Davisville
General information
Location1900 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°41′52″N 79°23′50″W / 43.69778°N 79.39722°W / 43.69778; -79.39722
PlatformsCentre platform
Side platform
Tracks3
Connections
  •  11  Bayview
  •  14  Glencairn
  •  28  Bayview South
  •  97  Yonge
  •  320   Yonge
Construction
Structure typeAbove ground
AccessibleYes
Other information
WebsiteOfficial station page
History
Opened30 March 1954 (1954-03-30)
Passengers
2019[1]27,128
Rank37 of 75
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station
St. Clair
towards Vaughan
 Yonge–University Eglinton
towards Finch
Location

Davisville is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1900 Yonge Street, where it intersects with Chaplin Crescent and Davisville Avenue. The station opened in 1954 as part of the original Toronto subway. In 2002, this station became accessible with elevators.

Description

Concourse

The station is on three levels: the entrances are located on street level, the concourse and collector booths are on the mezzanine (second) level, and the subway platforms are on the lower level.

There are four entrances that connect the station to two buildings in the area:

  • three accessible entrances from the TTC head office
  • an unstaffed entrance at 1910 Yonge Street, near Chaplin Crescent, which leads directly to the northbound subway platform

An artwork titled 100 Years with the TTC is displayed at the mezzanine level of the station; it celebrates the 100th anniversary of the TTC. Working with STEPS Public Art, an organization that develops public art installations, artist Rosena Fung designed the work using contributions by 12 school students, the winners of a contest to depict futuristic vehicles.[2]

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

Northbound Toronto Rocket train, with Chaplin Crescent crossing above

The station is constructed above ground, but below street level, with separate canopies over each platform. It is adjacent to the Davisville Subway Yard, which is visible from the trains and platforms. The station has a unique semi-active third platform, on the yard side - actually referred to as the Davisville Buildup - which can be used by trains entering or leaving the yard on service or as an alternate route if one of the running lines is blocked.

The line continues in open cut in both directions: north as far as the Berwick Portal, immediately before Eglinton station; and south as far as the Muir Portal, roughly halfway to St. Clair station, from which it continues in tunnel.

Nearby landmarks

Looking north at Davisville Yard, Davisville subway station, McBrien Building and a Toronto Rocket train departing southbound

Nearby landmarks include the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, the Upper Canada College campus, and the TTC's main administrative office building, the William McBrien Building. The station's bus platforms are under the western half of the building at street level, and the open-air northbound subway platform abuts against the building's west wall.

The former Canadian National Railways Belt Line Railway railway corridor crosses over the subway tracks south of the station. It has been converted into a pedestrian and biking trail, called the Beltline Trail.

Surface connections

TTC routes serving the station include:

Route Name Additional information
11A Bayview Northbound to Steeles Avenue East via Sunnybrook Hospital
11C Northbound to Sunnybrook Hospital
14 Glencairn Westbound to Caledonia Road
28 Bayview South Southbound to Evergreen Brick Works
97A Yonge Northbound to Steeles Avenue and southbound to St. Clair station
(On-street stop outside station)
97B Northbound to Steeles Avenue via Yonge Boulevard and southbound to St. Clair station via Yonge Boulevard
(On-street stop outside station)
97C Northbound to Eglinton station and southbound to Union station
(Rush hour service; on-street stop outside station)

References

  1. ↑ "Subway ridership, 2019" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2023. This table shows the typical number of customer-trips made on each subway on an average weekday and the typical number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on an average weekday.
  2. ↑ "New mural at Davisville Station celebrates 100 years of the TTC". Toronto Transit Commission. 26 August 2022. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022.

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