Станция метро Финч: описание и особенности

the TTC subway station
Toronto subway station

Finch is the northern terminus subway station of the eastern section of Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located under Yonge Street, north of Finch Avenue. In 1999, this station became accessible with elevators. In April 2006, work began on creating a new exit from the bus station on the western stub of Pemberton Avenue. This new exit was created because of the passenger and vehicular congestion that was created during the rush hour periods. In the morning rush hour, buses took an average of 1 minute and 58 seconds to travel the 40 metres from the station to Yonge Street, with some waiting up to 4 minutes. The lower concourse level is the main concourse of the subway station. It is divided into the fare paid and unpaid areas. The unpaid area is a long corridor, part of which runs alongside the fare paid area lined with several automated Presto card fare gates and staffed entrances. It contains connections to office towers (North American Life, Place Nouveau, and condominiums on Pemberton Avenue), the regional bus terminal, and the "kiss and ride" passenger drop off facility; it also contains Presto card fare vending machines. The fare paid area houses a few shops, including Gateway Newstands and Tim Hortons, florist, lottery booth, clothing shop, and stairs and escalators down to the subway platform. In addition to the parking lots, Finch station also features a relatively elaborate "kiss and ride" passenger drop off/pick up facility, which is connected to the lower concourse level of the station (outside the fare paid area) by pedestrian tunnels. The area has a round, indoor waiting area for passengers, with about 20 temporary parking spaces circularly surrounding the structure. It is adjacent to the west parking lot. On the north side of Bishop Avenue, slightly east of the station (along the southern edge of the GO bus terminal) is a parking lane for taxicabs. This is best accessed by exiting the subway station at the stairs/escalator to the north east corner of Yonge and Bishop (the GO bus terminal).

Krystyna Sadowska's sculpture Rhythm of Exotic Plants (1965) is displayed on the lower concourse level, outside the fare paid area; A stainless steel plaque celebrating the station's opening is also located on the lower concourse. A smaller plaque is located at the south subway platform.

North of the station, there are two tail tracks extending beyond the end of the platform, plus a third in between them, to store subway trains. South of the station, there is a diamond crossover for arriving trains to cross over to the southbound track, and for departing trains on the northbound track to depart via the southbound track.

When the subway is closed, buses do not enter the station, and an on street transfer is required. TTC routes serving the station include:
Route Name Additional information 36AFinch West Westbound to Finch West station 36B Westbound to Humberwood Boulevard via Finch West station 39AFinch East Eastbound to Neilson Road 39B Eastbound to Old Finch Avenue and Morningview Trail 39C Eastbound to Victoria Park Avenue and Gordon Baker Road 42ACummer Eastbound to Middlefield Road and Dynamic Drive 42C Eastbound to Victoria Park Avenue 53A Steeles East Eastbound to Staines Road 53B Eastbound to Morningside Avenue 60ASteeles West Westbound to Pioneer Village station 60B Westbound to Martin Grove Road via Pioneer Village station 60D Westbound to Highway 27 via Pioneer Village station 97AYonge Northbound to Steeles Avenue and southbound to St. Clair station 97B Northbound to Steeles Avenue via Yonge Boulevard and southbound to St. Clair station via Yonge Boulevard 125 Drewry Westbound to Bathurst Street (Torresdale) 939AFinch Express Eastbound to Kennedy station 939B Westbound to Finch West station 939C Eastbound to Morningside Heights 953A Steeles East Express Eastbound to Staines Road 953B Eastbound to Morningside Avenue 960B Steeles West Express Westbound to Martin Grove Road via Pioneer Village station 960D Westbound to Highway 27 via Pioneer Village station 320 Yonge Blue Night service; northbound to Steeles Avenue and southbound to Queens Quay 336 Finch West Blue Night service; westbound to Woodbine Racetrack via Humber College 339 Finch East Blue Night service; eastbound to Markham Road

A planned extension of Line 1 Yonge–University from Finch to Richmond Hill in York Region would add at least new 5 stations. First proposed in 2007 as part of MoveOntario 2020, the current plan was announced in April 2019 by Premier Doug Ford. In September 2022, Metrolinx awarded a contract to Black & McDonald Limited to upgrade Finch station before the start of construction on the extension. Work was to include improvements to the electrical system that powered trains and extending the waterless sprinkler system over the tail tracks that were to become the new mainline north of the station. In 2007, the Transit City proposal called for a new LRT line, then known as the Etobicoke–Finch West LRT line, to run along Finch Avenue West from Humber College station to Finch station. While the portion from Humber College to Finch West station was under construction by 2022 as Line 6 Finch West, the Province of Ontario had no plans to construct the portion between Finch West and Finch stations as of 2019.