Platforms Centre platform Bus operators TTC Platform Island platform | Tracks 2 Structure type Underground | |
Location Steeles Avenue West,
Vaughan & Toronto, Ontario
Canada Connections Pioneer Village Terminal (York Region Transit) Similar Downsview Park, Finch West, York University, Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, Downsview | ||
Pioneer Village is a subway station under construction on the Yonge–University–Spadina line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, on its western branch, the Spadina line. It was originally planned to be a temporary terminus, with the line later extended further to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre; however, the entire extension is now set to open simultaneously. The station will be located on Steeles Avenue West at Northwest Gate.
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Most TTC contracted routes in Vaughan will now be in YRT operation, and will operate out of this station, no longer operating south of steeles.
Name
The station was originally expected to be named Steeles West, but was renamed to Black Creek Pioneer Village on September 28, 2012 for Black Creek Pioneer Village. On July 24, 2013, the unbuilt station was renamed once more, shortening it to Pioneer Village.
Description
The major buildings of York University's main Keele Campus lie to the southeast of the proposed location. Black Creek Pioneer Village, Canlan Ice Sports and Aviva Centre are found to the southwest, and the Toronto Track and Field Centre to the east.
The station will be built underground, lying on a northwest-southeast axis. The line will approach from York University station northwestward, directly under the university's main buildings, to meet the station. Construction may require the removal of the parking lot at Northwest Gate and use of vacant land next to the United Parcel Service centre in Vaughan.
The proposal includes separate TTC, YRT/VIVA and GO Transit bus terminals, with a passenger pick-up/drop-off alongside major commuter parking lots built on vacant lands north of Steeles.
Much of the station itself would exist north of Steeles, in the city of Vaughan in York Region. This would be the first time a TTC subway facility will extend beyond the current City of Toronto.
The Spadina Group Associates has been commissioned for the station's design, which features entrances on the southeast and northwest sides; their layout will mirror each other, giving the overall design a symmetrical effect. The southeast entrance (in Toronto) is to have a TTC bus terminal attached, while the northwest entrance (in Vaughan) features a YRT terminal. The southwest corner of the intersection would also include an oculus for a light cone above the platform. The station would have three levels overall: the entrances at street level, separate concourses just below them, and the platform at bottom. Enough space is planned between Steeles Avenue and the subway tunnel to allow an underground station for a future Light Rail Transit line. A large commuter lot will be situated in the hydro corridor to the north.
On November 27, 2009 the official ground breaking ceremony was held for the Spadina Extension, and tunnelling began in June 2011. The project was expected to be completed by the autumn of 2016, but it is now estimated that 31 December 2017 would be the earliest achievable date to deliver the project.
Surface connections
The following routes will serve this station.
Regional Bus Terminal
Pioneer Village Terminal is a proposed York Region Transit bus terminal, located north of Steeles Avenue West on the west side of the relocated Northwest Gate in Vaughan, Ontario between Toronto, Ontario.
Pioneer Village terminal is a local transit terminal forming part of an integrated transit facilities hub at the terminus of Pioneer Village subway station which is a station of the Spadina Subway Extension. It will have an commuter parking spaces and underground walkway linking it with that subway station.
Bus service
York Region Transit (YRT), routes connect to this terminal.