Hwy 407 Subway (New)

The Highway 407 Station is a multi-modal transportation hub with TTC subway, YRT and GO Transit accessible bus service and space for a future 407 Transitway.

In addition to the 583 parking spaces, 25 accessible parking spaces are provided adjacent to the Passenger Pick-Up and Drop-Off close to the TTC entrance facility. The barrier-free access route from the parking lot and Passenger Pick-Up and Drop-Off is separated from vehicle traffic and leads directly to the sliding doors at the main entrance.
The sloping bus terminal roof will be clad with a standing seam, clear anodized aluminum roof with landscaped berms where the structure curves down toward ground level. The back of house rooms are clad in white ceramic panels with painted metal doors to match. Glazing to the bus terminal is bird-friendly fritted glass in black aluminum curtain wall framing. Cornice and roof overhang soffits are clad in zinc coated aluminum panels.
Hard landscaping will be coloured and textured concrete. Soft landscaping will be generally hardy and low maintenance for durability in the local environment. Street furniture will be integrated along with the provision of bicycle facilities to TTC standards alongside the Passenger Pick-Up and Drop-Off.


Interior walls and columns to the bus platforms and waiting area are clad with white ceramic panels, with doors painted to match. Bus platform floors are concrete, transitioning to polished concrete inside the bus terminal. Stairs are dark granite with nosings in a paler colour to provide contrast required to meet the TTC barrier-free design standards, with a field of TTC standard warning tiles at the top landing.

Escalators are TTC standard high deck with stainless steel clad balustrades and a yellow art glass finish to the outer balustrades. The guardrails around the vertical circulation openings are stainless steel frames with tempered-laminated glass panels.

Ceilings are clear anodised brushed aluminum perforated panels containing acoustic absorbing material, with accent downstands in a glossy black finish.


The concourse leads passengers from all entrance facilities to the fare line that contains an easier access low fare gate. The future Highway 407 Transitway will also connect into the concourse on the unpaid side of the fare line.

Passing through the fare line leads to a landing that projects into a multi-storey space with a view out through a bank of sloped art glass windows looking toward Jane Street. The landing leads to an elevator and four escalators that connect to the platform. A staircase also wraps around the glazed elevator shaft down to the platform to accommodate additional capacity.

Pioneer Village Subway (New)

Pioneer Village Station runs diagonally under the intersection of Steeles Avenue West and Northwest Gate and is intended to provide access for existing and future developments, along Steeles Avenue West. Station surface buildings have been laid out to maximize the potential for transit oriented development to occur.
Commuter parking for 1,881 vehicles and associated access roads are located in the hydro corridor to the north of the station. The main entrance to the subway is located on the north side of Steeles Avenue West and provides access to the YRT bus terminal, the on-street Passenger Pick-Up and Drop Off and commuter parking. Between the main entrance and the YRT bus terminal is the TTC substation. The YRT bus terminal will be operated and maintained by York Region. A pedestrian walkway from the commuter parking lot through the YRT bus terminal will be designed to provide a protected route for passengers moving to and from the main entrance.
An automatic entrance is located south of Steeles Avenue West on the east side of Northwest Gate, adjacent to the TTC bus terminal. The bus terminal has access from the new Track & Field Road, Northwest Gate, and a new east-west road link south of the bus terminal. A second automatic entrance is located at the south end of the TTC bus terminal.
There are two concourses, one at each end of the station, allowing utilities and to allow future utilities and services to cross over the top of the station. The additional weight of backfill also helps reduce the impact of buoyancy caused by the high water table.
The Pioneer Village Station project incorporates the following environmental initiatives:

• Cool roofs and green roofs;
• Increased daylight levels to reduce electric lighting power usage;
• LED lighting in pylon signs, and energy efficient lighting in illuminated wayfinding signage to reduce power consumption;
• Water efficient plumbing fixtures;
• Energy efficient HVAC system;
• Reduced storm water runoff into the municipal drainage system by utilizing green roof landscaping and soft landscaping areas adjacent to other building runoff areas;
• Short term bicycle parking spaces; and
• Landscaping with native and drought tolerant species.

The roofs over the entrance buildings are cool roofs and the roofs over  the TTC bus terminal and substation building are green roofs. Glazing is clear bird-friendly fritted glass. The façades are clad with weathering steel metal panels with matching porcelain enamel panels at the base. The TTC bus terminal, entrance buildings and substation are clad in solid weathering steel panels above the touch zone with glass or porcelain enamel below.
Hard landscaping will be white and grey concrete in a pattern to match the architecture. Soft landscaping will be hardy and low maintenance for durability in the local environment.