Located in Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, the suburban city's planned downtown, the station is designated by Metrolinx as a mobility hub, one of several multimodal transit terminals in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

[7] Grimshaw Architects designed the station, which has a domed ovoid entrance building just north of the Rapidway platforms on Highway 7.

[10] Toronto-based Paul Raff Studio provided the station's artwork, titled Atmospheric Lens,[11] consisting of coloured mirrored panels and windows located on the domed ceiling, and visible by looking up stairwells.

[12][13] Underground corridors lead both north and south from the station's concourse level to two York Region Transit (YRT) bus terminals.

[14] On November 27, 2009, the official groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Toronto–York Spadina Subway Extension (TYSSE), and tunnelling began in June 2011.

The opening of the extension to Vaughan took place at the station on December 17, 2017, attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne and Mayor of Toronto John Tory.

There are also tail tracks beyond the north end for overnight storage for two trains, with a trackless extra tunnel between them for a future potential third.

[26] This was in contrast to TTC-contracted bus routes, when all riders were required to pay extra fare (either YRT or TTC) when crossing the municipal boundary at Steeles Avenue.

Passengers using Presto, credit, or debit cards can transfer for free under the One Fare program between the TTC and YRT / Brampton Transit's Züm buses.

[37] It is located south of the main station building and bus terminal, both of which can be accessed from the Vivastation either underground through the concourse or at ground level via crosswalks.

[29] Vaughan plans to build a transit-oriented city centre from scratch around the station in what is a low-density area featuring big-box stores and vacant land.