Wilson station (Toronto)
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| Location | 570 Wilson Avenue Toronto, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°44′03″N 79°27′00″W / 43.73417°N 79.45000°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  TTC buses | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | at grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 2257 spaces[1] | ||||||||||
| Architect | TTC in-house architects[2] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 January 1978 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023–2024[3] | 21,579 | ||||||||||
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Wilson is a subway station on the Yonge–University line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the median of Allen Road at Wilson Avenue.
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. The station and the street are named in honour of Norman D. Wilson, Toronto-based transportation engineer.
Wilson was the north-western terminus of the Yonge–University line for eighteen years and a major hub for TTC bus service, but with the extension to Downsview Station in 1996, many of the bus routes were moved from the station.[4]
Architecture and art
Wilson is one of two Yonge–University line stations on the west side of the line, along with St. Clair West, that was designed by the TTC's in-house architects.[5]
The subway station building is a simple enclosed concrete structure built within the median of Allen Road where it crosses over Wilson Avenue. The mezzanine level connects by a maze of tunnels to the bus terminal, a kiss-and-ride facility and four commuter parking lots with a total of 2257 spaces.[1] An additional island bus platform, no longer needed for the reduced number of connecting buses after the line was extended to Downsview Station,[4] was mothballed and now serves as a storage area.
A wall sculpture by Ted Bieler entitled Canyons[6] 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 having taken over Yonge-University line operations from Davisville yard in 1993 and a large bus garage servicing most of the 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
- 29A Dufferin to Dufferin Gate Loop at Canadian National Exhibition
- 29C to Exhibition (Princes' Gates)
- 329 Dufferin Blue Night Network to Exhibition Loop
- 96A/B/D Wilson to York Mills Station
- 96A to Carrier Drive via Kipling Avenue and John Garland Boulevard
- 96B to Humberline Drive and Albion Road
- 96D to Carrier Drive and Westmore Drive
- 104 Faywood to Downsview Station
- 118 Thistle Down to Thistle Down Boulevard
- 119 Torbarrie to Torbarrie Road
- 120 Calvington to Sheppard and Jane via De Havilland
- 160 Bathurst North to Centre Street (Extra fare required north of Steeles)
- 165A/C/D/F Weston Rd North to York Mills Station
- 165A to Steeles Avenue
- 165C to Wonderland Terminal (Canada's Wonderland Seasonal) (Extra fare required north of Steeles Avenue)
- 165D to Major Mackenzie (Extra fare required north of Steeles Avenue)
- 165F to Canada Drive (Extra fare required north of Steeles Avenue)
- 186 Wilson Rocket to Humber College - express service
- 396 Blue Night Wilson eastbound to York Mills Station and westbound to Martin Grove Road and Steeles Avenue West. Overnight service stops on Wilson Avenue and does not enter the station
References
- ^ a b "Parking". Wilson Station. Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved August 2012.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Bow, James. "Downsview Station". Transit Toronto. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ Robert Moffatt (28 October 2010). "Art and architecture on the Spadina subway". Toronto Modern. Retrieved August 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Canyons". Ted Bieler. Dittwald Toronto Sculpture. Retrieved August 2012.
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External links
Media related to Wilson Station at Wikimedia Commons
