Davisville Yard

The Davisville Subway Yard is a rail yard on the Toronto Transit Commission's Yonge subway line. The train maintenance and storage building is referred to as the Davisville Carhouse.

Photo: Secondarywaltz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Railway
Description: rail yard of the Toronto Transit Commission
Also known as: “Davisville Carhouse” and “Davisville Subway Yard”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Davisville station and William McBrien Building.

Davisville station

Metro station

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Davisville is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1900 Yonge Street, where it intersects with Chaplin Crescent and Davisville Avenue. Davisville station is situated 110 metres northeast of Davisville Yard.

William McBrien Building

Office building

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William McBrien Building is the administrative headquarters of the Toronto Transit Commission. Designed by Charles B. Dolphin and opened on February 7, 1958, the seven-storey building is located at 1900 Yonge Street above the Davisville subway station. William McBrien Building is situated 120 metres northeast of Davisville Yard.

Yorkminster Park Baptist Church

Church

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Yorkminster Park Baptist Church is a Baptist church located at 1585 Yonge Street in the Deer Park neighbourhood of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. It is affiliated with Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church is situated 760 metres south of Davisville Yard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chaplin Estates and Deer Park.

Chaplin Estates

Neighborhood

Photo: GTD Aquitaine, Public domain.

Chaplin Estates is a neighbourhood that covers the southwest portion of the Yonge and Eglinton area in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It lies west of Yonge Street and is bounded by Eglinton Avenue to the north and Avenue Road to the west.

Deer Park

Neighborhood

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Deer Park is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is centered on the intersection of Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue. Its boundaries are the Vale of Avoca section of Rosedale Ravine in the east, Farnham Avenue and Jackes Avenue in the south…

Midtown

Photo: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0.

Midtown is a district in Toronto north of downtown. It isn't an area with a large number of museums, theatres, or other tourist attractions - although there are a few sights to see.

Davisville Yard

Categories: tram depot and transportation
Location: Old Toronto, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

43.69702° or 43° 41′ 49″ north

Longitude

-79.39787° or 79° 23′ 52″ west

Operator

Toronto Transit Commission

Network

TTC

Open location code

87M2MJW2+RV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 15930405

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=railway

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=yard

Wikidata ID

Q5242032

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Persian—“Davisville Yard” goes by many names.

Chinese: “戴維斯維爾車廠”
Persian: “دیویسویل یارد”

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Highlights include Nesh Oma Playground and Canada Post.

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