Finch (TTC)

Finch
Finch Station Entrance at North America Centre
Location	5600 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°46′50″N 79°24′53″W / 43.78056°N 79.41472°W / 43.78056; -79.41472Coordinates: 43°46′50″N 79°24′53″W / 43.78056°N 79.41472°W / 43.78056; -79.41472
Platforms	centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses  36  Finch West  39  Finch East  42  Cummer  53  Steeles East  60  Steeles West  97  Yonge  125  Drewry  199  Finch Rocket  320   Yonge  336   Finch West  339   Finch East Finch Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure type	underground
Parking	3,251
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	29 March 1974 (1974-03-29)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	90,910
Rank	6th of 69
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station North York Centre toward Downsview Yonge–University Terminus

Finch is the northern terminus subway station of the Yonge Street section of Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located under Yonge Street north of Finch Avenue.

Finch is the busiest TTC bus terminal and the sixth-busiest subway station, serving around 90,910 people per day. The station connects with other transit agencies at the adjoining Finch Bus Terminal.

The station was opened on March 29, 1974, in what was then the Borough of North York, by provincial premier Bill Davis and borough mayor Mel Lastman. It replaced York Mills as the northern terminus of the line. Homes which once fronted the station along Yonge Street were demolished. Finch was created using the cut-and-cover technique as a way to save money.

In 1999, this station became accessible with elevators.

In April 2006, work began on creating a new exit from the bus station on the western stub of Pemberton Avenue. This new exit was created because of the congestion that was created during the rush hour periods. Not only did the congestion affect customers entering or leaving the station, it also caused long delays for cars around Bishop Avenue. In the morning rush hour, buses took an average of 1 minute and 58 seconds to travel the 40 metres from the station to Yonge Street, with some waiting up to 4 minutes. The new exit was completed in January 2007.

Stairs, escalators, and elevators lead from the bus platform down three levels to the train platform. The upper concourse, one floor below the bus platform, is a corridor running the length of the bus platform. It collects the landings of all of the terminal's stairs and escalators and leads to another bank of stairs and escalators down to the lower concourse.

The lower concourse level is the main concourse of the subway station. It is divided into the fare-paid and unpaid areas. The unpaid area is a long corridor, part of which runs alongside the fare-paid area lined with several automated token/pass and manned entrances. The unpaid area contains connections to office towers (North American Life, Place Nouveau, and condominiums on Pemberton Avenue), the regional bus terminal, and the “Kiss-n-Ride” passenger drop-off facility; it also contains token machines. The fare-paid area houses a few shops, including Gateway Newstands and Tim Hortons, florist, lottery booth, clothing shop, and stairs and escalators down to the subway platform.