York University station
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York University
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York University station construction in August 2015
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Keele Campus (York University) Toronto, Ontario Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°46′27″N 79°29′59″W / 43.77417°N 79.49972°WCoordinates: 43°46′27″N 79°29′59″W / 43.77417°N 79.49972°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | Foster+Partners | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Postmodern architecture | ||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | ||||||||||
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| Opening | December 17, 2017 | ||||||||||
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York University is a subway station under construction on the extension of Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the main Keele Campus of York University, near Ian Macdonald and York Boulevards.
More than 1,400 TTC buses serve the campus every weekday at the York University Bus Loop, in addition to hundreds more spread across other services including GO Transit, York Region Transit/Viva, Brampton Transit and Greyhound. The development of a subway station will greatly reduce the number of buses entering campus by effectively eliminating the 196 York University Rocket bus route, and will serve to greatly improve public transit access to the university and surrounding area.
The university’s main buildings lie to the west of the proposed location. Seneca College’s York campus is found to the south, and the Aviva Centre to the west.
The station is being built underground, lying on a northwest-southeast axis. The line will approach from Finch West station along Keele Street, then bend northwestward to meet the station.
Architecture firm Foster+Partners has been commissioned for the design, which includes a curving ramp connecting the entrances.
The official ground breaking ceremony for the Spadina Extension was held on 27 November 2009; however, tunnelling operations did not commence until June 2011. The project was expected to be completed by the autumn of 2016, but is officially opening on December 17, 2017.
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