page_title: Willowdale, Toronto
section_title: Public transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Willowdale, Toronto / Transport / Public transportation
caption_attribution_description: TTC Finch Station, 'Kiss-N-Ride'
context_page_description: Willowdale is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the district of North York. It developed from three postal villages: Newtonbrook, Willowdale and Lansing.
  Willowdale began as a postal village which covered the area from Finch Avenue at the north to Elmwood Ave at the south and Bathurst Street at the west to Bayview Avenue at the east. The postal village of Lansing was from Elmwood Ave. at the north to approx. Hwy. 401 at the south and Bathurst St. at the west to Bayview Ave. at the east. The north–south centreline of both Lansing & Willowdale was Yonge Street. The postal village of Lansing remained in existence until the post office at Lansing corner was closed. When a new post office was built in Willowdale, the postal villages of Lansing and Willowdale were combined as the new postal village of Willowdale, within the Township of North York.
  North York City Centre is centred at the intersection of Yonge St. and Empress Avenue/Park Home Avenue and is commonly thought to be the core of Willowdale, as well as North York itself, though its high-rise residential and commercial development sets it apart from much of the rest of Willowdale.
context_section_description: Public transportation in Willowdale is served by the GO Transit, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), and York Region Transit (YRT). The TTC operates several transit services in the neighbourhood such as the Toronto subway. There are four subway stations situated in Willowdale, Bayview, Finch, North York Centre, and Sheppard–Yonge station. Bayview station provides access to the Line 4 Sheppard subway, whereas Finch, and North York Centre stations provide access to Line 1 Yonge–University. Sheppard–Yonge station serves as a major interchange station for Line 1 and Line 4.
  In addition to the subway, the TTC also operates bus routes in Willowdale. TTC buses may be accessed at subway stations, and bus stops located throughout the neighbourhood. In addition to the TTC, bus routes operated by GO Transit and York Region Transit may be accessed at Finch, and Sheppard–Yonge station.
caption: Finch station's kiss and ride entrance is located in the northern portion of Willowdale.
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