Union Station eastbound platform after expansion
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Location | 55 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario Canada |
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Coordinates | 43°38′44″N 79°22′50″W / 43.64556°N 79.38056°WCoordinates: 43°38′44″N 79°22′50″W / 43.64556°N 79.38056°W | |||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
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Bus Terminal |
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Structure type | underground | |||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 30 March 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2011-2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2014) | 125,220 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Union is a rapid transit station on Line 1 Yonge–University of the Toronto subway and RT in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1954 as one of twelve original stations on the city's first section of subway. The station is also terminus of the 509 Harbourfront and 510 Spadina streetcar routes.
Union Station is located on Front Street between the Yonge Street and University Avenue sections of the line. It directly connected to the railway station and regional bus terminal of the same name. Based on Toronto's street grid, Union is the southernmost subway station; however, using standard compass directions, Kipling and Islington Stations are further south.
Union connects the subway with GO Transit, Via Rail, Union Pearson Express trains, and GO Transit buses. It serves approximately 100,000 people a day, ranking it as the fourth-busiest station in the system, after Bloor-Yonge, St. George & Sheppard–Yonge and the system's busiest station served by only one line. Wi-fi service is available at this station.
North side entrances:
South side entrances:
The station opened as the southern terminus of the original Yonge subway line on March 30, 1954.