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| Type | Rapid transit |
| System | Toronto subway and RT |
| Locale | Toronto, Ontario |
| Terminals | Sheppard-Yonge Don Mills |
| No. A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway The Toronto subway and RT is the main Rapid transit (RT railway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada operated by the Toronto Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Sheppard-Yonge is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina and Sheppard Lines of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario Don Mills is the eastern terminus station of the Sheppard line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada of stations | 5 |
| Daily ridership | 43,260 (avg. weekday) [1] |
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| Opened | November 22, 2002 |
| Owner | Toronto Transit Commission |
| Operator(s) | Toronto Transit Commission |
| Rolling stock | RT75 T1 |
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| Line length | 5. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC) is a Public transport authority that operates Buses streetcars, subways and Rapid transit The T-series Rapid transit cars (widely known as the T1) are a Toronto subway car model ordered in 1992 and built in 1995 - 2001 5 km (3. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand 4 mi) |
| Gauge | 4 ft 10⅞ in (1,495 mm) |
| Electrification | Third rail |
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The Sheppard Line is the newest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States A third rail is a method of providing Electricity to power a railway through a continuous rigid conductor alongside the railway track or between the rails Sheppard-Yonge is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina and Sheppard Lines of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario The Yonge-University-Spadina Line is the oldest and busiest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bayview is a station on the Sheppard line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bessarion is a station on the Sheppard line of the subway/RT system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Oriole GO Station is a small station on GO Transit 's Richmond Hill line. Richmond Hill is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. Leslie is a station on the Sheppard line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This article is about the river in Toronto Canada For other rivers with the same name see Don River (disambiguation. Don Mills is the eastern terminus station of the Sheppard line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Toronto subway and RT is the main Rapid transit (RT railway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada operated by the Toronto Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC) is a Public transport authority that operates Buses streetcars, subways and Rapid transit It currently has five stations and is 5. A metro station is a railway station for a Rapid transit system often known by names such as "metro" "underground" and "subway" 5 kilometres (3. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand 4 miles) long. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States It opened on November 22, 2002. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. [1] It is internally numbered as Route 4, but this number is not shown on TTC maps, signs, or schedules and is rarely used or even known by the public.
The entire line runs under or near Sheppard Avenue East. Sheppard Avenue is an east-west principal Arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All of its stations, whether by transfer or in the fare-paid area, connect to surface TTC bus routes. All stations have elevators for wheelchair access, and public art; noteworthy examples are the scenic mural at Sheppard-Yonge, the children’s logo at Bayview, and Leslie station’s tiles showing the words “Sheppard & Leslie” handwritten by each member of the public (totalling to be a few hundreds). An elevator or lift is a Transport device used to move people or goods vertically from one floor to another A wheelchair is a wheeled Mobility device in which the user sits Accessibility is a general term used to describe the degree to which a product (e The term public art properly refers to works of Art in any media that has been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited
The 385 Sheppard East bus provides late-night service when the subway is not in operation. This service terminates at Sheppard-Yonge Station and follows Sheppard Avenue to Meadowvale. Bus service is extended on Sundays because the subway and RT starts at 9:00 a. m. instead of the usual time of 6:00 a. m.
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History
North York was initially suppose to receive the Sheppard Subway, while York and Etobicoke were initially to have received a busway. North York forms the central part of the northern half of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. York is a community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate city it was one of six municipalities The Eglinton West subway was a proposed east-west subway line in Toronto, Canada. York and Etobicoke were dissatisfied, even though the transit plan stated that a busway was sufficient for the near future.
Leading up to the 1995 provincial election, the governing New Democratic Party proposed provincial funding for four subway/LRT projects for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). The Ontario New Democratic Party, formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a Social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada Included in these four proposals were plans to build new subway lines along Eglinton and Sheppard Avenues. Eglinton Avenue is an east-west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and in Mississauga to the west Sheppard Avenue is an east-west principal Arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Premier Bob Rae decided to spread the funding throughout Metro Toronto to appease residents of both sides, which would have resulted in two truncated subway lines instead of a single complete line. Robert Keith "Bob" Rae PC OC QC OOnt MP (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian
Three of these proposals had their municipal funding rejected by metropolitan Toronto city council, causing the cancellation of any provincial funding for the projects and causing current work on the Eglinton line to be terminated immediately. The Eglinton West subway was a proposed east-west subway line in Toronto, Canada.
Funding for the Sheppard line originally was rejected by city council as well, however after a number of votes on different alterations to the project (including only building the subway to Leslie Street) the proposal to build the Sheppard line tunnels only, without tracks, was passed by a narrow margin. After this vote passed city council, a revote was taken on the entire Sheppard line project to Don Mills which then passed by the narrowest of margins. Some believed that North York Mayor Mel Lastman’s political clout (he was later elected Mayor of the amalgamated City of Toronto) was crucial to the Sheppard Line proposal being implemented. Melvin Douglas "Mel" Lastman (born March 9, 1933) affectionately known as "Mayor Mel" is a former businessman and politician The Downsview station was added to the Spadina line partially in anticipation of the Sheppard project westward extension. Downsview is a station of the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Yonge-University-Spadina Line is the oldest and busiest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Sheppard subway is unusual in that it was the first “suburban” subway; the previous TTC lines had started from downtown Toronto. However, North York, especially around Yonge and Sheppard, has seen intense high-rise developments in recent years, giving it the nickname of the “new downtown” upon which other surrounding suburban areas were increasingly relying. The case for building the subway line was the existing TTC bus service could not handle the commuter capacity; full buses drove right past waiting crowds at bus stops. Although some suggested that expanding Sheppard Avenue to allow for dedicated bus lanes would have been much cheaper than a subway, it would be difficult to acquire the necessary right-of-way as Sheppard Avenue ran though a built-up Willowdale community. Canada 2008 Willowdalejpg|thumb|250px|Driving down Yonge Street toward Churchill Avenue in Willowdale in 2008]] Willowdale is an established community in the former City of North (By contrast, Eglinton West ran though a vacant corridor intended for the Richview Expressway. ) The new Fairview Mall commuter parking garages at Don Mills were also intended to take the pressure off of the crowded Finch station. Fairview Mall is a major Shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Don Mills is the eastern terminus station of the Sheppard line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Finch is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Another reason was to alleviate the congested Highway 404–Don Valley Parkway (DVP) route; while Highway 404 was widened by the province in 1999–2007, similar plans to expand the DVP were not approved by city council, and this would result in an inevitable bottleneck. Highway 404 is a 400-Series Highway in Ontario, Canada. It runs from the junction of Highway 401 and the Don Valley Parkway in The Don Valley Parkway (generally referred to as the DVP) is a controlled-access six-lane Freeway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, so The intention was that downtown-bound drivers would exit Highway 404 at Sheppard Avenue, and take the subway to avoid this choke point.
When the Sheppard line opened in 2002, it was the city’s first new subway line in decades. It is shorter than originally planned, running from Yonge Street (at the former Sheppard station, now renamed Sheppard-Yonge) east to Don Mills Road rather than further west to Downsview station and southeast to Scarborough Centre station. Yonge Street (pronounced "young" is a major arterial street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and its northern Suburbs It was formerly Sheppard-Yonge is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina and Sheppard Lines of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario Don Mills Road is a north-south route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, passing through the former cities of East York and North York Downsview is a station of the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This page covers the Toronto Transit Commission 's Scarborough Centre station for the political riding see Scarborough Centre. The line will be extended only with substantial additional government funding.
The Sheppard line cost just under $1 billion and took eight years to build. It is the first subway line in Canada whose plain tunnel sections were built entirely by tunnel-boring machine. A tunnel boring machine ( TBM) is a machine used to excavate Tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of soil and rock strata. All stations on the line are in cut-and-cover sections, and just east of Leslie station there is an enclosed bridge over the Don River (east branch). Leslie is a station on the Sheppard line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This article is about the river in Toronto Canada For other rivers with the same name see Don River (disambiguation. Additionally, the Sheppard line is the only subway line in Toronto not to have any open sections. Yonge Street had to be diverted for several years in order to accommodate the expansion of Sheppard Station; the temporary diversion of Yonge are now two vacant lots.
One of the ideas proposed for the Sheppard line was platform screen doors. Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the Train. Aligned at the edge of the platforms, platform screen doors would align themselves with the subway-car doors when in station for safety and suicide prevention. The system was dropped on the account of cost.
Stations are built to eventually take the TTC's standard subway trains of six 23 m (75-foot) cars, but part of each platform has been blocked off since only four-car trains are needed to carry the amount of traffic the line currently receives. The line is designed so that it can be extended at both ends, allowing for the construction of the originally planned westward and eastward branches in the future. Extension is not currently a priority, however.
The automated system to announce each stop was installed in January 2006.
Criticisms
The line has been derided by critics as a “subway to nowhere” or a “stubway. ” Apart from the Sheppard-Yonge and Don Mills terminals, its stations have received little use, even during rush hour. Rush hour at Shinjuku 02JPG|thumb|right|250px|Rush hour at Shinjuku Station, Yamanote Line]] A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which One significant but often overlooked problem is that the Sheppard line feeds into the already overcrowded Yonge-University-Spadina subway line, since the Sheppard line does not have its own train yard.
The suburban subway is also criticized because most of the surrounding population is more affluent and more likely to drive. The Don Mills station at Fairview Mall has also sparked further controversy because the commuter lot requires a fee even if one holds a monthly Metropass transit pass; the parking charge was required in order to prevent the limited garage space from being overwhelmed (the regular mall parking is cordoned off until the shopping centre opens).
To put this in perspective, the ridership on the Sheppard Subway in approximately 42,000 per average weekday, about the same as many of the TTC's busiest streetcar and bus routes. During the City of Toronto's 2008 budget crisis, the TTC considered shutting the line down on weekends or entirely.
The new subway, however, has spurred over $1 billion of construction of new housing, including several high-rise condominum towers, along its route. Particularly noteworthy are the condos around Bayview station, where none had previously existed prior to the 2000s. Bayview is a station on the Sheppard line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In addition, between Leslie and Bessarion stations, a former Canadian Tire warehouse/distribution centre next to Highway 401 (the chain retains a store nearby) is being demolished and the land is being sold to Concord Adex Investments Limited of Vancouver. Leslie is a station on the Sheppard line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bessarion is a station on the Sheppard line of the subway/RT system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Tire Corporation Limited ( is one of Canada's 35 largest publicly traded companies and operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing (hardgoods apparel Plans are well underway to develop the large multi-condo complex, Concord Park Place, which includes a community park. Concord Park Place is a 20-acre master-planned multi-tower Condominium complex currently under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, between Concord Adex is also responsible for the CityPlace condo mega-development at the vacant CNR lands, currently under construction west of the CN Tower. CityPlace is the name given to a large section of former railway land in Downtown Toronto, Canada that has been redeveloped for multiuse purpose The CN Tower, located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a communications and tourist Tower standing tall [2]
Shelved expansion plans
Prior to March 2007, the TTC considered the Sheppard East extension of the Sheppard subway to Scarborough Centre as one of its two top priorities for rapid-transit expansion, along with a northerly extension of the Spadina line. Don Mills is the eastern terminus station of the Sheppard line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada This page covers the Toronto Transit Commission 's Scarborough Centre station for the political riding see Scarborough Centre. This page covers the Toronto Transit Commission 's Scarborough Centre station for the political riding see Scarborough Centre. The Yonge-University-Spadina Line is the oldest and busiest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In addition to this eastern extension, the original plans for the Sheppard line included a westward extension to Downsview station on the Spadina line, with Downsview being completed as a prerequisite. Downsview is a station of the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Neither extension is now considered a priority. In March 2007, the City of Toronto and the TTC released the Transit City proposal to begin a new round of transit expansion using light rail (streetcar) technology on dedicated rights-of-way instead of subway technology. Transit City is a plan for public transportation for the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, announced by Mayor of Toronto David Miller A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train The Sheppard East subway extension has been replaced in this plan by a light rail line running from Don Mills station along Sheppard Avenue East to Meadowvale, where it would meet the northern terminus of an extended Scarborough RT line. The Scarborough RT (sometimes shortened to SRT or RT) is a Rapid transit line in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario Under this proposal, there would be no direct connection between the North York and Scarborough "city centres".
The following stations were included on the plan for the subway extension:
Infill on existing line
- Willowdale – between Sheppard-Yonge and Bayview
Eastern extension ("Sheppard East")
- Consumers
- Victoria Park North
- Warden North
- Kennedy North
- Agincourt – relocated GO Transit railway station
- Progress – between Brimley Road and Midland Avenue
- Scarborough Centre – existing station on the Scarborough RT line
Source: Toronto Transit Sheppard line map
See also
References
- ^ Toronto Transit Commission - History. Downsview is a station of the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the subway system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sheppard-Yonge is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina and Sheppard Lines of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario Canada 2008 Willowdalejpg|thumb|250px|Driving down Yonge Street toward Churchill Avenue in Willowdale in 2008]] Willowdale is an established community in the former City of North Agincourt GO Station is a GO Transit railway and bus station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. GO Transit is the interregional public transit system serving the Conurbation in Ontario, Canada referred to by Metrolinx as the This page covers the Toronto Transit Commission 's Scarborough Centre station for the political riding see Scarborough Centre. The Scarborough RT (sometimes shortened to SRT or RT) is a Rapid transit line in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario The Toronto subway and RT is the main Rapid transit (RT railway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada operated by the Toronto MoveOntario 2020 is a plan proposed by the Government of Ontario that would fund 52 rapid-transit projects throughout the Greater Toronto Hamilton area City of Toronto. Retrieved on 2007-11-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran
External links
- Transit Toronto – The Sheppard subway
- Rapid Transit Expansion Study (Toronto Transit Commission, 2001). (PDF, 2. 6 MB)
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