Spadina Subway extension

Construction of the Spadina subway extension is currently underway. It will extend 8.6 kilometres north from Downsview Station in Toronto to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station at Highway 7 in Vaughan, and include six stations along its route.

In the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, mixed-use transit-oriented development is proposed along a tree-lined main street, including business offices, residences, entertainment and cultural facilities, as well as pedestrian shopping areas. It is expected to be the largest and most ambitious development project in the area’s history.

During the fall of 2009 and winter of 2010, preliminary subway station designs were unveiled at a series of public open houses. Click here to see architectural designs for the subway stations.

In December 2009, a groundbreaking ceremony was held to commemorate a link that will connect the Spadina subway extension to the existing Wilson Subway Yard and expanded yard storage facilities. Also in 2009, a contract was awarded to build four tunnel-boring machines that will be used to construct the subway tunnels. Once built, the two pairs of tunnel boring machines followed the engineering tradition of being officially named - "Holey and Moley" and "Yorkie and Torkie." Holey and Moley began tunnelling in summer 2011, and Yorkie and Torkie are scheduled to launch in late 2011.

Some 2,900 new parking spaces will be built at three of the new stations, including 400 spaces at Finch West Station, 1,900 spaces at Steeles West Station, and 600 spaces at Highway 407 Station.

The anticipated completion date for the Spadina subway extension is 2015.