Yorkdale (TTC)
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| Yorkdale Yorkdale Shopping Centre |
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| Opened | January 28, 1978 |
| District | North York |
| Line | Yonge-University-Spadina line |
| Next station | ≅1.1 km north to Wilson 2 min
≅1.0 km south to Lawrence West 2 min |
| Daytime Connections | 47 Lansdowne, 109 Ranee, YRT 360 Maple Express |
| Night Connections | None |
| GO Transit Connections | Yorkdale Bus Terminal |
| Daily Boardings | 23,280 |
| Rank 2007-08 | 27th busiest out of 69 |
| Platforms | Centre platform |
| Accessibility | 0 elevators |
Yorkdale is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is on William R. Allen Road just south of Highway 401. It opened in 1978 in what was then the Borough of North York, and was named for the nearby Yorkdale Shopping Centre, to which it connected by an enclosed walkway, except for immediately outside the north station entrance. Connections are available to GO Transit buses (as well as Greyhound and airport shuttles) at Yorkdale Bus Terminal at the south east corner.
The station is above ground, and also above street level. It has two tracks, northbound and southbound, and a central platform. The station's arched glass roof originally featured an artwork by Michael Hayden called Arc en Ciel (French for "rainbow"). This consisted of a large number of variously coloured neon lights that would light in a pattern running along the station in the appropriate direction whenever a train went through. After some years, it stopped working. Because the TTC had not budgeted for its continued maintenance, and at the artist's request, it was removed.
South of Yorkdale station, Allen Road descends into a shallow open cut below the surrounding ground level, and the subway descends with it until Eglinton West Station. North of Yorkdale the tracks remain elevated and cross Highway 401 to Wilson Station.
Yorkdale can be accessed from:
- Yorkdale Mall west entrance, next to Yorkdale Bus Terminal
- Ranee and Allen Road south entrance
- Onramp to Highway 401 and Allen Road
[edit] Surface connections
- 47 Lansdowne - North entrance
- 109 Ranee - South entrance
[edit] Yorkdale in the movies
Yorkdale station was used as the Transit Hub station in the film The Last Chase (1980) because of its futuristic look.
