page_title: Line 4 Sheppard
section_title: Eastward extension
hierarchical_section_title: Line 4 Sheppard / Future expansion / Eastward extension
caption_attribution_description: Map of Sheppard line extension (eastern section)
context_page_description: Line 4 Sheppard is the newest and shortest subway line of the Toronto subway system, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. It opened on November 22, 2002, and has five stations along 5.5 kilometres of track, which is built entirely underground in the district of North York along Sheppard Avenue East between Yonge Street and Don Mills Road. All stations are wheelchair accessible and are decorated with unique public art, such as the scenic mural at Sheppard–Yonge and the illusionary trompe-l'œil sketches at Bayview. The Government of Ontario has announced plans to extend the line east to Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road in Scarborough.
context_section_description: The TTC considered the eastward extension of the Sheppard line to Scarborough Centre station as one of its top priorities for rapid-transit expansion, which would expand rapid transit in Scarborough for the first time since the completion of Line 3 Scarborough. The eastward extension would include new stations at Consumers Road, Victoria Park Avenue, Warden Avenue, Kennedy Road, Agincourt GO Station, and Progress Avenue, terminating at the existing Scarborough Centre Station on Line 3 Scarborough. The expansion proposal also included the possible addition of a station at Willowdale Avenue between Sheppard–Yonge and Bayview stations on the existing portion of the line.
  The TTC estimates that a Sheppard subway to Scarborough Centre would have 7,800 riders per hour while 10,000 per hour is the minimum number of riders per hour considered appropriate for a subway. The maximum capacity of the subway is about 30,000 riders per hour, approximately the load the Yonge line carries in the morning rush.
caption: Potential eastward extension of the Sheppard line from Don Mills to Scarborough Centre