Bayview (TTC)

Not to be confused with Bayview LRT station or Bayview station (OC Transpo).

Bayview

Location

550 Sheppard Avenue East,
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Coordinates

43°46′01″N 79°23′12″W / 43.76694°N 79.38667°WCoordinates: 43°46′01″N 79°23′12″W / 43.76694°N 79.38667°W

Platforms

centre platform

Tracks

Connections

TTC buses

11 Bayview
85 Sheppard East
385 Sheppard East

Construction

Structure type

underground

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

24 November 2002

Traffic

Passengers (2014^[1])

9,030

Services

Preceding station		TTC		Following station
Sheppard–Yonge Terminus		Sheppard		Bessarion toward Don Mills

Bayview is a station on the Sheppard line of the Toronto subway and RT. It is located at 550 Sheppard Avenue East, at Bayview Avenue. It opened in 2002.

History

Bayview opened on 24 November 2002, along with the other stations of the Sheppard line.

Station description

Like all the other stations on the Sheppard line, Bayview is fully accessible. The main entrance on the northeast corner of Sheppard Avenue and Bayview Avenue is fully accessible, with elevator, escalator, and stair access to the west concourse level, where another elevator connects to the subway platform level. A second automatic entrance at the southeast corner of the intersection is also fully accessible, providing elevator, escalator, and stair access to the east concourse level. There is also a third entrance at the northwest corner of the intersection that is not accessible.^[2]

Architecture and art

Trompe l'oeil piece, on the floor and wall, depicting a pocket watch

Stevens Group Architects designed the station with Walter Construction being the general contractor.^[3] The high-ceilinged entrance pavilion is a distinctive feature of the station, with extensive glazing and long angled roofs overhanging the structure, evoking mid-century architecture.

The public art installed at the station by Gem Campbell Terrazzo & Tile^[3] is titled "From Here Right Now", consisting of a variety of trompe l'oeil illustrations on the walls and floors created by Toronto artist Panya Clark Espinal.^[4] This led travel magazine BootsnAll to declare Bayview one of the 15 most beautiful subway stops in the world in 2011.^[5]

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

The station itself was built by cut-and-cover but east of the station the tracks continue through dual bored tunnels toward Bessarion station, while west of the station similar tunnels go to Sheppard–Yonge station, where the tracks cross over the Yonge–University–Spadina line.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include the Bayview Village Shopping Centre and the Kenaston Gardens YMCA, which has an entrance directly adjacent to the station. There is no indoor access to the subway from either Bayview Village or the YMCA.

Surface connections

Main article: List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes

A transfer is needed to connect to both of these routes. Bus stops are located directly outside the station.

11A Bayview northbound to Steeles Avenue and southbound to Davisville Station
85 Sheppard East westbound to Sheppard–Yonge Station and 85J eastbound to Don Mills Station

References

↑ "Subway ridership, 2014" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved September 12, 2015. 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.
↑ "TTC Bayview Station". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
1 2 "TTC, Bayview / Sheppard Station / Toronto, ON". Projects. GEM CAMPBELL TERRAZZO & TILE INC. Retrieved August 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "From Here Right Now, 2002". Public Art Commission for the Toronto Transit Commission. Panya Clark Espinal. Retrieved August 2014. waterjet-cut porcelain tile and custom terrazzo at Bayview/Sheppard subway station in Toronto Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ Bree Rody-Mantha (October 2013). "Station declared one of the most beautiful in the world". Post City Magazines. Retrieved August 2014. Is Bayview station our transit system’s hidden gem? Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

External links

Media related to Bayview Station at Wikimedia Commons

Stations, stops and loops of the Toronto Transit Commission

Yonge–University	Finch North York Centre Sheppard–Yonge York Mills Lawrence Eglinton Davisville St. Clair Summerhill Rosedale Bloor–Yonge Wellesley College Dundas Queen King Union St. Andrew Osgoode St. Patrick Queen's Park Museum St. George Spadina Dupont St. Clair West Eglinton West (Cedarvale) Glencairn Lawrence West Yorkdale Wilson Downsview (Sheppard West) Downsview Park Finch West York University Pioneer Village Highway 407 Vaughan Metropolitan Centre

Bloor–Danforth	Kipling Islington Royal York Old Mill Jane Runnymede High Park Keele Dundas West Lansdowne Dufferin Ossington Christie Bathurst Spadina St. George Bay Bloor–Yonge Sherbourne Castle Frank Broadview Chester Pape Donlands Greenwood Coxwell Woodbine Main Street Victoria Park Warden Kennedy

Scarborough	Kennedy Lawrence East Ellesmere Midland Scarborough Centre McCowan

Sheppard	Sheppard–Yonge Bayview Bessarion Leslie Don Mills

Eglinton	Mount Dennis Keelesdale Caledonia Fairbank Oakwood Eglinton West (Cedarvale) Forest Hill Chaplin Oriole Park Eglinton Mount Pleasant Leaside Laird Sunnybrook Park Science Centre Aga Khan Park & Museum Wynford Sloane O'Connor Pharmacy Hakimi Lebovic Golden Mile Birchmount Ionview Kennedy

Streetcar system	Bingham Loop Distillery Loop Dufferin Loop Exhibition Loop Fleet Loop Gunns Loop High Park Loop Humber Loop Long Branch Loop McCaul Loop Neville Park Loop Queens Quay station

Italics indicate a project under construction

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