[3] In 1953, subway cars 5000 and 5001, after being displayed at the Canadian National Exhibition, were mounted on shop bogies and towed at night over streetcar tracks by a Peter Witt motor to the Davisville Yard via the temporary interchange.

Thus, until the shops at Greenwood Yard were opened in 1965, bogies needed to be shipped by truck to the Hillcrest Complex on a specially built trailer.

Even after this work was completed, the yard remained inactive as the TTC had become quite satisfied with the temporary storage and maintenance arrangement during the closure.

The yard was temporarily reactivated during the 1995 Russell Hill subway accident, and also during the retirement of older rolling stock (H-1/H-2, M-1).

The subway yard was formally reactivated in June 2002, a few months prior to the opening of Line 4 Sheppard.

Many Subway Infrastructure sections including Track, Structures, and Signals are also based at the Davisville Yard.

The yard, the adjacent subway station, a substation and signal facility would remain in operation during construction.