Pioneer Village (Toronto Subway)
Pioneer Village is an underground subway station on the border between the cities of Toronto and Vaughan . It lies on the Yonge-University line of the Toronto Subway , at the intersection of Steeles Avenue and North Westgate. York University Main Campus and the Aviva Center are nearby .
station
The station, oriented from southeast to northwest, has two entrance buildings on both sides of Steeles Avenue. The southern one is in Toronto, the northern one in Vaughan. They are connected by the distribution level , which also serves as a pedestrian underpass. The postmodern buildings designed by the architectural firm Spadina Group Associates are identical and have green roofs. They are arranged in such a way that their inputs are exactly opposite and thus create a symmetrical effect. An additional light shaft lets natural daylight shine through into the lower levels. At the northern entrance there is a York Region Transit bus station (for bus routes to the suburbs of the Regional Municipality of York ) and a park-and-ride facility with 1,881 paid parking spaces. Connected to the southern entrance is another bus station for eight Toronto Transit Commission lines .
The Berlin group Realities: united around Tim and Jan Edler was responsible for the artistic design . Your interactive work of art LightSpell consists of 40 lighting elements in a row on the ceiling above the central platform, which both illuminate the room and represent texts; Waiting passengers can use the touchscreen to change the texts to be displayed.
history
The official groundbreaking ceremony for the extension of the Yonge University Line took place on November 27, 2009. The actual tunnel drilling work began in June 2011. The Pioneer Village station opened on December 17, 2017. Originally it was supposed to be called Steeles West . In September 2012 it was given the provisional name Black Creek Pioneer Village , named after the open-air museum of the same name nearby. This was then shortened to Pioneer Village in July 2013 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Pioneer Village Station. In: Toronto – York Spadina Subway Extension. Toronto Transit Commission , 2017, accessed December 12, 2017 .
- ↑ A subway station worth lingering in. The Globe and Mail , September 29, 2017, accessed December 12, 2017 .
- ^ Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension breaks ground. Railway Gazette International , November 29, 2009, accessed December 12, 2017 .
- ^ Tunnel boring for Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension begins. Toronto Transit Commission , June 17, 2011, accessed December 12, 2017 .
- ^ Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension officially opens to public. CP24, December 17, 2017, accessed December 18, 2017 .
- ↑ TTC renames new subway stop Pioneer Village station. Toronto Sun , July 24, 2013, accessed December 12, 2017 .
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Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′ 39 " N , 79 ° 30 ′ 41" W.