Wilson station (Toronto)




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Wilson

TTC - Line 1 - Yonge-University-Spadina line.svg

Wilson platform 01.jpg
Location 570 Wilson Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates
43°44′03″N 79°27′00″W / 43.73417°N 79.45000°W / 43.73417; -79.45000Coordinates: 43°44′03″N 79°27′00″W / 43.73417°N 79.45000°W / 43.73417; -79.45000
Platforms Centre platform
Tracks 2
Connections
Construction
Structure type At grade
Parking 1498 spaces[2]
Disabled access No
Architect TTC in-house architects[1]
History
Opened 28 January 1978
Traffic
Passengers (2018[3]) 29,260

Services
















Preceding station
  
TTC
  
 Following station

Sheppard West

toward Vaughan
TTC - Line 1 - Yonge-University-Spadina line.svg Yonge–University
Yorkdale

toward Finch


Wilson is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the median of Allen Road at Wilson Avenue. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.[4]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Fare collection


  • 3 Architecture and art


  • 4 Subway infrastructure in the vicinity


  • 5 Nearby landmarks


  • 6 Tenants


  • 7 Surface connections


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





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 Sheppard West (then named Downsview) in 1996, many of the bus routes serving areas to the north were moved to the new station.[5]


In November 2018, construction began on three new elevators, automatic sliding doors, and a new accessible washroom, to make the station wheelchair accessible.[6]



Fare collection


From the station's opening in 1978 until 2017, the station featured a fare collector booth where passengers could pay cash fares or purchase TTC fare media such as tickets, tokens and Metropasses. Due to the system-wide introduction of the Presto card, the TTC replaced the fare booth collector with roaming customer service agents as of December 17, 2017, coinciding with the Line 1 subway extension to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. While customers cannot purchase traditional fare media at this station, they can still use them to pay their fares or they can pay in cash with exact change.[7]



Architecture and art





Canyons sculpture by Ted Bieler


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.[8]


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.[2] An additional island bus platform, no longer needed for the reduced number of connecting buses after the line was extended to Sheppard West Station,[5] was mothballed and now serves as a storage area.


A wall sculpture by Ted Bieler entitled Canyons[9] is located at the mezzanine level.




Subway infrastructure in the vicinity




The crossover at Wilson station


Northwest of the station is the Wilson Yard, 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. The original yard access tracks form part of the mainline north to Sheppard West station, crossing under the southbound lanes of Allen Road and descending, as does the road itself, down to ground level. There is a diamond crossover south of the station, widely used to reverse trains when the station was a terminus, and still frequently used for short turning.




Nearby landmarks


Nearby landmarks include Costco, 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



  • Donut shop

  • Lottery booth

  • Gateway Newstands



Surface connections




Wilson station bus terminal


Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

TTC routes serving the station include:




















































































Route
 Name
 Additional Information
29A
 Dufferin
 Southbound to Exhibition Place (Dufferin Gate)
29C
 Southbound to Exhibition Place (Princes' Gates)
96A/B/D
 Wilson
 Eastbound to York Mills station
96A
 Westbound to Carrier Drive via Kipling Avenue and John Garland Boulevard
96B
 Westbound to Humberline Drive and Albion Road via Westhumber Boulevard and Martin Grove Road
96D
 Westbound to Carrier Drive and Westmore Drive
104
 Faywood
 Northbound to Sheppard West station via Wilson Heights Boulevard
118
 Thistle Down
 Westbound to Thistle Down Boulevard via Tandridge Crescent
119
 Torbarrie
 Westbound to Torbarrie Road and Clayson Road
(Rush hour service)
120
 Calvington
 Westbound to Sheppard Avenue West and Jane Street via De Havilland
160
 Bathurst North
 Northbound to Centre Street
(Extra fare required north of Steeles Avenue)
165
 Weston Rd North
 Eastbound to York Mills station and westbound to Steeles Avenue West
186
 Wilson Rocket
 Eastbound to York Mills station and westbound to Humber College
(Weekday express service)
929
 Dufferin Express
 Southbound to Exhibition Place (Dufferin Gate)
(Weekday service)
329
 Dufferin
Blue Night service; Northbound to Steeles Avenue West and southbound to Exhibition Loop. Overnight service stops on Transit Road and does not enter the station.
396
 Wilson
 Blue Night service; 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.



108C Driftwood bus at Wilson Station


During the early morning, the following routes from Sheppard West station also operate to/from Wilson station.



























Route
 Name
 Additional Information
105A
 Dufferin North
 To Steeles
107
 St Regis
 To Pioneer Village station[10]
108C
 Driftwood
 To Pioneer Village station via Arleta[11]


References





  1. ^ http://archindont.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ArchindontWeb/buildingType.do?type=Subway+Stations&typeID=112


  2. ^ ab "Parking". Wilson Station. Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved August 1, 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "Subway ridership, 2018" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved February 5, 2019. This table shows the typical number of customer-trips made on each subway on an average weekday and the typical number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on an average weekday.


  4. ^ "There's now free WiFi at over 40 TTC subway stations". blogTO. Retrieved 2016-12-21.


  5. ^ ab Bow, James. "Downsview Station". Transit Toronto. Retrieved 2011-05-15.


  6. ^ "Wilson Station - elevator construction". www.ttc.ca. Retrieved November 7, 2018.


  7. ^ "New Customer Service Agents at TTC stations". ttc.ca. Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018.


  8. ^ Robert Moffatt (28 October 2010). "Art and architecture on the Spadina subway". Toronto Modern. Retrieved August 1, 2012.


  9. ^ "Canyons". Ted Bieler. Dittwald Toronto Sculpture. Retrieved August 1, 2012.


  10. ^ "File Info: trips.txt - TransitFeeds". transitfeeds.com. Retrieved 2018-05-28.


  11. ^ "108 Driftwood - Transit Toronto - Surface Route Histories". transit.toronto.on.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-28.




External links


Media related to Wilson station at Wikimedia Commons






  • Wilson station at the Toronto Transit Commission

  • Wilson Complex








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