With the official opening of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Line 1 extension, York University welcomes two new subway stops: the York University stop in the heart of the Keele Campus, and the Pioneer Village stop which sits at the north side of campus, on Steeles Avenue. The subway extension is a transformative and long anticipated public transportation option for York’s more than 60,000 community members.
The new subway stops connect York’s Keele Campus to York Region and the City of Toronto, in an efficient and sustainable way.
“We are grateful for the tremendous efforts of all who helped to make the subway extension a reality, including our government and community partners,” said Rhonda L. Lenton, President and Vice-Chancellor. “Enhanced public transportation is essential to ensuring that our students, faculty, staff and alumni have ready access to our campuses. It increases our connectedness with communities and partners across the Greater Toronto Area, facilitates research collaboration, work-integrated learning, and enhances York University as a destination.”
Click on the above image to watch the time-lapse video “Six Years in 30 Seconds” of subway station construction at York University
The combined total investment of about $3.2 billion, thanks to the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, the City of Toronto, and York Region in this vital public transportation infrastructure, delivers on meaningful, sustainable and efficient changes that benefit the entire community.
Construction of the TTC’s University-Spadina subway line extension into York Region began in 2011, but some subway advocates have been urging governments toward this investment for more than three decades.
The York University and Pioneer Village Subway Stations are part of an 8.6 km–six station Line 1 extension. This extension stretches from Sheppard West Station (formerly Downsview Station) northwest through York University within the City of Toronto and north to the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, in The Regional Municipality of York.