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19-448: The building rises from four floors on the west to seven floors at the east side. There is an underground ramp that is accessible from the left-most lane on east-bound Steeles Avenue that provides access to the building's parking area at the rear. Prior to the 1980s, IBM Canada was located in a sprawling complex at Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East. There are two main buildings at this site. The building located at 844 Don Mills Road

38-756: A connection between the Sheppard subway line and a multitude of other bus routes . There are plans by the Toronto Transit Commission to run streetcars on Don Mills from Steeles to Overlea Boulevard to Pape station with the Don Mills LRT , as part of the Transit City plan. Don Mills (TTC) Don Mills is a subway station that is the eastern terminus of Line 4 Sheppard in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. The station

57-528: Is at the northeast corner of Sheppard Avenue East and Don Mills Road , within the residential communities of Don Valley Village and Henry Farm , adjacent to Fairview Mall shopping centre. The station is close to Highways 401 and 404 , as well as the Don Valley Parkway . Other nearby landmarks include Fairview Mall , Georges Vanier Secondary School , and the Fairview district branch of

76-494: Is called The Peanut due to its shape on a topographic map . It surrounds schools, a community centre , and the Peanut Plaza. Originally named Don Independent Road due to donations of the land by local farmers for the public improvement, the road was carrying traffic from many mills in the area: flour, grist, woollen, and sawmills, hence the current name. In the 1950s, when the urban planned community of Don Mills

95-467: Is fully accessible. The station is equipped with three elevators connecting the concourse level with the bus platforms and two street entrances, and a single elevator between the island train platform and the concourse. Stairs and escalators provide regular pedestrian access between all levels. There are three accessible entrances around the Don Mills Road and Sheppard Avenue intersection. Two of

114-457: Is likely because storage capacity is available at Sheppard–Yonge, which can store enough trains to service the line. The station was designed by Stevens Group Architects, who also built Sheppard West and Bayview stations. There are two pieces of public art in the station. The piece before/after spans the concourse and platform levels in the station. Created by Toronto artist Stephen Cruise, it consists of tile work on walls and inlays on

133-612: The Toronto Public Library . The station opened in 2002 as part of the original Line 4. A plaque at the platform level commemorates John Marinzel, a worker who died on April 18, 2001, of injuries from an accident during the construction of the station. A Vivastation for the Viva Green line of York Region 's Viva Rapid Transit system opened on October 16, 2005. Like all stations on the Sheppard line, Don Mills

152-402: The concourse level, the installation consisted of various enlarged photographs showcasing the construction of Line 4 Sheppard. Don Mills station has a bus terminal that is also underground. It allows for connection to both TTC bus routes and York Region Transit (YRT) routes. When the subway is closed, passengers may board buses at the intersection of Don Mills Road and Sheppard Avenue outside

171-493: The construction of the Sheppard LRT (light rail transit) line to connect Don Mills station to Sheppard East station on the proposed extension of Line 3 Scarborough . This replaced previous plans to extend Line 4 Sheppard to Scarborough Centre station on Line 3. The Transit City plan included an LRT along Don Mills Road from Pape station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth through Don Mills station to Steeles Avenue . However,

190-563: The entrance to the famous "King Eddie" Hotel . 43°49′05″N 79°20′06″W  /  43.81806°N 79.33500°W  / 43.81806; -79.33500 Don Mills Road Don Mills Road is a north-south route in Toronto , Ontario , Canada , passing through the former cities of East York and North York . It begins at O'Connor Drive near ramps to the Don Valley Parkway , and ends at John Street in Markham , where its name changes to Leslie Street . North of Steeles Avenue ,

209-460: The entrances are on the northeast and southeast sides of Sheppard Avenue, respectively, and one automatic entrance in the parking garage at Fairview Mall near the Marshalls / HomeSense entrance. Above the bus terminal, on the street level, is a multi-storey public parking lot with 366 parking spaces for commuters. As this is a terminal station, there is a diamond crossover to the west of

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228-410: The platform for arriving trains to cross over to the westbound track, and for departing trains on the eastbound track to cross to the westbound track. There are also tail tracks beyond the east end of the platform. However, unlike other terminal stations where the tail tracks are at least as long as a standard six-car train for overnight storage, those at Don Mills are only about two cars in length. This

247-417: The road is officially named as York Regional Road 12 . From south to north, it passes through the neighbourhoods of Todmorden Village, Flemingdon Park , Don Mills , Graydon Hall, Henry Farm , Parkway Forest , and Don Valley Village . Between Sheppard and Finch Avenues, Don Mills Road splits into two one-way curved boulevards known as Don Mills Road East and Don Mills Road West. This section

266-503: The station and pick up passengers inside the station and at on-street stops outside the station. The subway station was formerly the southern terminus for the Viva Green line of YRT's Viva Rapid Transit until that service was initially temporarily suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and discontinued permanently in 2023. As part of the Transit City plan, the TTC proposed

285-515: The station. Several York Region Transit (YRT) bus routes also operate to and from Don Mills station. Under Ontario's One Fare Program that began on February 26, 2024, customers paying by credit, debit or Presto card can transfer between YRT and TTC services without incurring an additional fare. As free card transfers need to be recorded for reimbursements as well as to enforce double-fare payments for riders ineligible for free transfers between YRT and TTC services, YRT buses drop off passengers outside of

304-422: The terrazzo floors: Outside the station (on the north side of Don Mills Road, south of the bus entrance) is a tribute to Northern Dancer , a famous racehorse foaled at E. P. Taylor 's Windfields Farm , which was then located on Bayview Avenue . In mid-2021, to celebrate the TTC's 100th anniversary, a temporary art installation titled Sheppard Subway Construction was put on display at the station. Located on

323-596: Was IBM's Canada manufacturing plant and head office and opened in 1951. After many additions to this building a second building on this site opened in 1967 (1150 Eglinton Avenue East) which became the head office and software research lab. When IBM Canada's head offices relocated to Markham, Ontario from Don Mills , their old site continued to operate as a manufacturing and research facility. Both facilities are now owned and operated by Celestica , an electronics manufacturing service provider and former IBM subsidiary, as its global corporate headquarters. The Don Mills building

342-610: Was created, Don Mills Road was further extended north from this terminus into North York . By 1990, Don Mills Road was widened from four to six lanes between Overlea Boulevard and York Mills Road. The two additional lanes became the first carpool diamond lanes in Toronto. Toronto Transit Commission bus routes that run along Don Mills Road include: 25 Don Mills, 100 Flemingdon Park, 303 Don Mills ( Blue Night ), and 403 South Don Mills (community route). Since November 2002, Don Mills station located under Fairview Mall has served as

361-510: Was demolished in 2020 to pave way for major redevelopment near the Science Centre station . Prior to 1951, IBM Canada offices were located on 300 Campbell Avenue and Dupont Street in the city of Toronto's west end. The plant is now home to Wayspa's Canadian operations (as 298 Campbell Avenue). During this period, and well into the 1950s, the company also maintained a downtown office suite located on King Street East immediately opposite

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