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Union (TTC)

Union
TTC - Line 1 - Yonge-University-Spadina line.svg
Union Station Eastbound Platform.jpg
Union Station eastbound platform after expansion
Location 55 Front Street West,
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°38′44″N 79°22′50″W / 43.64556°N 79.38056°W / 43.64556; -79.38056Coordinates: 43°38′44″N 79°22′50″W / 43.64556°N 79.38056°W / 43.64556; -79.38056
Platforms 2 side platforms
Connections GO Transit logo.svg UP Express logo.svg VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Railway Station
GO Transit logo.svg Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure type underground
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 30 March 1954 (1954-03-30)
Rebuilt 2011-2015
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 125,220
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station
toward Downsview
TTC - Line 1 - Yonge-University-Spadina line.svg Yonge–University
toward Finch
toward Exhibition
509 Harbourfront Terminus
toward Spadina
510 Spadina

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.


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