Sheppard West (TTC)

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Railway station
Sheppard West
Address to be Announced
Opened To be Announced
Line Proposed Yonge-University-Spadina line extension
Next station North to Finch West

South to Downsview

Connections To be Announced
Rank of Subway Boardings [1] To be Announced
Daily Boardings To be Announced
No. of Elevators To be Announced
Platforms To be Announced

Sheppard West is a proposed station of the Yonge-University Spadina line of the subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to be built on its western branch, the Spadina line. If built, it would be located just south of Sheppard Avenue West on an extension of Bakersfield Street, and may open in approximately 2013 or 2014.

Nearby landmarks include Downsview Park, which was the site of the World Youth Day Papal Visit in 2002, and the 'SARSstock' concert in 2003. It was formerly the site of an airstrip used as a military base (CFB Downsview), and by an airline manuacturer (DeHavilland). Other points of interest include the Chesswood hockey arenas, and the industrial lands north of Sheppard.

The station would be built underground and parallel to Sheppard Avenue. The line would continue from Downsview station along Allen Road but then curve westward to align with Sheppard's northward alignment, at the CN/GO tracks.

Part of the station proposal is that a new station will also be built on GO Transit's Bradford line, to interchange with the subway station.

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The Toronto Transit Commission has conducted the environmental assessment (see official link below) for the project to extend the Spadina line north from Downsview through this station to York University, Steeles Avenue and Vaughan Corporate Centre. The governments of Ontario and Canada have each pledged $670 million of funding for its construction. The City of Toronto and the TTC have indicated their concerns about lacking funding to operate the subway once it is built.

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