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{{short description|Toronto subway station}}
{{About|the TTC subway station|the regional transit terminal located north of the station|Finch Bus Terminal|the disused station in North Stormont, Ontario|Finch station (Canadian Pacific Railway)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Finch
| symbol_location = toronto
| symbol = 1big
| style = Toronto Transit Commission
| image = Finch Station Platform, November 2021.jpg
| caption = Platform level
| address = 5600 Yonge Street
| borough = [[Toronto]], Ontario
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|qid=Q1041196|region:CA-ON_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| connections = {{Collapsible list
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  |title={{rail-interchange|toronto|bus}} [[List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes|TTC buses]]
| 1= {{RouteBox|36||#FF2D16|white}} Finch West
| 2= {{RouteBox|39||#FF2D16|white}} Finch East
| 3= {{RouteBox|42||#FF2D16|white}} Cummer
| 4= {{RouteBox|53||#FF2D16|white}} Steeles East
| 5= {{RouteBox|60||#FF2D16|white}} Steeles West
| 6= {{RouteBox|97||#FF2D16|white}} Yonge
| 7= {{RouteBox|125||#FF2D16|white}} Drewry
| 8= {{color box|white|'''320''' <sup>[[File:Symbol ksiezyc.svg|8px]]</sup>|#034DA9|border=silver}} Yonge
| 9= {{color box|white|'''336''' <sup>[[File:Symbol ksiezyc.svg|8px]]</sup>|#034DA9|border=silver}} Finch West
| 10= {{color box|white|'''339''' <sup>[[File:Symbol ksiezyc.svg|8px]]</sup>|#034DA9|border=silver}} Finch East
| 11= {{RouteBox|939||#00AA4F|white}} Finch Express
| 12= {{RouteBox|953||#00AA4F|white}} Steeles East Express
| 13= {{RouteBox|960||#00AA4F|white}} Steeles West Express
}}
{{rint|toronto|rail}} [[Finch Bus Terminal]]
| website = {{TTC station page}}
| structure = Underground
| platform = [[Centre platform]]
| depth = 
| levels = 
| tracks = 2
| parking = 3,227
| bicycle = 
| opened = {{Start date and age|1974|3|29}}
| closed = 
| rebuilt = 
| accessible = Yes
| owned = 
| passengers = {{formatnum:{{TTC ridership|Finch}}}}
| pass_year = {{TTC ridership}}
| pass_rank = {{TTC rank|Finch}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Toronto Transit Commission|line=1|left=North York Centre}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-metro |marker-color=#FFCB0C |zoom=15}}
}}
'''Finch''' is the northern terminus [[List of Toronto subway stations|subway station]] of the eastern section of [[Line 1 Yonge–University]] in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada. It is located under [[Yonge Street]], north of [[Finch Avenue]].<ref name=description />

Finch is the busiest TTC bus terminal and the sixth-busiest subway station, serving approximately {{formatnum:{{TTC ridership|Finch}}}} people per day. The station connects with other transit agencies at the adjoining [[Finch Bus Terminal]].

==History==
The station was opened on March 29, 1974, in what was then the [[North York|Borough of North York]], by provincial premier [[Bill Davis]] and borough mayor [[Mel Lastman]]. It replaced {{stl|TTC|York Mills}} as the northern terminus of the line. Houses which once fronted the station along Yonge Street were demolished. Finch was created using the [[Tunnel#Cut-and-cover|cut-and-cover]] technique as a way to save money.<ref>{{cite web |title=The North Yonge Extensions |url=http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5105.shtml |website=Transit Toronto |access-date=August 13, 2014 |archive-date=March 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328134528/http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5105.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 passenger and vehicular congestion that was created during the rush hour periods.<ref name="TTC1684">{{cite web |title=TTC Report: Transit benefits of a new bus exit at Finch Station |url=http://www.ttc.ca/postings/gso-comrpt/documents/report/f1684/_conv.htm |access-date=February 23, 2007 |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928181411/http://www.ttc.ca/postings/gso-comrpt/documents/report/f1684/_conv.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref name=TTC1684 /> The new exit was completed in January 2007.

==Station description==
[[Image:Finchmap.jpg|right|thumb|A map of Finch station and surrounding area. The maroon area indicates the Pemberton exit.]]

===Station layout and features===
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.<ref name=description>{{cite web |title=TTC Finch Station |url=http://www.ttc.ca/Subway/Stations/Finch/station.jsp#StationDescription_ |website=Toronto Transit Commission |access-date=August 13, 2014 |archive-date=August 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813091558/http://www.ttc.ca/Subway/Stations/Finch/station.jsp#StationDescription_ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 [[Presto card]] fare gates and staffed entrances. It contains connections to office towers (North American Life, Place Nouveau, and condominiums on Pemberton Avenue), the [[Finch Bus Terminal|regional bus terminal]], and the "[[kiss-and-ride]]" passenger drop-off facility; it also contains Presto card fare vending machines. The fare-paid area houses a few shops, including [[Gateway Newstands]] and [[Tim Hortons]], florist, [[OLGC|lottery]] booth, clothing shop, and stairs and escalators down to the subway platform.<ref name=description />

===Entrances===
Passengers can enter the station from eight different entrances located in the Finch Avenue and Yonge Street area. Accessible entrances can be found on Yonge Street at Hendon Avenue, by the [[Finch Bus Terminal]], and at the North American Centre. Other non-accessible entrances can be found at 5775 and 5765 Yonge Street, Pemberton Avenue, and at the northeast corner of the Yonge Street and Finch Avenue intersection.<ref name=description />

There is an emergency exit between Finch and {{stl|TTC|North York Centre}} stations at the northeast corner of Church Avenue and Yonge Street. The site was once the Willowdale United Church, demolished to make way for subway construction. Stairs from the subway tunnel surface into a brick building in the old cemetery.

===Parking lots and passenger drop-off facility===
[[Image:TTC Finch Station Passanger Pick Up Area 2023.jpg|right|thumb|Station "[[kiss-and-ride]]" area]]
There are two major TTC [[parking lot]]s (referred to as the car park in directional signage) at Finch station for use by commuters. They are named the East Lot and the West Lot, and are located north of Bishop/Hendon, east and west of Yonge Street respectively. The lots have a combined capacity of 3,227 parking spaces, the most of any TTC facility.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finch Station |url=https://www.ttc.ca//en/subway-stations/finch-station |access-date=April 16, 2022 |website=www.ttc.ca |language=en |archive-date=April 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416193911/https://www.ttc.ca//en/subway-stations/finch-station |url-status=live }}</ref>

In addition to the parking lots, Finch station also features a relatively elaborate "kiss-and-ride" passenger drop-off/pick-up facility, which is connected to the lower concourse level of the station (outside the fare-paid area) by pedestrian tunnels. The area has a round, indoor waiting area for passengers, with about 20 temporary parking spaces circularly surrounding the structure. It is adjacent to the west parking lot.

On the north side of Bishop Avenue, slightly east of the station (along the southern edge of the GO bus terminal) is a parking lane for [[taxicabs]]. This is best accessed by exiting the subway station at the stairs/escalator to the north-east corner of Yonge and Bishop (the GO bus terminal).

==Ridership==
{{Historical populations
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|pop_name = Riders
|type = Canada
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|2007|92610
|2008|94920
|2009|94400
|2010|96240
|2011|101940
|2012|97460
|2013|97460
|2014|90910
|2015|100820
|2016|85720
|2018|99350
}}
The ridership at Finch station has been relatively stable since 2007, with a peak ridership of 101,940 in 2011 and the lowest ridership in 2016 with 85,720 riders.<ref name="ridership-tt">{{Cite web|url=https://transittoronto.ca/spare/0052.shtml|title=TTC Reports and Statistics - Transit Toronto - Content|access-date=July 9, 2020|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002145342/https://transittoronto.ca/spare/0052.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Architecture and art==
[[File:Finch Station Concourse 2023.jpg|thumb|Concourse in 2023]]
[[File:Finch Station Rhythm Of Exotic Plants.jpg|thumb|right|The sculpture on the concourse level, ''Rhythm Of Exotic Plants'', is "donated by Rio Algom Ltd. for the enjoyment of TTC riders".]]
Krystyna Sadowska's sculpture ''Rhythm of Exotic Plants'' (1965) is displayed on the lower concourse level, outside the fare-paid area; A stainless-steel plaque celebrating the station's opening is also located on the lower concourse. A smaller plaque is located at the south subway platform.

==Subway infrastructure in the vicinity==
North of the station, there are two [[Toronto subway trackage#Other track features|tail tracks]] extending beyond the end of the platform, plus a third in between them, to store subway trains. South of the station, there is a [[Toronto subway trackage|diamond crossover]] for arriving trains to cross over to the southbound track, and for departing trains on the northbound track to depart via the southbound track.

==Surface connections==
{{Main|List of Toronto Transit Commission bus routes}}
[[File:FinchTTCBusTerminal.JPG|thumb|right|Finch Bus Terminal]]
[[File:Finch Bus Terminal Interior 2023.jpg|thumb|right|Finch Bus Terminal interior]]
[[File:TTC Finch North America Centre Entrance, November 2021.jpg|thumb|Finch station entrance at [[North American Centre]]]]
When the subway is closed, buses do not enter the station, and an on-street transfer is required. TTC routes serving the station include:

{| class="wikitable"
! Bay number
! Route
! Name
! Additional information
|-
|1
!colspan="3" | Unloading
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2
! 60A
| rowspan="3" |Steeles West
| Westbound to [[Pioneer Village station]]
|-
! 60B
| Westbound to Martin Grove Road via Pioneer Village station
|-
! 60D
| Westbound to Highway 27 via Pioneer Village station
|-
! 960B
|rowspan="2"| Steeles West Express
| Westbound to Martin Grove Road via Pioneer Village station
|-
! 960D
| Westbound to Highway 27 via Pioneer Village station
|-
| rowspan="2" | 3
! 42
| Cummer
| Eastbound to Middlefield Road and Dynamic Drive
|-
! 320
| Yonge
| [[Blue Night Network|Blue Night service]]; northbound to Steeles Avenue and southbound to Queens Quay<br />{{small|(On-street stop outside station)}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 4
! 97A
| rowspan="2" |Yonge
| Northbound to Steeles Avenue and southbound to [[St. Clair station]] <br />{{small|(On-street stop outside station)}}
|-
! 97B
| Northbound to [[Steeles Avenue]] via Yonge Boulevard and southbound to St. Clair station via Yonge Boulevard<br />{{small|(On-street stop outside station)}}
|-
! 125
| Drewry
| Westbound to [[Bathurst Street (Toronto)|Bathurst Street]] (Torresdale)
|-
| rowspan="3" | 5
! 39A
| rowspan="3" |Finch East
| Eastbound to Neilson Road
|-
! 39B
| Eastbound to Old Finch Avenue and Morningview Trail
|-
! 39C
| Eastbound to Victoria Park Avenue and Gordon Baker Road<br />{{small|(Rush hour service)}}
|-
|6
!colspan="3" | Spare
|-
| rowspan="2" | 7
! 939A
| rowspan="2" |Finch Express
| Eastbound to [[Kennedy station]] via [[Scarborough Centre station]]
|-
! 939C
| Eastbound to [[Morningside Heights, Toronto|Morningside Heights]]<br />{{small|(Rush hour service)}}
|-
|8
! [[Line 1 Yonge-University|Line 1]]
| Shuttle Bus
|
|-
|9
!colspan="3" | Spare/unloading
|-
| rowspan="2" | 10
! 953A
| rowspan="2"| Steeles East Express
| Eastbound to Staines Road
|-
! 953B
| Eastbound to Morningside Avenue<br />{{small|(Rush hour service)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 11
! 53A
| rowspan="2"| Steeles East
| Eastbound to Staines Road
|-
! 53B
| Eastbound to Morningside Avenue
|-
| 12
! 939B
| Finch Express 
| Westbound to [[Finch West station]]
|-
| 13
! 36
| Finch West
| Westbound to Finch West station
|-
|colspan="4" |
|-
|
! 336
| Finch West
| Blue Night service; westbound to [[Woodbine Racetrack]] [[Humber College|via Humber College]]<br />{{small|(On-street stop outside station)}}
|-
|
! 339
| Finch East
| Blue Night service; eastbound to Markham Road<br />{{small|(On-street stop outside station)}}
|}

==Nearby landmarks==
* Plaque on the North American Life building commemorating the birthplace of former Canadian Prime Minister [[Lester B. Pearson]]
* Newtonbrook Plaza
* [[Finch's Hotel]] (historic landmark that no longer exists)

==Future==
{{Main|Line 1 Yonge–University#Yonge North expansion plan}}

A planned extension of Line 1 Yonge–University from Finch to [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]] in [[Regional Municipality of York|York Region]] would add at least new 5 stations.<ref name="clark">{{cite web |date=July 16, 2021 |title=Clark Station to be included as fourth stop on Yonge North Subway Extension |url=https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/07/16/clark-station-to-be-included-as-fourth-stop-on-yonge-north-subway-extension/ |access-date=July 16, 2021 |website=Metrolinx News |publisher=Metrolinx |archive-date=July 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716142248/https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/07/16/clark-station-to-be-included-as-fourth-stop-on-yonge-north-subway-extension/ |url-status=live }}</ref> First proposed in 2007 as part of [[MoveOntario 2020]],<ref name="ON-2007">Government of Ontario (2007). [http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/Product.asp?ProductID=1385 MoveOntario 2020 Projects] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709090118/http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/Product.asp?ProductID=1385|date=July 9, 2007}} Retrieved on October 14, 2007.</ref> the current plan was announced in April 2019 by Premier [[Doug Ford]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Amara |last2=Pelley |first2=Lauren |date=April 10, 2019 |title=Doug Ford commits $11.2B for 4 major Toronto-area transit projects |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-toronto-subway-upload-gta-transit-plan-1.5090394 |access-date=April 18, 2022 |website=CBC News |archive-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410085128/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-toronto-subway-upload-gta-transit-plan-1.5090394 |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2022, Metrolinx awarded a contract to Black & McDonald Limited to upgrade Finch station before the start of construction on the extension. Work was to include improvements to the electrical system that powered trains and extending the waterless sprinkler system over the tail tracks that were to become the new mainline north of the station.<ref name="Metrolinx-2022/09/29">{{cite web |url=https://blog.metrolinx.com/2022/09/29/yonge-north-subway-extension-construction-partner-confirmed-for-early-upgrades-at-finch-station/ |title=Yonge North Subway Extension construction partner confirmed for early upgrades at Finch |publisher=[[Metrolinx]] |date=September 29, 2022 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930214456/https://blog.metrolinx.com/2022/09/29/yonge-north-subway-extension-construction-partner-confirmed-for-early-upgrades-at-finch-station/ | archivedate=September 30, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2007, the [[Transit City]] proposal called for a new LRT line, then known as the [[Finch West LRT|Etobicoke–Finch West LRT]] line, to run along [[Finch Avenue]] West from [[Humber College station]] to Finch station. While the portion from Humber College to Finch West station was under construction by 2022 as [[Line 6 Finch West]], the Province of Ontario had no plans to construct the portion between Finch West and Finch stations {{as of|2019|lc=y}}.<ref name="TheStar-2019/04/10">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/04/10/how-doug-fords-285-billion-transit-overhaul-compares-with-torontos-existing-plans.html |title=How Doug Ford's $28.5-billion transit overhaul compares with Toronto's existing plans |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=April 10, 2019 |access-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-date=April 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411040213/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/04/10/how-doug-fords-285-billion-transit-overhaul-compares-with-torontos-existing-plans.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Finch (TTC)|Finch station}}
*{{TTC station page}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALL1MmO-IE8 Finch Station TTC Parking Lot Time Lapse]

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