Thanks to everyone who has provided us with input and advice.
This booklet summarizes four key recommendations based on your input and the evaluation by the technical team.
Tell us what you think, and how we can make these recommendations even better.

Welcome to the Yonge Street subway extension workshop.
A six-kilometre extension of the
Yonge subway from Finch to Highway 7.
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Recommendation 1: six stations
Why?
Station location Recommendation Key findings
Richmond Hill Centre
Bunker
Royal Orchard
Clark
Required Station
Key intermodal passenger terminus of subway
“Transit connections most important”
Recommended Station
Recommended Station
Recommended Station
High potential for intensification
Key location for future Park-and-Ride
“Parking should be sensitive to the environmental impacts”
Good opportunity for intensification of existing medium density development
“Important to plan for long term”
Good transit connections to local routes
Opportunity for intensification along with existing medium and high density development
“A station makes sense here, today and for future opportunities”
Steeles
Cummer / Drewry
Finch
Required Station Numerous connections between bus and subway
Recommended Station
Existing Station
Good transit connections to local routes
Good opportunity for future live/work development
“Spacing from Finch is key here”
Part of existing transit system
“Need to address the cars that move from Finch to Richmond Hill”
Six stations What comes with each station
Richmond Hill
Centre
Bunker
• 28-bay bus terminal (GO Transit,
YRT/Viva) • Connection to GO
Langstaff rail station • Passenger pick-up and drop-off facility •
Pedestrian entrances
• Commuter parking – up to 2,000 spaces • Passenger pick-up and drop-off facility • Pedestrian entrances
Royal
Orchard
• Pedestrian entrances
• Electrical substation
Clark • Pedestrian entrances
Steeles
Cummer/
Drewry
Finch
• 28-bay bus terminal (TTC, YRT/
Viva) • Connection to GO Langstaff rail station • Passenger pick-up and drop-off facility • Pedestrian entrances
• Pedestrian entrances
• Existing station

Station location Recommendation Key findings
Richmond Hill Centre
Bunker
Royal Orchard
Clark
Required Station
Key intermodal passenger terminus of subway
“Transit connections most important”
Recommended Station
Recommended Station
Recommended Station
High potential for intensification
Key location for future Park-and-Ride
“Parking should be sensitive to the environmental impacts”
Good opportunity for intensification of existing medium density development
“Important to plan for long term”
Good transit connections to local routes
Opportunity for intensification along with existing medium and high density development
“A station makes sense here, today and for future opportunities”
Steeles
Cummer / Drewry
Finch
Required Station Numerous connections between bus and subway
Recommended Station
Existing Station
Good transit connections to local routes
Good opportunity for future live/work development
“Spacing from Finch is key here”
Part of existing transit system
“Need to address the cars that move from Finch to Richmond Hill”
Six stations What comes with each station
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Richmond Hill
Centre
Bunker
• 28-bay bus terminal (GO Transit,
YRT/Viva) • Connection to GO
Langstaff rail station • Passenger pick-up and drop-off facility •
Pedestrian entrances
• Commuter parking – up to 2,000 spaces • Passenger pick-up and drop-off facility • Pedestrian entrances
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Royal
Orchard
• Pedestrian entrances
• Electrical substation
Please let us know if you have any other comments:
3 Clark • Pedestrian entrances
2 Steeles
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Cummer/
Drewry
Finch
• 28-bay bus terminal (TTC, YRT/
Viva) • Connection to GO Langstaff rail station • Passenger pick-up and drop-off facility • Pedestrian entrances
• Pedestrian entrances
• Existing station
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Recommendation 2: crossing the
East Don River with a bridge
Why?
• Creates opportunity to naturalize the river valley and open up a wildlife corridor
• Improves road profile on Yonge Street for pedestrians and drivers
• Bridge raises subway alignment to allow for shallower, more accessible station at Royal Orchard
• Shallower alignment provides operational and maintenance benefits over the long term bridge naturalized valley

Recommendation 3: the bridge should have a heritage look
Why?
• Links the north and south communities
• Respects and recognizes the heritage areas
EAST DON RIVER
What elements of the bridge would best reflect the local heritage (eg. railings, facade treatment, gateway features, etc.)?
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Recommendation 4: align subway near existing transit services
Why?
• Close connections among transit services result in shorter walking distances for commuters
• Creates a well-integrated inter-modal transit hub, which enables efficient transfers
• Allows for future extension to the north using an existing rail corridor
• Optimizes development potential at Richmond Hill Centre
• Maximizes distance from woodlot at southeast corner of
Yonge Street at High Tech Road
407 transitway subway

Making Steeles station work
Station planning considerations
• Provide excellent pedestrian access
• Optimize walking distances between transit connections
• Accommodate a high volume of buses from the north, east and west
• Provide a terminal for 28 bus bays to handle surface transit routes
• Accommodate adjacent property access and protect for future redevelopment in the area
• Recognize the requirement to accommodate a high volume of car movement at this intersection
Passenger pick-up and drop-off
Station entrance(s)
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46
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42 *
YONGE STREET
Bus terminal(s)
Electrical substation
*Total future number of buses in a.m. peak hour
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Your advice and input have helped shape this project
Next steps
September 25 – public consultation centre final recommendations
For more information
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