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Union Station is the major inter-city rail station and a major commuter rail hub in Toronto. The station is located on Front Street West and occupies the south side of the block bounded by Bay Street and York Street in the central business district. The station building is owned by the City of Toronto, while the trainshed and trackage east and west of the station is owned by the commuter rail operator GO Transit. Serving 200,000 passengers a day, it is the busiest passenger transportation facility in Canada. Union Station's station code is TWO.

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  • Union Station (Toronto)
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  • Union Station is the major inter-city rail station and a major commuter rail hub in Toronto. The station is located on Front Street West and occupies the south side of the block bounded by Bay Street and York Street in the central business district. The station building is owned by the City of Toronto, while the trainshed and trackage east and west of the station is owned by the commuter rail operator GO Transit. Serving 200,000 passengers a day, it is the busiest passenger transportation facility in Canada. Union Station's station code is TWO.
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Levels
  • 1(xsd:integer)
Platform
  • Below-grade
baggage check
  • yes
Other
Name
  • Union Station
Type
Line
  • Corridor (VIA), Canadian, Maple Leaf, Northlander
Structure
  • At-grade
Address
  • 65(xsd:integer)
  • Toronto, ON
Image caption
  • The main entrance to Union Station.
bicycle
  • Permitted on all GO Transit commuter trains during non-peak hours outside of 6:30-9:30 a.m and 3:30-6:30 p.m. Bike racks available. No bike storage facilities.
ADA
  • yes
Image size
  • 250(xsd:integer)
parking
  • None
Code
  • TWO
owned
rebuilt
  • 1970.0
pass year
  • 2004(xsd:integer)
Tracks
  • 14(xsd:integer)
Style
  • Via Rail
Opened
  • 1927(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • Union Station is the major inter-city rail station and a major commuter rail hub in Toronto. The station is located on Front Street West and occupies the south side of the block bounded by Bay Street and York Street in the central business district. The station building is owned by the City of Toronto, while the trainshed and trackage east and west of the station is owned by the commuter rail operator GO Transit. Serving 200,000 passengers a day, it is the busiest passenger transportation facility in Canada. Union Station is at the centre of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, the busiest inter-city rail service area in the nation (marketed as the Corridor), which extends from Windsor and Sarnia in the west to Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City in the east. Inter-city trains at Union Station are operated by VIA Rail, Amtrak and Ontario Northland, while commuter rail services are operated by GO Transit. The station is also connected to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway system. Union Station is the busiest VIA Rail station in Canada. The station saw 2.34 million VIA Rail boardings in 2004, more than half of all VIA passengers carried that year. Additionally, Union Station is the central terminal for GO Transit, handling approximately 41 million GO Transit commuter rail passengers and 20 million TTC subway passengers in 2004. Union Station's station code is TWO.
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