Sheppard West station
Sheppard West (formerly Downsview) is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station, which is located at the southeast corner of Sheppard Avenue West–Allen Road intersection, opened in 1996 in what was then the City of North York, and the large commuter parking lot, accessible via Allen Road and Sheppard Avenue, opened in July 2005. It was the northern terminus of the western branch of the line until the opening of the six stations of the line's extension north to the City of Vaughan's new downtown core 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 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Downsview (1996–2017) | ||||||||||
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| 2019 | 26,671 | ||||||||||
| 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. The station also features Wi-Fi service.