Sheppard-Yonge (TTC)
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| Sheppard-Yonge 4800 Yonge Street |
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| Opened | March 29, 1974 (Yonge-University-Spadina line) November 24, 2002 (Sheppard line) |
| Line | Yonge-University-Spadina line Sheppard line |
| Next station | Yonge-University-Spadina line: ≅0.9 km north to North York Centre 1 min, ≅2.1 km south to York Mills 3 min Sheppard line: |
| Connections | 84 Sheppard West, 85 Sheppard East, 97 Yonge, 98 Willowdale Senlac, 196 York University Rocket |
| Rank of Subway Boardings [1] | 4th busiest out of 69 |
| Daily Boardings | 104,420 (64,820 on YUS line, 39,600 on Sheppard line) |
| No. of Elevators | 7 |
| Platforms | Centre platform on YUS line, side platforms on Sheppard line (centre platform filled in, not in use, trains do not stop on one of the side platforms)
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Sheppard-Yonge is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina and Sheppard lines of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the fourth busiest subway station in the system, serving a combined total of approximately 104,420 people a day.
It is located on Sheppard Avenue East/West at 4800 Yonge Street. The original Sheppard station on the Yonge line opened in 1974 (simultaneously with Finch), and was expanded and renamed in 2002 with the opening of the Sheppard subway line. The Sheppard line begins at this station, departing eastward. Sheppard was originally planned to be a temporary terminus for the North Yonge subway extension, however funding arrangements were altered so that the subway could be extended from York Mills to Finch all at once. 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.
Sheppard-Yonge station is integrated with a bus terminal located one level above concourse, at street level. The bus terminal was outside the fare-paid area before the Sheppard line was built.
The public art in the station, entitled Immersion Land and created by the artist Stacy Spiegel [2], consists of panoramic posterized murals created from 150 digital photos rendered onto single-colour mosaic tiles. The artwork depicts rural scenery along Yonge Street somewhere between Lake Ontario and North Bay, and is located on the upper (Sheppard line) platform level.
Much like the Bloor-Yonge station, this station was renamed from "Sheppard" to "Sheppard-Yonge" when the Sheppard line opened in 2002. Unlike Bloor-Yonge, where the signs on the Yonge line platforms read "Bloor" and those on the Bloor line 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 (although signs in other stations may still refer to it as "Sheppard"). Signs in other stations along the Sheppard line also refer to the station as Sheppard-Yonge.
When the Voice Automation System was added on the Y-U-S Line the stop annoncement is referred to saying The next station is Sheppard, Sheppard Station and Arriving at Sheppard, Sheppard Station.
A connecting track from the Yonge line, used only if cars or work equipment need to be transferred between the two lines, curves around to a point 500 metres west of Yonge, where the Sheppard line tunnel actually begins. This provides an area where trains can be stored clear of the line.
In the station, the Sheppard line tracks cross above the Yonge line. The Sheppard line station has platforms on the outer sides of the tracks, but there is also a roughed-in centre platform [3]. Should the station become a busy transport hub, this platform will be opened and trains will open all their doors, allowing riders to enter on one side and exit on the other to improve efficiency.
The 2003 music video "Fallen", by Mýa, was filmed in Toronto, part of it being in the subway, which was supposed to represent the New York City Subway. The two stations featured in the video were Sheppard-Yonge, as well as an unknown TTC station downtown. The 1984 music video "Romantic Traffic" by Spoons also featured segments filmed at Sheppard Station.
Trains normally pull into the southern platform to load and discharge passengers, before returning in the direction from which they came; the northern platform is used only by trains which are going out of service and so must discharge their passengers without allowing more aboard.
Just north of the station, the line converges with a second junction track from the Yonge line.
Access to Sheppard-Yonge can be made at:
- Sheppard Centre
- Nestle Building at Sheppard and Beecroft
- an outdoor elevator entrance at the northeast corner of the intersection of Sheppard and Yonge.
- outdoor entrances on the north and south side of Sheppard, just west of Yonge.
[edit] Tenants
- Cinnabon - located below the bus platform and platform level on the Sheppard Line
- Gateway Newsstand
[edit] Surface connections
- 84 Sheppard West
- 85 Sheppard East
- 97 Yonge
- 98 Willowdale Senlac
- 196 York University Rocket
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