Union Station

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Union Station is Toronto’s primary railway and transit hub, connecting regional and intercity trains with the city’s subway and streetcar network.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Union Station canonical 17
Union Station complex 1

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Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commuter rail station
intercity rail station
railway station
transportation hub
adjacentTo Fairmont Royal York Hotel
Scotiabank Arena
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
connectedTo PATH underground pedestrian network
TTC streetcar network
Toronto Transit Commission subway
linked to: Toronto subway

Union subway station
connectsTo Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport via shuttle and transit links
Toronto Pearson International Airport via UP Express
constructionStarted 1914
coordinates 43.6456°N 79.3807°W
country Canada
designationDate 1975 (National Historic Site)
hasFeature Great Hall
bus terminal connection
grand central hall
train shed
hasFunction intercity rail terminal
local transit interchange
regional rail terminal
hasOwnerHistory formerly owned by Canadian National Railway
formerly owned by Canadian Pacific Railway
hasUndergroundConcourse Bay Concourse
York Concourse
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada
Ontario Heritage Act designated property
isBusiestStationIn Canada by passenger volume
isPrimaryRailHubFor Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area
locatedIn Downtown Toronto
Ontario
Toronto
locatedOn Front Street West
material limestone
near Bay Street
York Street NERFINISHED
officialOpeningDate August 6, 1927
opened 1927
operatedBy Metrolinx
ownedBy City of Toronto
linked to: Toronto
passengerBuildingCompleted 1920
platformCount >20
previousStationOnSite earlier Union Station (Toronto) opened 1873
railServicesOperator Amtrak
GO Transit
UP Express
VIA Rail Canada
linked to: Via Rail
roofType train shed with glass atrium sections
servesLine GO Transit Barrie line
GO Transit Kitchener line
GO Transit Lakeshore East line
GO Transit Lakeshore West line
GO Transit Milton line
GO Transit Richmond Hill line
GO Transit Stouffville line
UP Express line
linked to: UP Express

Yonge–University subway line
servesService Amtrak Maple Leaf
VIA Rail Canadian
linked to: Via Rail

VIA Rail Corridor
linked to: Via Rail
tracksCount >25
underwentRenovation major revitalization project starting late 2000s

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scotiabank Arena publicTransitAccess Union Station
Harbourfront Centre hasNearbyTransit Union Station
UP Express at Union Station locatedIn Union Station
subject linked to: UP Express at Union station
UP Express terminusStation Union Station
Science City at Union Station occupiesPartOf Union Station complex
linked to: Union Station
St. Lawrence transportNearby Union Station
GO Transit Barrie line terminus Union Station
GO Transit Barrie line hasStation Union Station
GO Transit Milton line terminus Union Station
GO Transit Milton line primaryStation Union Station
GO Transit Milton line startPoint Union Station
Gold Line servesStation Union Station
Milton line hasStation Union Station
Barrie line primaryStation Union Station
UP Express terminus Union Station
subject linked to: UP Express rail link