Davisville (TTC)

Davisville is an above-ground subway station in Toronto. It lies on the Yonge- University - Spadina line of the Toronto Subway, at the intersection of Yonge Street and Chaplin Crescent / Davisville Avenue. The station has side platforms, is used daily by an average of 22 970 passengers (2009 /10).

It offers connecting flights to four bus lines. In the vicinity are the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, the prestigious Upper Canada College and the William McBrien Building, the administrative headquarters of the Toronto Transit Commission. The opening of the station on 30 March 1954 together with the portion Union - Eglinton Yonge Subway, the oldest subway on Canadian soil.

Directly west of the station is adjacent to the Davisville Yard, the oldest depot of the Toronto Subway ( until 1966 the only ). From 1993 to 2002, the depot - apart from sporadic exceptions - out of service. Since then, he serves those trains operating on the Sheppard Line. As the only station Davisville has a third platform. At this hold on and disengaging trains; it can also be used in disturbances in the main tracks.