W / 43.79417°N 79.52750°W / 43.79417; -79.52750
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal (York Region Transit) Highway 7 Rapidway
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Architect	Grimshaw Architects
Architectural style	Postmodern architecture
Other information
Status	Under construction
History
Opening	December 2017
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Terminus Yonge–University Extension in 2018 Highway 407 toward Sheppard West

Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal
Location	Millway Avenue, Vaughan, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°47′46″N 79°31′40″W / 43.79611°N 79.52778°W / 43.79611; -79.52778
Owned by	Regional Municipality of York
Operated by	York Region Transit
Platforms	8
Bus operators	YRT
Connections	VMC subway station Highway 7 Rapidway
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
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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