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Finch is a terminus station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the Toronto subway. It is the northern terminus of the line's Yonge branch (replacing Sheppard-Yonge (TTC)), and the northernmost station in the system. It is located at 5714 Yonge Street at Finch Avenue West/East. The station was opened on March 29, 1974 by then Premier William Grenville Davis and North York mayor Mel Lastman (later mayor of the megacity of Toronto) A stainless steel plaque for the opening event is found on the lower concourse level and smaller plaque at south subway platform. This is a list of all of the subway and Scarborough RT stations of the Toronto Transit Commission. ...
The Yonge-University-Spadina Line is the oldest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
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Yonge Street in Toronto before a marathon Yonge Street (pronounced young), located in Ontario, Canada, is a major arterial street in Toronto and a provincial highway. ...
A train waits at the Sheppard line platform. ...
Yonge Street in Toronto before a marathon Yonge Street (pronounced young), located in Ontario, Canada, is a major arterial street in Toronto and a provincial highway. ...
Finch Avenue is a major east-west principal arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ...
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William (Bill) Grenville Davis (born July 30, 1929 in Brampton, Ontario) was the Progressive Conservative Premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985. ...
North York forms the central part of the northern half of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
Official Photograph of Mel Lastman Melvin Douglas (Mel) Lastman (born March 9, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), was the mayor of the former city of North York from 1972 until 1997. ...
A megacity is usually defined as a recognized metropolitan area with a total population in excess of 10 million people. ...
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The station is rectangular, with angled platforms. Stairs, escalators, and an elevator lead down three levels to the subway platforms. Level one is a T-shaped corridor leading to Level two (a plaque celebrating the station's opening is located on this level). Level two consists of connections to office towers (North American Life, Place Nouveau, and condominiums on Pemberton Avenue) and the regional bus terminal. There are a few shops inside the station, including Gateway Newsstand and Tim Hortons. Level three consists of a central platform with an operations tower at the south end. Tim Hortons (officially written without an apostrophe) (based in Hamilton, Ontario) is the largest coffee and doughnut chain in Canada and the Northeastern United States. ...
Krystyna Sadowska's sculpture Rhythm Of Exotic Plants (1965) is displayed on the mezzanine level. Jump to: navigation, search 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...
A mezzanine is an intermediate floor between main floors of a building; it is often low-ceilinged, and often projects in the form of a balcony. ...
Besides access from bus platforms, passengers can enter Finch from:
- North American Life Building - lower floor
- Yonge Street east side
- GO Finch Terminal
- Kiss-n-Ride entrance, elevators and stairs - north west corner of Yonge Street and Hendon
- stairs - north-east corner of Finch Avenue and Yonge Street
- Pemberton Avenue cul-de-sac (privately maintained entrance)
A emergency exit between Finch (TTC) and North York Centre (TTC) is found at Church Avenue and Yonge Street. The site was once the Willowdale United Church, demolished to make way for subway construction. Stairs from the tunnel surface in a brick building in the northeast corner, beside a cemetery and Dominion supermarket. North York Centre is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the Toronto subway. ...
Connections
Bus routes serving Finch include: - 53 Steeles East
- 60 Steeles West
- 39 Finch East
- 36 Finch West
- 42 Cummer
- 97 Yonge
- 125 Drewry
North of the Finch TTC station is a regional bus terminal, which connects the subway to GO Transit, Brampton Transit, and York Region Transit buses. GO Transit, officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ...
A Brampton Transit bus. ...
York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit authority for York Region and headquarters is in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada (50 High Tech Road). ...
York Region's Viva Blue bus rapid transit line continues the Yonge Street route north of Finch. Viva Blue is the new systems north-south main line. ...
Silver Line in Boston Bus rapid transit (BRT) is a broad term given to a variety of different transportation systems which attempt to use bus to provide a high-quality service through a set of various improvements to the bus line. ...
Nearby landmarks - Plaque on the North American Life building commemorating the birth place of former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B Pearson
- Newtonbrook Plaza
- Centerpoint Mall
- Finch's Hotel
The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Mike Pearson (April 23, 1897 - December 27, 1972) was the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963, to April 20, 1968, and also a 1957 Nobel Laureate. ...
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