Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
General information
Location	3150Highway 7 West Vaughan, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°47′39″N79°31′39″W / 43.79417°N 79.52750°W /43.79417; -79.52750
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	YRT 77  Highway 7 (on-street) SmartVMC Terminal Highway 7 Rapidway
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	900 spaces
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Grimshaw Architects,Adamson Associates (asarchitect of record)
Architectural style	Contemporary architecture
Other information
Website	Official station page
History
Opened	December 17, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-12-17)[1]
Passengers
2023–2024[2]	20,394
Rank	34 of 70
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station Terminus Line 1 Yonge–University Highway 407 towardsFinch
Location

Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (also known asVaughan,Vaughan Metro Centre orVMC) is a rapid transit station inVaughan, Ontario, Canada. Opened on December 17, 2017, it is the north terminus of the western section of theToronto subway'sLine 1 Yonge–University. It is operated by theToronto Transit Commission (TTC) and is one of two subway stations in the system outside ofToronto's city limits. It provides connections to aYork Region Transit (YRT)Vivabus rapid transit route along theHighway 7 Rapidway, which is also used by aBrampton TransitZüm route, as well as several local YRT bus routes.

Located inVaughan Metropolitan Centre, the suburban city'splanned downtown, the station is designated byMetrolinx as amobility hub, one of severalmultimodal transit terminals in theGreater Toronto and Hamilton Area.^[3] The station has a 900-space park-and-ride lot, which is privately owned and operated bySmartCentres, unlike other TTC rapid transit station parking lots which are owned by the TTC and operated by theToronto Parking Authority.^[4][5]

The subway station is located on the northwest corner of Millway Avenue andHighway 7, west ofJane Street, and is one of two new stations that are outside the City of Toronto inYork Region. This is the northernmost station in the subway system.^[6]

Grimshaw Architects designed the station, which has a domed ovoid entrance building just north of the Rapidway platforms on Highway 7;Adamson Associates Architects served as thearchitect of record. The building has four main entrances in an X pattern, plus an underground connection to two office buildings,^[7] one of which contains the David Braley Vaughan Metropolitan Centre of Community, which houses aYMCA and the VMC branch of theVaughan Public Library.^[8] The main entrance features acool roof, and a nearby electrical substation located on the south side of Highway 7 has agreen roof.^[9] Toronto-basedPaul Raff Studio provided the station's artwork, titledAtmospheric Lens,^[10] consisting of coloured mirrored panels and windows located on the domed ceiling, and visible by looking up stairwells.^[11][12]

Underground corridors lead both north and south from the station'sconcourse level to two York Region Transit (YRT) bus terminals. The north corridor leads to theSmartVMC Bus Terminal, where passengers can transfer to conventionalYRT bus routes, and the south corridor leads to theVaughan Metropolitan Centre Vivastation on theHighway 7 Rapidway, where riders connect to Viva and Züm bus rapid transit routes. The fare-paid area features aGateway Newstands kiosk.^[13]

On November 27, 2009, the official groundbreaking ceremony was held for theToronto–York Spadina Subway Extension (TYSSE), and tunnelling began in June 2011. The project was expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2016,^[14] but the timeline was revised, with the station planned to open by the end of 2017.

The opening of the extension to Vaughan took place at the station on December 17, 2017, attended by Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau, Premier of OntarioKathleen Wynne and Mayor of TorontoJohn Tory.^[15] The station replacedSheppard West as the northwestern terminus of Line 1.

While VMC, along with the five other TYSSE stations, had a fare booth installed as per original station plans,^[16] it never housed collectors, as the station was among the first eight (along with the first two south of the extension) to discontinue sales of legacy TTC fare media such as tokens and tickets. Presto vending machines were available at its opening to sellPresto cards and to load funds or monthly passes onto them.^[17] On May 3, 2019, this station became one of the first ten stations to sell Presto tickets via Presto vending machines.^[18]

During the early planning stages of the TYSSE, the City of Vaughan proposed the nameVaughan Corporate Centre for the station, after its planned downtown area. After changing the name of the development toVaughan Metropolitan Centre, the city requested that the station be named accordingly.

On September 30, 2010, a TTC committee recommended that the name be shortened toVaughan Centre. However, the official decision was delayed until February 2012,^[19][20] when the TTC adopted Vaughan's desired name.^[21] The original reason for rejecting the full name was to avoid linking the station to a specific development. Moreover, the length of the name was seen as inconvenient, andVaughan Centre was deemed more consistent with names of other regional stations (i.e.North York Centre andScarborough Centre).^[22]

A survey conducted by the TTC between September 23 and October 21, 2011, found that 80% of respondents supportedVaughan Centre, 5% supportedVaughan Corporate Centre, 9% supportedVaughan Metropolitan Centre, and 7% supported other names. Alternative names under consideration includedHighway 7,Highway 7 West,Jane North,Edgeley,Creditstone, andApplewood.^[22]

The exterior destination signs onToronto Rocket subway trains only show "Vaughan" and, on trains with side exterior destination signs, "Line 1 towards Vaughan", rather than the full station name.

The station crossover with a departing train crossing into the southbound track

Looking north to the end of the west (southbound side) tail track

Photos taken in 2018, several months after the station opened. Note the clean tunnels still free of accumulated deposits.

As this is a terminal station, there is adiamond crossover to the south of the platform for arriving trains to cross over to the southbound track, and for departing trains on the northbound track to cross to the southbound track. There are alsotail tracks beyond the north end for overnight storage for two trains, with a trackless extra tunnel between them for a future potential third.^[23][24]

Despite being located outside Toronto in York Region, the station has always been within the Toronto TTC fare zone to avoid implementing a payment-on-exit system.^[25] This was the case even before the implementation of theOne Fare program on February 26, 2024, which allows riders paying by Presto card, credit card, or debit card to transfer for free to and from regional buses serving the station.^[26] This was in contrast to TTC-contracted bus routes, when all riders were required to pay extra fare (either YRT or TTC) when crossing the municipal boundary atSteeles Avenue. At this station (as well as at the adjacentHighway 407 station) prior to the One Fare program, separate fares were charged for all transfers between the TTC subway and connecting regional buses, which are the only surface routes serving it.

No TTC buses connect to this station, but the aforementioned two bus terminals serve regional buses:

SmartVMC Bus Terminal
SmartVMC Bus Terminal at night
General information
Location	173 Millway Avenue, Vaughan, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°47′47″N79°31′41″W / 43.79639°N 79.52806°W /43.79639; -79.52806
Owned by	Regional Municipality of York
Operated by	York Region Transit,Brampton Transit
Bus routes	YRT buses  10  Woodbridge  20  Jane  26  Maple  320  Jane Express  MP  Mobility Plus (paratransit service)  501 Queen
Bus stands	9
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Website	Official station page
History
Opened	November 3, 2019 (2019-11-03)[27]
Location

SmartVMC Bus Terminal (originally namedSmartCentres Place Bus Terminal) is a YRT bus terminal on the northwest corner of Apple Mill Road and Millway Avenue north of the station,^[28] outside the fare-paid area.^[29][30] Diamond Schmitt Architects designed the terminal in a horseshoe shape. The building features open architecture that can be accessed from every direction. There is a passengerkiss-and-ride area on Millway Avenue and an underground walkway linking it with the subway station and Viva rapidway station on Highway 7.^[28][31]

The total cost of the terminal was approximately $32 million. The terminal was named after its developer,SmartCentres REIT, who contributed $15 million in financing for an underground connection between the bus terminal and the station.^[31]

The terminal was opened on November 3, 2019,^[27] nearly two years after the station. It was expected to open in early 2018, shortly after the station itself, but it was delayed due to unspecified "unforeseen circumstances".^[32] Prior to the opening of the terminal, buses used the current kiss-and-ride area.

Passengers using Presto, credit, or debit cards can transfer for free under the One Fare program between the TTC and YRT /Brampton Transit'sZüm buses. The province reimburses each transit agency for lost revenue from the free transfers.^[26] As free card transfers need to be recorded for reimbursements, both the SmartVMC terminal and the Vivastation will remain outside the station's fare-paid area. This is also necessary to enforce double-fare payment for riders ineligible for free transfers.

The following YRT routes serve the terminal:^[33]

It is also served by a Brampton Transit bus rapid transit route, the501 Züm Queen (which also stops at the Vivastation on Highway 7):^[34]

The following YRT route uses an on-street stop at the station's main entrance on Highway 7 and does not stop inside the terminal or Vivastation:^[35]

Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Vivastation
Viva Orange bus at VMC Vivastation
General information
Location	Centre ofHighway 7 Rapidway
Coordinates	43°47′36″N79°31′40″W / 43.79333°N 79.52778°W /43.79333; -79.52778
Platforms	2 (1 eastbound, 1 westbound)
Bus routes	Viva Orange  501 Queen
Construction
Structure type	Covered transfer facility withindedicated right-of-way
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Website	Official station page
History
Opened	December 17, 2017 (2017-12-17)
Location

The Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Vivastation is a covered transfer facility in the centre of theHighway 7 Rapidway. It allowsViva Orange buses and Brampton Transit–operated501 Züm Queen through-service buses to quickly serve the subway station without having to pull into the SmartVMC terminal, although the 501 does terminate there (though it formerly continued toYork University) while also serving the Vivastation. The facility is located directly above the station's concourse and connects to it via escalators and elevators.^[36] It is located south of the main station building and bus terminal, both of which can be accessed from the Vivastation either underground through the concourse or at ground level via crosswalks.^[28]

Vaughan plans to build a transit-oriented city centre from scratch around the station in what is a low-density area featuringbig-box stores and vacant land. Vaughan projects that by 2031, the new downtown will have 25,000 residents and employment for more than 11,000 people. Vaughan planning commissioner John MacKenzie said thatMississauga took 20 to 25 years to buildits city centre without a subway, but hopes to accelerate the process in Vaughan with the help of the subway extension.^[37]

• Official station page
• Media related toVaughan Metropolitan Centre station at Wikimedia Commons
• Map indicating alignment of extension and location of stations
• Updated TTC Subway MapArchived September 26, 2019, at theWayback Machine

• Line 1 Yonge–University stations
• Railway stations in Vaughan
• Railway stations in Canada opened in 2017
• York Region Transit Terminals
• Brampton Transit
• 2017 establishments in Ontario
• Viva Rapid Transit
• Railway stations located underground in Canada

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