Sheppard West station
Sheppard West is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station, which is located near the intersection of Sheppard Avenue West and Allen Road, opened in 1996 in what was then the City of North York, and the commuter parking lot opened in July 2005.Photo: PascalHD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Downsview”, “Downsview Station”, “Sheppard West”, and “Sheppard West Station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Toronto Fire Station 143 and William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute.
Toronto Fire Station 143
Fire station
Photo: Hillelfrei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Toronto Fire Station 143 is situated 250 metres northeast of Sheppard West station.
William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute
School
William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute is a semestered high school located in Toronto, Canada. The school was opened in 1960 by the North York Board of Education. William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute is situated 400 metres north of Sheppard West station.
DRDC Toronto
Military installation
DRDC Toronto is a major military research station located at the former site of CFB Downsview in Toronto Ontario, Canada. It is one of several centres making up Defence Research and Development Canada. DRDC Toronto is situated 450 metres west of Sheppard West station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Armour Heights and Lawrence Heights.
Armour Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Armour Heights is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the district of North York. It is bounded by Wilson Avenue to the south, Bathurst Street to the west, and the west branch of the Don River to the north and east. Armour Heights is situated 2½ km east of Sheppard West station.
Lawrence Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: GTD Aquitaine, Public domain.
Lawrence Heights is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located north-west of central Toronto, in the district of North York. The neighbourhood is roughly bounded by Lawrence Avenue to the south, Yorkdale Road to the north, Varna Drive to the east and Dufferin Street to the west. Lawrence Heights is situated 3 km south of Sheppard West station.
Lansing
Neighborhood
Photo: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lansing is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It originated as a minor settlement of a store, other services, and a post office at the corner of Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue, was later designated a postal village, and was finally consolidated with its fellow postal villages, Newtonbrook and Willowdale, into a new postal village named Willowdale within the Township of North York. Lansing is situated 3½ km east of Sheppard West station.
Sheppard West station
- Categories: underground railway station, underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: North York, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.7493° or 43° 44′ 58″ northLongitude
-79.46225° or 79° 27′ 44″ westOperator
Toronto Transit CommissionNetwork
Toronto subwayOpen location code
87M2PGXQ+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 420561530OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q1041478
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Sheppard West station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “唐士維站”
- Chinese: “雪柏西站”
- Dutch: “Downsview”
- French: “Downsview”
- French: “Sheppard Ouest”
- French: “Sheppard West”
- German: “Downsview”
- German: “Sheppard West”
- Italian: “Sheppard West”
- Japanese: “シェパード・ウェスト駅”
- Japanese: “ダンズビュー駅”
- Korean: “다운즈뷰 역”
- Korean: “셰퍼드 웨스트역”
- Persian: “ایستگاه شپرد وست”
- Portuguese: “Downsview”
- Portuguese: “Estação Downsview”
- Portuguese: “Estação Sheppard West”
- Ukrainian: “Шеппард-Вест”
- Urdu: “شیپرڈ ویسٹ اسٹیشن”
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