Platforms centre platform Disabled access No Address Toronto, ON, Canada Parking 1498 spaces Platform Island platform Architect TTC in-house architects | Structure type at grade Passengers (2014) 23,610 Opened 28 January 1978 Province Ontario Tracks 2 | |
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Location 570 Wilson Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
Canada Connections TTC buses
29 Dufferin
96 Wilson
104 Faywood
118 Thistle Down
119 Torbarrie
120 Calvington
160 Bathurst North
165 Weston Rd North
186 Wilson Rocket
329 Dufferin
396 Wilson Similar Downsview, York Mills, Yorkdale, Lawrence West, Eglinton West | ||
Wilson is a subway station on the Yonge–University line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the median of Allen Road at Wilson Avenue. Wi-Fi service is available at this station.
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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 Downsview Station in 1996, many of the bus routes were moved from the station.
Architecture and art
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.
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. An additional island bus platform, no longer needed for the reduced number of connecting buses after the line was extended to Downsview Station, was mothballed and now serves as a storage area.
A wall sculpture by Ted Bieler entitled Canyons is located at the mezzanine level.
Subway infrastructure in the vicinity
Northwest of the station is the Wilson Complex, 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.
Nearby landmarks
Nearby landmarks include 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.