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Don Mills (TTC)
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Terminal Station
Terminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...
station of the Sheppard line of the subway system
Toronto subway and RT
The Toronto subway and RT is a rapid transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of both underground and elevated railway lines, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission . It was Canada's first completed subway system, with the first line being built under Yonge Street, which opened in...
in Toronto, Canada. It is also a "Vivastation" on the Viva Green
Viva Green
Viva Green, or the Don Mills-McCowan-Cornell line, is a bus rapid transit line in York Region, north of Toronto, Canada.There are 11 stations on the Viva Green line between Don Mills Station and McCowan Road in Markham...
line of York Region's Viva
Viva (bus rapid transit)
Viva is a bus rapid transit service operating in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Viva service is integrated with York Region Transit's local bus service to operate as one regional transit system providing seamless transit service across York Region and connections to northern Toronto.Viva was...
bus rapid transit system. Its address is at 1700 Sheppard Avenue
Sheppard Avenue
Sheppard Avenue is an east-west principal arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A small portion of a continuation of the road in Pickering, Ontario is also called Sheppard Avenue.-History:...
East at Don Mills Road.
The station is adjacent to an exit from Highway 404 and features 366 spaces of commuter parking.
History
The TTC station was opened in 2002, as part of the initial phase of the Sheppard subway line. On April 18, 2001, a worker named John Marinzel died of injuries sustained in accident during the construction of the station. A plaque located at platform level commemorates the worker.The Vivastation was opened on October 25, 2005.
Architecture and art
The station was designed by Stevens Group ArchitectsRichard Stevens
Richard Stevens may refer to:* Richard Y. Stevens, North Carolina politician* W. Richard Stevens, author of Unix and networking books* Richard Stevens , author of the webcomic Diesel Sweeties...
, who also built Downsview
Downsview (TTC)
Downsview is a station of the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the Toronto subway and RT. It is located at the intersection of William R. Allen Road and Sheppard Avenue West. The station is currently the northern terminus of its western branch, the Spadina line. It is also a ‘Vivastation’ on the...
and Bayview
Bayview (TTC)
Bayview is a station on the Sheppard line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 550 Sheppard Avenue East, at Bayview Avenue. It opened in 2002.- Architecture and art :Stevens Group Architects designed the station...
stations.
There are two pieces of public art
Public art
The term public art properly refers to works of art in any media that have been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited or staged in the physical public domain, usually outside and accessible to all...
in the station.
The piece before / after: 1997 / 2002 spans the concourse and platform levels in the station. Created by Toronto artist Stephen Cruise, it consists of tile work on walls and inlay
Inlay
Inlay is a decorative technique of inserting pieces of contrasting, often coloured materials into depressions in a base object to form patterns or pictures that normally are flush with the matrix. In a wood matrix, inlays commonly use wood veneers, but other materials like shells, mother-of-pearl,...
s on floors:
- On the concourse level, the tilework on walls represents the geologic strata through which the line travels, plus graphical depictions of local flora and fauna.
- On the concourse and platform levels, bronze inlays in the floor depict fossils of fish, turtles, and leaves found on the site; the Sheppard line is also depicted in an abstract form on the floor.
Outside the station (on the north side of Don Mills Road, south of the bus entrance) is a tribute to Northern Dancer
Northern Dancer
Northern Dancer was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and the most successful sire of the 20th Century. The National Thoroughbred Racing Association calls him "one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history"....
, a famous racehorse foaled at E. P. Taylor
E. P. Taylor
Edward Plunket Taylor was a Canadian business tycoon and famous breeder of thoroughbred race horses. Known to his friends as "Eddie", he is universally recorded as "E. P...
's Windfields Farm
Windfields Farm
Windfields Farm is a six square kilometre thoroughbred horse breeding farm founded by businessman E. P. Taylor in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The first stable and breeding operation of E. P. Taylor originated with a property near the city of Toronto known as Parkwood Stable when it was owned by...
, which was then located on “nearby” Bayview Avenue
Bayview Avenue
Bayview Avenue is a major north-south route in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario. North of Toronto, in York Region, Bayview is also designated as York Regional Road 34.-History:...
.
Nearby landmarks
Nearby landmarks include Fairview MallFairview Mall
Fairview Mall is a major shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada of about 80,000 m² , located at the northeast corner of Don Mills Road and Sheppard Avenue in the former borough of North York...
, Georges Vanier Secondary School
Georges Vanier Secondary School
Georges Vanier Secondary School is a public high school located in Toronto, Ontario.The school was selected by the Canadian Education Association as one of 21 exemplary schools across Canada. There are many specialized courses offered in the school...
, and the Fairview district branch of the Toronto Public Library
Toronto Public Library
Toronto Public Library is a public library system based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest public library system in Canada and in 2008, had averaged a higher...
.
Surface connections
In addition to being a subway station, Don Mills station also serves as a bus terminal for both the Toronto Transit CommissionToronto Transit Commission
-Island Ferry:The ferry service to the Toronto Islands was operated by the TTC from 1927 until 1962, when it was transferred to the Metro Parks and Culture department. Since 1998, the ferry service is run by Toronto Parks and Recreation.-Gray Coach:...
and York Region Transit
York Region Transit
York Region Transit is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are in Richmond Hill, at 50 High Tech Road....
. Like most large TTC subway station bus terminals, it is inside a fare-paid area, so bus passengers will need to enter Don Mills station to board most buses.
Toronto Transit Commission routes
- 10 Van Horne
- 24 Victoria Park
- 24A to Victoria Park StationVictoria Park (TTC)Victoria Park is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is located at 777 Victoria Park Avenue, one block north of Danforth Avenue. The station itself can be accessed by pedestrians via Victoria Park Avenue, or via Albion Avenue, or via a walkway that leads...
via Consumers Road- 25 Don Mills - northbound to Steeles AvenueSteeles AvenueSteeles Avenue is an east-west street that forms the northern city limit of Toronto and the southern limit of York Region, Ontario, Canada. It stretches across the western Greater Toronto Area from Milborough Townline in Halton Region east to the Scarborough-Pickering limit. It runs for within...
, southbound to Pape StationPape (TTC)Pape is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is located at 650 Danforth Avenue at Pape Avenue. It was opened in 1966... - 85 Sheppard East - westbound to Sheppard-Yonge StationSheppard-Yonge (TTC)Sheppard-Yonge is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina and Sheppard lines of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the third busiest subway station in the system, after Bloor-Yonge, and St...
, eastbound to Meadowvale Road
- 25 Don Mills - northbound to Steeles Avenue
- 85A to Rouge Hill GO Station
- 85B to Toronto ZooToronto ZooThe Toronto Zoo is a zoo located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened August 15, 1974 as the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo and is owned by the City of Toronto; the word "Metropolitan" was dropped from its name when the cities of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto were amalgamated to form the...
- 139 Finch-Don Mills
- 139E to Neilson Road at Finch AvenueFinch AvenueFinch Avenue is an arterial thoroughfare and concession road which travels east–west through the city of Toronto. The road also has short extensions into Peel and Durham Regions as Peel Regional Road 2 and Durham Regional Road 37.-History:...
- 167 Pharmacy North to Steeles AvenueSteeles AvenueSteeles Avenue is an east-west street that forms the northern city limit of Toronto and the southern limit of York Region, Ontario, Canada. It stretches across the western Greater Toronto Area from Milborough Townline in Halton Region east to the Scarborough-Pickering limit. It runs for within...
- 167 Pharmacy North to Steeles Avenue
- 167A to Steeles AvenueSteeles AvenueSteeles Avenue is an east-west street that forms the northern city limit of Toronto and the southern limit of York Region, Ontario, Canada. It stretches across the western Greater Toronto Area from Milborough Townline in Halton Region east to the Scarborough-Pickering limit. It runs for within...
via Consumers Road- 169 Huntingwood to Scarborough Centre StationScarborough Centre (TTC)Scarborough Centre is a station on the Scarborough RT line of the Toronto subway and RT. It is located north of Ellesmere Road between Brimley and McCowan Roads, just south of Highway 401...
- 169 Huntingwood to Scarborough Centre Station
- 169A to Scarborough Centre StationScarborough Centre (TTC)Scarborough Centre is a station on the Scarborough RT line of the Toronto subway and RT. It is located north of Ellesmere Road between Brimley and McCowan Roads, just south of Highway 401...
via Van Horne Avenue- 190 Scarborough Centre Rocket to Scarborough Centre StationScarborough Centre (TTC)Scarborough Centre is a station on the Scarborough RT line of the Toronto subway and RT. It is located north of Ellesmere Road between Brimley and McCowan Roads, just south of Highway 401...
- 224 Victoria Park North
- 190 Scarborough Centre Rocket to Scarborough Centre Station
- 224C to 14th Avenue
- 224D to Major Mackenzie Drive and Hazelton Avenue
York Region Transit routes
- YRT 90 Leslie
- 90 to Elgin West Community Center
- 90B to 16th Avenue via East Beaver Creek
- Viva GreenViva GreenViva Green, or the Don Mills-McCowan-Cornell line, is a bus rapid transit line in York Region, north of Toronto, Canada.There are 11 stations on the Viva Green line between Don Mills Station and McCowan Road in Markham...
- Viva Green
The bus terminal is underground, one level above the concourse level; it consists of a large outdoor waiting area serving as its bus platforms, with a relatively modest indoor waiting area. Because some of the bus platforms are far away from the indoor waiting area, it is practical to wait outdoors for some routes due to the way TTC bus terminals work; unfortunately, because it is underground, the air quality on the bus platforms can be poor during busy hours. Stairs connect the indoor waiting area to a usually-unmanned pedestrian entrance/exit on the ground level just outside Fairview Mall.
This terminal is the southern terminus of the Viva Green
Viva Green
Viva Green, or the Don Mills-McCowan-Cornell line, is a bus rapid transit line in York Region, north of Toronto, Canada.There are 11 stations on the Viva Green line between Don Mills Station and McCowan Road in Markham...
bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...
line. Two Viva ticket vending machine
Vending machine
A vending machine is a machine which dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, alcohol, cigarettes, lottery tickets, consumer products and even gold and gems to customers automatically, after the customer inserts currency or credit into the machine....
s are located in the indoor waiting area and one machine is located outdoors, on the bus platform. During the first two weeks of Viva’s stage 2 launch, the indoor machines were staffed by one to two Viva personnel in the morning.
The Viva buses stop three times at Don Mills. First, they stop in front of the station entrance on Sheppard Avenue to offload all of their passengers, then, they enter the bus terminal to pick up passengers. This is to ensure that Viva riders do not access the TTC without paying a TTC fare, as the bus terminal is inside the station's fare paid zone. After this, they stop a third time, on northbound Don Mills Road, to pick up passengers who did not transfer from the subway or a TTC bus.
Parking lot and drop-off facility
Above the bus terminal, on the street level, is a multi-storey public parking lot, providing 366 parking spaces for commuters. Parking costs $4 from 5:00am to 9:30am and is free after 9:30am and all day on weekends and holidays.Outside the parking lot, next to a manned pedestrian entrance to the station, is a passenger pick-up area. It is not as elaborate as the “Kiss-n-Ride” passenger pick-up/drop-off area in Finch Station
Finch (TTC)
Finch is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 5714 Yonge Street between Finch Avenue East and West...
, but it still provides 18 temporary parking spaces (about the same as the Finch “Kiss-n-Ride”) for passenger pick-up and drop-off purposes.
Transit City LRT plan
As part of the Transit CityTransit City
Transit City was a plan for developing public transport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was first proposed and announced by then-Toronto Mayor David Miller and Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission Adam Giambrone on March 16, 2007...
plan, the TTC has proposed the construction of a light rail transit (LRT) line to connect Don Mills station to Sheppard East station on the proposed extension of the Scarborough RT line. This replaces previous plans to extend the Sheppard subway line to Scarborough centre
Scarborough Centre (TTC)
Scarborough Centre is a station on the Scarborough RT line of the Toronto subway and RT. It is located north of Ellesmere Road between Brimley and McCowan Roads, just south of Highway 401...
station on the RT line.
The Transit City plan includes an LRT along Don Mills Road from Steeles Avenue
Steeles Avenue
Steeles Avenue is an east-west street that forms the northern city limit of Toronto and the southern limit of York Region, Ontario, Canada. It stretches across the western Greater Toronto Area from Milborough Townline in Halton Region east to the Scarborough-Pickering limit. It runs for within...
through Don Mills station to Pape
Pape (TTC)
Pape is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is located at 650 Danforth Avenue at Pape Avenue. It was opened in 1966...
station on the Bloor-Danforth subway line. However, the transit line, along with other Transit City lines, was cancelled by Rob Ford
Rob Ford
Robert Bruce "Rob" Ford is the 64th and current Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to city council in the 2000 Toronto municipal election, and was re-elected to his council seat in 2003 and again in 2006...
when he became mayor on December 2010.