TYSSE 2015 Construction Year in Review
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York University Sheppard West Downsview (currently Downsview) Park Vaughan Metropolitan Highway 407 Finch West 2015 Centre Pioneer Village CONSTRUCTION YEAR IN REVIEW This has been an exciting year for the project as entrance buildings at all six stations have emerged from the ground. This is a review of some key achievements from 2015. VMC Power Sub-Station Escalators at Downsview Park Station VMC Electrical Room Transformers at Downsview Park Station 26 m Escalator at Highway 407 Station Power Up of Sub-Stations Escalator Installations Two of the four power sub-stations have been energized and All escalators are installed in the stations; four remain to go into are ready to deliver power to the stations at Downsview Park bus terminals. The first operating escalator is located at Downsview and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre and to rail beyond. Park Station and one of the longest escalators (26 metres) ever installed by TTC can be found at Highway 407 Station. Progress by Station 87% Downsview Park Station 63% York University Station 79% Highway 407 Station 81% Finch West Station 85% Pioneer Village Station 83% Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station Entrances During 2015 distinctive entrance structures emerged at the stations. Entrance structures will be fitted with bird-friendly fritted glass, will have green or cool roofs and are designed to allow daylight to penetrate deep into most of the stations. Finch West Station Entrance Building Downsview Park Station East Entrance Building York University Station Entrance Building Pioneer Village Station South Entrance Building Highway 407 Station and GO/YRT Bus Terminal Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station Entrance Building Major Concrete Pours Two very large concrete pours closed in key station roof sections at VMC and York University stations. On July 4-5, more than 2,200 cubic metres of concrete was placed at the VMC Station; on September 26-27, about 2,800 cubic metres of concrete was placed at York University Station. YouTube videos of both pours can be viewed on our website: http://www.ttc.ca/Spadina/Tunnelling/Videos-iframe.jsp Bus Terminals York University Station Concrete Pour Bus terminal structures at Pioneer Village and Highway 407 stations have roofs. Interior work began, and the structures were enclosed for winter work. The Finch West Station bus terminal roof and canopy were nearing completion at the end of 2015. York University Waffle Beam Ceiling Greening of the Project Finch West Station Bus Terminal Green roofs have now been planted at Downsview Park Station, which is designed to support an extensive green roof system that covers both the east and west entrance buildings. Also, substantial surface restoration began in the fall at Downsview Park Station. This work includes seeding, plantings and the installation of block paving stones on the grounds surrounding the station. Pioneer Village Bus Terminal Downsview Park Station Green Roof Installation Downsview Park Station Landscaping Construction Highway 407 GO/YRT Bus Terminal Did you know... Trackwork 80% Complete Over 475 kilometres of cable is being At the end of 2015, track installation and special track work was pulled through the tunnels and stations! 80% complete. Completed Track in Northbound Tunnel Under Double Ended Pocket Track Housing Structure (DEPTHS), Keele Street, North of Murray Ross Parkway North of Finch Avenue West Under Keele Street VMC Station Tail Track 2015 Canadian Project of the Year Award TTC, along with partners (Hatch Mott MacDonald, Golder What’s In Store for 2016 and Beyond? Associates, OHL/FCC, McNally, Kiewit, AECON, MMM Group, Parsons and Morrison Hershfield), won the Canadian 2016 will be an important year for the project to install mechanical Tunnelling Association’s Canadian Project of the Year Award and electrical components, systems installations, and other finishing for the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension Twin Tunnels work such as tiling and terrazzo flooring. Trackwork is scheduled to Project. This award is presented to a team that has significantly be finished in late March 2016. By the end of 2016, we expect that five contributed to a project in Canada that demonstrates the highest of the six stations will be substantially complete. In 2017, testing and level of engineering skill, insight and understanding of commissioning of the extension will be underway in anticipation of underground construction. the opening at the end of 2017. The TYSSE project is an 8.6-kilometre extension of the Toronto Transit For More Web: spadina.ttc.ca Commission’s Yonge-University-Spadina (Line 1) subway line from its Information present terminus at Downsview Station (to be renamed Sheppard West Call: 1-800-223-6192 Station when the extension is complete) to the Vaughan Metropolitan Email: [email protected] to receive regular construction notices Centre Station at Highway 7. It will have six new stations. The expansion YouTube: Visit the Official TTC YouTube Channel of the subway will bring the Line 1 into The Regional Municipality of http://www.youtube.com/officialttcchannel to view York. The new line is expected to open by the end of 2017. our project videos. The Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension project is jointly funded by the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, the City of Toronto and The Regional Municipality of York..