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Union Station (Toronto)

Union Station
Union Station, Toronto-2.jpg
View from Front Street
Location 65 Front Street West
Toronto
Canada
Coordinates 43°38′43″N 79°22′50″W / 43.64528°N 79.38056°W / 43.64528; -79.38056Coordinates: 43°38′43″N 79°22′50″W / 43.64528°N 79.38056°W / 43.64528; -79.38056
Owned by City of Toronto (station building)
Metrolinx (trainshed and tracks)
Operated by Toronto Terminals Railway
Line(s) See services below
Platforms 1 side platform, 11 island platforms
Tracks 16
Connections BSicon SUBWAY.svg TTC - Line 1 - Yonge-University-Spadina line.svg Union Subway Station
GO bus symbol.svg Union Station Bus Terminal
BSicon BUS1.svg TTC bus routes
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Parking No
Bicycle facilities 115 space bicycle station
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code Amtrak code:TWO
GO Transit: USTN
IATA: YBZ
VIA Rail: TRTO
Fare zone 02
Website http://www.torontounion.ca
History
Opened 1927
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 2.91 million Increase 0.5% (Via)
Passengers (2015) 69.5 million Increase 1.9% (GO Transit)
Services
Preceding station   VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg Via Rail   Following station
toward Vancouver
Canadian Terminus
toward Sarnia
Sarnia–Toronto
toward Windsor
Windsor–Toronto
Terminus Toronto–Montreal
toward Montreal
Toronto–Ottawa
toward Ottawa
BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak
Maple Leaf
(Operated by Via Rail)
Terminus
GO Transit logo.svg GO Transit
Barrie Terminus
toward Kitchener
Kitchener
toward Milton
Milton
toward Aldershot or Hamilton
Lakeshore West
Lakeshore West
Niagara branch
Terminus Lakeshore East
toward Oshawa
Stouffville
toward Lincolnville
Richmond Hill
toward Gormley
Union Pearson Express
UP Express Terminus
Official name Union Station (Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk) National Historic Site of Canada
Designated 1975
Designated 1989
Official name Union Station Heritage Conservation District
Designated 2006

Union Station is the primary railway station and intercity transportation facility in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Front Street West, on the south side of the block bounded by Bay Street and York Street in downtown Toronto. The station building is owned by the City of Toronto, while the train shed and trackage is owned by the commuter rail operator GO Transit. Union Station has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada since 1975, and a Heritage Railway Station since 1989.

Its central position in Canada's busiest inter-city rail service area, "The Corridor", as well as being the central hub of GO Transit's commuter rail service, makes Union Station the busiest transportation facility in Canada, serving over 250,000 passengers a day. More than half of all Canadian intercity passengers and 91% of all commuter train passengers travel through Union Station.

Intercity train services are provided at Union Station by Via Rail and Amtrak, while commuter rail services are operated by GO Transit. The station is also connected to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway and streetcar system via its namesake subway station. GO Transit's Union Station Bus Terminal, located across Bay Street from the station building, is connected via the trainshed. The Union Pearson Express train service to the airport operates from a separate UP Express Union Station located along the SkyWalk a short walk west of the main station building.


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