Editing Line 4 Sheppard (section)

{{Short description|Rapid transit line in Toronto, Ontario}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=April 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Redirect|Sheppard subway|the subway station on the same line|Sheppard–Yonge station}}
{{Infobox rail line
| color                           = {{rcr|Toronto Transit Commission|4}}
| name                            = Line 4 Sheppard
| logo                            = TTC - Line 4 - Sheppard line.svg
| logo_width                      = 35px
| image                           = Don Mills Station Platform, November 2021.jpg
| image_width                     = 
| caption                         = Platform level of [[Don Mills station]]
| type                            = [[Rapid transit]]
| system                          = [[Toronto subway]]
| status                          = 
| locale                          = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
| start                           = {{stl|TTC|Sheppard–Yonge}}
| end                             = {{stl|TTC|Don Mills}}
| stations                        = 5
| routes                          = 
| daily_ridership                 = 39,482 (2022 avg. weekday)<ref name="r2022">{{Cite web |url=https://ttc-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/Project/TTC/DevProto/Documents/Home/Transparency-and-accountability/Subway-Ridership-2022.pdf |title=Toronto Transit Commission Subway ridership, 2022 |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |access-date=November 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715180335/https://ttc-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/Project/TTC/DevProto/Documents/Home/Transparency-and-accountability/Subway-Ridership-2022.pdf |archive-date=July 15, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| website                         = {{TTC route page}}
| open                            = {{start date and age|2002|11|22}}
| close                           = 
| owner                           = [[Toronto Transit Commission]]
| operator                        = Toronto Transit Commission
| character                       = 
| stock                           = [[Toronto Rocket]]
| linelength                      = {{convert|5.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| tracklength                     = 
| tracks                          = 
| gauge                           = {{track gauge|toronto|lk=on}}
| electrification                 = {{600 V DC|conductor=third rail}}
| signalling                      = [[Automatic block signaling]]
| speed                           = 
| elevation                       = 
| map                             = {{switcher
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'''Line 4 Sheppard''' is the newest and shortest [[rapid transit]] line of the [[Toronto subway]] system, operated by the [[Toronto Transit Commission]] (TTC).<ref name="subway_index">{{cite web |url=http://www.ttc.ca/Subway/index.jsp |title=Subway |work=Schedules & Maps |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |quote=Line 4 Sheppard has five stations |access-date=February 3, 2017 |archive-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827201808/https://ttc.ca/Subway/index.jsp |url-status=live}}</ref> It opened on November 22, 2002, and has five [[metro station|stations]] along {{convert|5.5|km|mi}} of track, which is built without any open sections in the district of [[North York]] along [[Sheppard Avenue|Sheppard Avenue East]] between [[Yonge Street]] and [[Don Mills Road]]<!--Don't bypass redirect per [[WP:NOTBROKEN]]-->.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/history.htm |title=Toronto Transit Commission – History |publisher=City of Toronto |access-date=November 22, 2007 |archive-date=March 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060329071332/http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/history.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> All stations are wheelchair [[accessibility|accessible]] and are [[Toronto subway public art|decorated with unique public art]]. 

In the 2000s, the [[Sheppard East LRT]] was proposed to extend rapid transit along Sheppard Avenue. Despite approvals, the project did not proceed. In 2019, the [[Government of Ontario]] announced plans to extend the subway line east to Sheppard Avenue and [[McCowan Road]]<!--Don't bypass redirect per [[WP:NOTBROKEN]]--> in [[Scarborough, Ontario|Scarborough]] to meet up with an [[Line 2 Bloor–Danforth#Scarborough Subway Extension|extended Line 2 Bloor–Danforth]].