Sheppard West station

"Downsview station" redirects here. For the TTC station that opened in 2017, see Downsview Park station.

Sheppard West
General information
Location1035 Sheppard Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
Coordinates43°44′58″N 79°27′43″W / 43.74944°N 79.46194°W / 43.74944; -79.46194
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
Connections
  •  84  Sheppard West
  •  104  Faywood
  •  105  Dufferin North
  •  106  Sentinel
  •  107  York University Heights
  •  108  Driftwood
  •  329   Dufferin
  •  384   Sheppard West
  •  984  Sheppard West Express
YRT  105  Dufferin
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Parking632 spaces
AccessibleYes
ArchitectAdamson Associates Architects
Stevens Group Architects
Other information
WebsiteOfficial station page
History
OpenedMarch 30, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-03-30)
Previous namesDownsview (1996–2017)
Passengers
2023–2024[1]19,495
Rank37 of 70
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station
Downsview Park
towards Vaughan
 Line 1 Yonge–University Wilson
towards Finch
Location
Map

Sheppard West (formerly Downsview) is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station, which is located near the intersection of Sheppard Avenue West and Allen Road, opened in 1996 in what was then the City of North York, and the commuter parking lot opened in July 2005. It was the northwestern terminus of the line for over two decades, until the opening of the Toronto–York Spadina Subway Extension on December 17, 2017.

When this station opened, it was among the first accessible stations of the Toronto subway system, and the first to be purpose-built as such.[2] The station also features Wi-Fi service.[3]

  1. ^ "Subway ridership, 2023-2024" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved November 12, 2024. This table shows the typical number of customer-boardings made on each subway line and the number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on a typical weekday in Sep 2023-Aug 2024.
  2. ^ "Milestones". ttc.ca. Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2017. 1996: Downsview Station, Bloor-Yonge Station, and Union Station become the first accessible subway stations.
  3. ^ "There's now free WiFi at over 40 TTC subway stations". blogTO. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2016.