Yonge North Subway Extension
Extending Line 1 subway service nearly 8 km north from Finch Station to Richmond Hill.- Projects & Programs
- Yonge North Subway Extension
- What We're Building
- Finch Station Upgrades
Early upgrades at Finch Station
Work is substantially complete on early upgrades to get Finch Station ready for major construction on the Yonge North Subway Extension. These ‘early works’ will help connect the approximately eight-kilometre subway extension to existing TTC Line 1 service.
Electrical infrastructure upgrades outside Finch Station will help supply power to the future Yonge North Subway Extension.
Street-level work
Heavy-duty cables were secured inside a protective casing and installed underground along Hendon Avenue, travelling from an existing traction power substation – a building where electricity is converted to a form suitable for providing power to the subway – to Finch Station.
A new fire department connection was also be installed near the intersection of Yonge Street and Hendon.
Crews install upgraded electrical infrastructure outside Finch Station to support the future Yonge North Subway Extension.
Tail tracks
The 'tail tracks' that support existing Line 1 service provide temporary parking space for subway trains while they’re not taking riders to and from their destinations.
The changes Metrolinx made to the tail track area involve extending the waterless sprinkler system from the existing service tracks through the tail tracks, along with new cables and other equipment that will link the future subway extension into the existing communications and support systems.
Upgrade work beyond the platform at Finch Station will make it easier to connect the subway extension to existing Line 1 service.
Electrical rooms
Minor renovations were made to these areas to accommodate the additional power cables that travel underground from the traction power substation.
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Land Acknowledgement
Metrolinx acknowledges that we connect communities by building and operating transit within the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat peoples, for whom these lands continue to have great importance.
Treaties between First Nations and governments cover these lands, and the promises contained in these Treaties remain relevant to this day.
Metrolinx and its employees are committed to understanding the history of these lands and the continued impacts of colonization and take responsibility for actions to advance reconciliation.
Metrolinx will continue to seek the knowledge, expertise and experience of Indigenous partners and commits to doing business in a manner that is built on a foundation of trust, respect, and collaboration.