This week our visit to the Spadina Subway Extension takes us to Highway 407 Station. The station and associated 600-spot commuter parking lot will be situated within the greenbelt on the south side of Highway 407 on the west side of Jane Street. The station will feature an 18-bay bus terminal beyond the fare-paid area to serve GO, YRT, VIVA, and ZÜM buses. The station is also being built with future connections to Metrolinx's 407 Transitway in mind.

Design work on the station includes these huge firms:
AECOM: Prime Consultant – Engineering & Architecture : Project Management, based in Los Angeles, with 45,000 employees around the world
Aedas: Design Architecture, based in London and Hong Kong, with 39 offices around the world
PB (Parsons Brinckerhoff): Design Engineers, based in New York, with 14,000 employees around the world

Public Artwork at the station is being created by Toronto-based David Pearl, who is known for his large enamel-on-glass work.

The following views come from three sources, and while the design concept is consistent, you may notice some differences amongst the details. It will be four years and several months before we see exactly how the plans are translated into reality, and learn which of the renderings are most accurate, but in the meantime you will have a good general sense of this impressive station.

Site Plan


View from Jane Street


Bus Terminal Level

Bus Terminal Interior

Parking Entrance Level

Parking Entrance View


Parking Entrance Interior

Concourse Level

Concourse Interior

Section


Escalators at Lightwell

Platform Level

Platform View

Let's take a closer look at the integration of David Pearl's enamelled glass artwork in the station. The work will appear on the lightwell windows, and on the window walls of the bus terminal. It appears that plans to also enamel the sides of escalators through the station has been dropped, but below you will see how it would have appeared. (For more information about the station's art concept, click here.)

Finally, a couple of images from Aedas' model of the station, giving an indication of lighting in the evening.


What do you think of the station plans? Leave a comment below, or join in the discussion in UrbanToronto's thread for the Spadina Subway Extension.

This article was originally published in forum thread: Spadina Subway Extension Updates