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4 unusual facts about Spadina line


Barrie line

As a part of the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension, a new GO station will be built to interchange with the Downsview Park Subway station.

Peter Li Preti

Representing the troubled Jane and Finch, he campaigned for development in the area, including extending the Spadina subway.

Yonge–University–Spadina line

This extension will likely replace the portion of York Region Transit's Viva Orange bus rapid transit line that covers the Downsview – York University route.

Premier Leslie Frost and Mayor Allan A. Lamport, among other important people, rode the first train that morning, going north from the yards at Davisville Station, and then from Eglinton south along the entire line.


History of the Toronto Transit Commission

While the TTC can does not have funding to break ground on new projects, it is completing the planning stages, including an environmental assessment, for an extension of the Spadina line north to York University and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre.

Lawrence Avenue

There are three rapid transit stations; Lawrence at Yonge Street and Lawrence West at Allen Road on the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line, and Lawrence East on the Scarborough RT, between Kennedy Road and Midland Avenue.

Vaughan Metropolitan Centre

It will be linked by a future subway station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the Toronto subway and RT system.

York Mills Bus Terminal

The terminal mainly supports GO Transit's bus services east and west across the Highway 401 corridor and is adjacent to York Mills station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the Toronto Subway.


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