page_title: Downsview Park station
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Downsview Park station / Subway station / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: TTC Downsview Park Station
context_page_description: Downsview Park is a rapid transit station on Line 1 Yonge–University of the Toronto subway and a commuter rail station on the Barrie commuter rail line of GO Transit. Subway service began on December 17, 2017, and GO Train service began on December 30, 2017. Downsview Park station is a fully integrated multi-modal transit facility serving both transit lines. This is in contrast to other interchanges between TTC subway and GO Transit rail lines, which have separate structures for each agency.
  TTC ridership statistics for 2018 showed that Downsview Park was the least used station on the heavy-rail subway system, displacing Bessarion on Line 4 Sheppard.
context_section_description: The subway platform is underground on an east–west axis parallel to Sheppard Avenue West. It is one of three stations on Line 1 with an east–west orientation, the others being Union and St. George. An intermediate concourse level is located below ground between the subway and GO platforms. GO Transit has committed to cost-sharing at this station. Upon its opening, York University GO Station located a short distance to the north experienced a service reduction; only weekday peak period trains service that station, while all trains service Downsview Park GO. A new roadway named Vitti Street on the west side of the station provides vehicle access and passenger pick-up/drop-off. To the east and west of the station, the line swings broadly at a 90° angle northwest to Finch West station and southeast via a compound curve to Sheppard West station.
  The station is located in a low-density district; however, the TTC expects mixed-use development on nearby land. The GO train connection is also expected to boost ridership.
  The station building is constructed of glass, stone, and aluminum blend and has a green roof. It is designed to allow sunlight to reach the subway platform. The artwork Spin by artist Panya Clark Espinal spans the interior's walls, floors, and ceilings. Artist Espinal also created the artwork for Bayview station. The floor of the station at the platform level is constructed using striped terrazzo.
  Architecture firm Aedas was commissioned to design the station; their initial plan provides twinned entrances on opposite sides of the rail corridor, each with green roofs that resemble landing strips or wings.
caption: Entrance to one of the subway station buildings
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