Wilson (TTC)

Wilson TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	570 Wilson Avenue
Coordinates	43°44′07″N 79°27′04″W
Lines	Yonge–University–Spadina
Connections	TTC buses
Structure	at grade
Platforms	centre
Other information
Opened	28 January 1978
Presto card	No
Traffic
Passengers (2009-10)	21,680
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Downsview Terminus Yonge–University–Spadina Yorkdale toward Finch

Canyons art installation located on the mezzanine level

Wilson is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the median of Allen Road at 570 Wilson Avenue.

2257 parking spaces surround the station in four commuter lots.

History

Wilson Station was opened in what was then the Borough of North York as the last station in the 1978 subway line extension north from St. George Station.

Wilson was the northern terminus of the Spadina line for eighteen years, but with the extension to Downsview Station in 1996, some of the bus routes have moved from the station. An additional bus platform, not needed for the reduced number of buses, was mothballed and now serves a storage area, although in 2007 construction at the remaining terminal meant temporary use of the closed platform.

Architecture and art

Wilson was one of two Spadina line stations designed by the TTC's in-house architects (the other being St. Clair West).

A sculpture by Ted Bieler entitled Canyons is located at the mezzanine level.

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

Northwest of the station is the Wilson Complex, opened in 1977, which houses the system's largest subway marshalling yard (it took over Yonge-University-Spadina line operations from Davisville yard in 1993) and bus garage (servicing most bus routes in north Toronto).

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include the southern end of Downsview Park (formerly Downsview Airport); large events at the park, such as visits by the Pope John Paul II and benefit concerts, have resulted in heavy use of this station.

Tenants

• doughnut shop
• lottery booth
• Gateway Newstands

Surface connections

Main article: List of bus routes in Toronto

• Route 29: Dufferin

29 to Exhibition (Dufferin Gate)

29B to Exhibition & Ontario Place

29D to Exhibition (Princes' Gates)

329 Blue Night Dufferin to Exhibition

• Route 96: Wilson

96, 96A, 96B, 96C, 96D, 96E, 96G & 319 Blue Night Wilson all go into Wilson Station (However, this is not the original Terminal.)

• 104 Faywood to Downsview Station
• 105 Dufferin North (Operates to Wilson Station in the AM rush hour only.)
• Route 106: York University

106A to York University

• Route 107: Keele North

107A to Teston Rd

107B to Rutherford GO Station

107F to Kirby Rd

• Route 108: Downsview

108B to Jane & Driftwood

• Route 117: Alness

117B to Steeles

• 120 Calvington to Sheppard/Jane via De Havilland
• Route 160: Bathurst North (Extra Fare required north of Steeles)

160 to Centre Street

160A to Steeles

• Route 165: Weston Road North (All routes go into Wilson Station, but it is not the Original Terminal.) (Extra Fare required north of Steeles)

165 to Steeles

165A to Canada's Wonderland

165D to Major Mackenzie

165F to Canada Dr

External links

• Wilson Station at the Toronto Transit Commission
• Wilson Complex