Sheppard West station
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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.
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Location | 1035 Sheppard Avenue West Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 43°44′58″N 79°27′43″W | ||||||||||
Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Parking | 632 spaces | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Architect | Adamson Associates Architects Stevens Group Architects | ||||||||||
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Website | Official station page | ||||||||||
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Opened | March 30, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-03-30) | ||||||||||
Previous names | Downsview (1996–2017) | ||||||||||
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2022[1] | 22,694 | ||||||||||
Rank | 38 of 75 | ||||||||||
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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]