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Highway 407 station: beautiful glass, awkward walk, excellent nickname
Highway 407 station pairs David Pearl’s striking coloured-glass artwork with a bus-subway interchange. Drivers and transfer passengers can find it convenient, while some nearby walkers describe awkward access. Plan the designated route from Jane Street, then leave a moment to enjoy the ceiling.
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Meet the gamer mouse
Highway 407 station has been compared to a stadium and, more affectionately, a gaming mouse. It is a lot of architecture to click on. Inside, though, the joke gives way to something genuinely lovely: coloured glass and daylight turning a trip to the train into a reason to look up.
Artist David Pearl’s 45-metre-wide skylight brings colour to the escalator space, with the artwork continuing through the bus terminal. You do not need to arrange a gallery afternoon to see it. You can be on your way somewhere entirely mundane and find that the building has made an effort.
Source: Vaughan Reddit: Highway 407 station photos and walking debate
Source: David Pearl: Highway 407 artwork, photographs by Ian Trites
Then try arriving on foot
For one person walking from Honeycrisp Crescent, admiration came with a request for a more direct route to Jane Street. They estimated that stairs could save them 500 metres a day. Another walker recognised the problem. A handsome station is a less persuasive welcome when you can see where you need to be but have to take the long way round.
The surrounding highway, rail and large-property landscape helps explain the awkwardness. This is a bus-subway interchange at 7332 Jane Street, not an entrance tucked into a compact shopping street. That distinction can be obvious on a plan and irritating when you are carrying a bag.
Source: Vaughan Reddit: Highway 407 station photos and walking debate
Source: TTC: Highway 407 station access, parking and facilities
The driver liked the very same station
One contributor preferred Highway 407 to VMC because they found the parking easier and the station less hectic. Then came the useful qualification: they drove there. People defending the interchange also pointed to its role connecting buses with the subway.
That is why the praise and complaints do not cancel each other out. A building can work well for a transfer passenger, suit a driver and frustrate a nearby pedestrian. The gaming mouse has several users; they are not all trying to enter from the same side.
Source: Vaughan Reddit: Highway 407 station photos and walking debate
A little planning before the colour
Use the designated Jane Street access and check the public walking route from your starting point. Fence-climbing appeared in an anecdote, but it is not a visitor route. TTC lists covered bicycle parking and a repair stand by the Jane Street parking-lot entrance, plus elevators inside the station.
Check current elevator alerts if your journey depends on a lift. TTC also lists paid weekday parking, free weekend and statutory-holiday parking, and an overnight restriction. Confirm the current details before setting off, especially for an unfamiliar late journey.
Source: TTC: Highway 407 station access, parking and facilities
Leave room to look up
The useful reward is still there once you arrive. Pearl’s glass gives an ordinary interchange a sense of occasion without requiring passengers to stop using it as a station. Some will pause for a photograph; others will simply pass through a more colourful part of their day.
Choose the route first. Then enjoy the building. Being able to admire a ceiling and reach your train should be a perfectly reasonable combination.
Source: David Pearl: Highway 407 artwork, photographs by Ian Trites
Location and useful details
Highway 407 station
7332 Jane Street, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Approach using designated public entrances. Nearby fences are not public shortcuts.
Source: TTC: Highway 407 station access, parking and facilities
Source: TTC: Highway 407 station access, parking and facilities
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Questions people ask
Where is Highway 407 subway station?
TTC lists the station at 7332 Jane Street in Vaughan, with access from Jane Street.
Source: TTC: Highway 407 station access, parking and facilities
Who made the coloured glass at Highway 407 station?
David Pearl created the coloured-glass work, which appears in the skylight and bus terminal.
Source: David Pearl: Highway 407 artwork, photographs by Ian Trites
What makes Highway 407 station’s interior distinctive?
Coloured glass by artist David Pearl is integrated into a 45-metre-wide skylight and the bus terminal, bringing the work into passengers’ everyday routes.
Source: David Pearl: Highway 407 artwork, photographs by Ian Trites
Can I reach the bus terminal from the station?
Yes. TTC lists access to the bus terminal from the concourse or parking lot, making it part of the station interchange.
Source: TTC: Highway 407 station access, parking and facilities
Is Highway 407 station accessible?
TTC lists Highway 407 as accessible. If your trip depends on an elevator, check the current elevator alerts as well as the station information before travelling.
Source: TTC: Highway 407 station access, parking and facilities
Does Highway 407 station have bike facilities?
TTC lists covered bicycle parking and a bicycle repair stand by the Jane Street parking-lot entrance.
Source: TTC: Highway 407 station access, parking and facilities
Is Highway 407 station parking free on weekends?
TTC currently lists free parking on weekends and statutory holidays. Weekday parking has a charge, so check the terms for the day you plan to travel.
Source: TTC: Highway 407 station access, parking and facilities
Can I leave a car there overnight?
TTC lists an overnight restriction between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. each day. Plan around that restriction rather than assuming the station lot can store a car overnight.
Source: TTC: Highway 407 station access, parking and facilities
Is the Honeycrisp fence a public shortcut?
Use designated entrances and paths. The route discussed near Honeycrisp was not established as a public shortcut, and the reports of people crossing a fence do not make it a permitted approach.
Source: Vaughan Reddit: Highway 407 station photos and walking debate
What is the VMC transportation plan trying to improve?
The city’s 2025 plan addresses connections and accessibility for walking, cycling, transit and other travel modes, with work phased through 2051. It does not confirm that every suggested local path has opened.
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