Union Station (Toronto)

Union Station
Eastward view along the Front Street facade
General information
Location	65 Front Street West Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	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 (Canadian National Railway 50% / Canadian Pacific Kansas City 50%)
Line(s)	Union Station Rail Corridor
Platforms	1 side platform, 11 island platforms
Tracks	16
Connections	Union subway station Union Station Bus Terminal TTC bus routes TTC streetcars
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	115 space parking station[1]
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Ross and Macdonald
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
Other information
Status	Staffed station
Station code	Amtrak: TWO GO Transit: UN Via Rail: TRTO
IATA code	YBZ
Fare zone	02
Website	torontounion.ca
History
Opened	August 6, 1927; 97 years ago (1927-08-06)
Rebuilt	1970s, 2009–2021
Passengers
2012	2.91 million  0.5% (Via)
2015	69.5 million  1.9% (GO Transit)
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station Washago toward Vancouver The Canadian Terminus Malton toward Sarnia Sarnia–Toronto Oakville toward Windsor Windsor–Toronto Oakville toward New York Maple Leaf Terminus Toronto–Montreal Guildwood toward Montreal Toronto–Ottawa Guildwood toward Ottawa Preceding station GO Transit Following station Downsview Park towards Allandale Waterfront Barrie Terminus Bloor towards Kitchener Kitchener Bramalea towards Kitchener Kitchener (express) Kipling towards Milton Milton Exhibition towards West Harbour Lakeshore West Clarkson towards Hamilton or Niagara Falls Lakeshore West (peak express) Exhibition towards Niagara Falls Lakeshore West (off-peak express) Terminus Lakeshore East Danforth towards Oshawa Lakeshore East (express) Pickering towards Oshawa Stouffville Kennedy towards Old Elm Richmond Hill Oriole towards Bloomington Preceding station Metrolinx Following station Bloor toward Pearson Airport Union Pearson Express Terminus
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Malton 1990–2004 toward Chicago International Terminus Oakville 1982–1990 toward Chicago Preceding station Ontario Northland Railway Following station Washago toward Cochrane Northlander Terminus Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station Sunnyside toward Sarnia Grand Trunk Railway Main Line Danforth toward Montreal Riverdale Closed 1932 toward Montreal Sunnyside toward Suspension Bridge Niagara Falls – Toronto Local stops Terminus Parkdale toward North Bay North Bay – Toronto Parkdale toward Sarnia Sarnia – Toronto via Lucan Crossing Terminus Capreol – Toronto Don toward Capreol Toronto – Belleville via Peterboro Danforth toward Belleville Toronto – Port Hope via Peterboro Danforth toward Port Hope Preceding station Canadian Pacific Railway Following station Parkdale toward Detroit Detroit – Montreal Don toward Montreal Windsor Parkdale toward Sudbury Sudbury – Toronto Terminus Parkdale toward Owen Sound Owen Sound – Toronto Sunnyside toward Hamilton Hamilton – Toronto
Future services[2] Preceding station Ontario Northland Railway Following station Langstaff toward Timmins Northlander (reopening mid-2020s) Terminus
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Union Station (Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk) National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1975
Heritage Railway Station (Canada)
Designated	1989
Ontario Heritage Act
Official name	Union Station Heritage Conservation District
Designated	2006
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Union Station is a major railway station and intermodal transportation hub in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is located in downtown Toronto, on Front Street West, on the south side of the block bounded by Bay Street and York Street. The municipal government of Toronto owns the station building while the provincial transit agency Metrolinx owns the train shed and trackage. It is operated by the Toronto Terminals Railway, a joint venture of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway, which directs and controls train movement along the Union Station Rail Corridor, the largest and busiest rail corridor in Canada. Constructed in 1927, Union Station has been a National Historic Site of Canada since 1975,^[3][4] and a Heritage Railway Station since 1989.^[5]

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 Canada's busiest transportation facility and the second-busiest railway station in North America (behind New York Penn Station), serving over 72 million passengers each year. More than half of all Canadian inter-city passengers and 91 percent of Toronto commuter train passengers travel through Union Station.^[6][7]

Via Rail and Amtrak provide inter-city train services while GO Transit operates regional rail services. The station is also connected to the subway and streetcar system of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) at its adjacent namesake subway station. GO Transit's Union Station Bus Terminal, located in CIBC Square, is connected to Union Station by a 40-metre (130 ft) enclosed walkway above Bay Street. The Union Pearson Express, which provides train service to Toronto Pearson International Airport, has a platform a short walk west of the main station building, accessible by the SkyWalk.^[8]