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Sheppard–Yonge first opened as Sheppard in 1974, when the Yonge–University subway line was extended north from Eglinton to Finch.The extension was planned to open in two stages with Sheppard as the temporary terminus, but construction north of York Mills was delayed by various problems and in 1973, York Mills was opened as the temporary terminus instead; Sheppard and Finch stations opened ...
Line 4 Sheppard is the newest and shortest rapid transit line of the Toronto subway system, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). [2] It opened on November 22, 2002, and has five stations along 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) of track, which is built without any open sections in the district of North York along Sheppard Avenue East between Yonge Street and Don Mills Road. [3]
It was the country's first subway system: the first line was built under Yonge Street with a short stretch along Front Street and opened in 1954 with 12 stations. Since then, the system has expanded to become Canada's largest in terms of number of stations and its second-busiest , with an average of 915,000 passenger trips each weekday recorded ...
Opened in 2002, the Sheppard subway runs under Sheppard Avenue from Sheppard–Yonge station to Don Mills station. The line was under construction when a change in provincial government threatened to terminate the project, but Mel Lastman , the last mayor of the former City of North York (today part of Toronto), used his influence to save the ...
Westbound Sheppard line to southbound Yonge line: west of Sheppard–Yonge station on the Sheppard line storage tracks and switches allow trains to proceed from east to south connecting with the southbound Yonge line just south of Sheppard–Yonge station; Each subway yard has different features that join them to the mainline.
Line 1 Yonge–University is a rapid transit line of the Toronto subway.It serves Toronto and the neighbouring city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada.It is operated by the Toronto Transit Commission, has 38 stations [5] and is 38.4 km (23.9 mi) in length, making it the longest line on the subway system. [3]
The station itself was built by cut-and-cover but east of the station the tracks continue through dual bored tunnels toward Bessarion station, while west of the station similar tunnels go to Sheppard–Yonge station, where the tracks cross over the Yonge–University–Spadina line. [citation needed]
Yonge station may refer to either of two subway stations in Toronto, where the Yonge branch of Line 1 meets an intersecting line: Bloor–Yonge station , at Bloor Street and Yonge Street Sheppard–Yonge station , at Sheppard Avenue and Yonge Street