Toronto Union Station
| Toronto Union Station | |
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 Lieu patrimonial du Canada |
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| Recognized since | June 9, 1975 |
| Type | National Historic Site |
| ID | 6299 |
| place | Toronto |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 38 '42.9 " N , 79 ° 22' 50" W |
| Recognized by | Canadian Federal Government |
| Approved by | Historic Sites and Monuments Act |
| Entry Canadian List of Monuments | |
The Union Station is the main train station and also the main hub of public transport of Toronto . The station was opened on August 6, 1927 by Prince Edward of Wales , later King Edward VIII of England, and renovated in the 1970s. The current station building replaces a building from 1858. The client was the Canadian National Railway . A neoclassical colonnade forms the main entrance .
location
Union Station is connected to the city's underground pedestrian system by PATH . A skywalk connects the station building with the CN Tower , the Rogers Center and the Metro Toronto Convention Center . An extensive renovation of today's main station is planned for the years 2009 to 2014. [outdated]
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The station is located south of the city on Front Street , between Bay Street and York Street in the Financial District . While the city of Toronto owns the station building, the concourse, platforms and track systems are owned by GO Transit , the operator of the rapid transit network in the greater Toronto area. With up to 200,000 passengers daily and around 35 million annually, Union Station is one of the busiest transport facilities in Canada.
meaning
Union Station is an important junction in the so-called corridor , which extends eastward from Windsor and Sarnia to Ottawa , Montreal and Québec . Intercity trains operated by VIA Rail , Amtrak and Ontario Northland run through the station . In 1975 the station was declared a National Historic Site .
Union Station is under Front Street in front of the train station on the Toronto Subway's Yonge University Line . It is also the underground terminus of two Toronto tram lines .
Monument protection
The complex was on June 9 in 1975 under the name Union Station (Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk) National Historic Site to the National Historic Site of Canada explained.
Web links
- Union Station ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
- Extensive information on Union Station in Toronto (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ About Union Station. (No longer available online.) GO Transit , archived from the original on November 2, 2014 ; accessed on November 1, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance: Ontario. Parks Canada , accessed July 10, 2010 .
- ^ Union Station National Historic Site of Canada. In: Canadian Register of Historic Places. Accessed November 1, 2014 .
