Union Station Artwork Nears End of Installation
UrbanTTC subway closures are an inconvenience that are marginally disruptive at best, but an occasional necessity to allow for state-of-good-repair work or improvements to the system. This weekend's...
View ArticleUnion Station York GO Concourse Opening on Monday
UrbanThough Union Station continues to be swarmed by construction crews, the new York Concourse is ready for its closeup on Monday, when the facility will open to the public. The new facility means a...
View ArticleUnion Station Revitalization Continues at Bay and Front
Almost exactly six years since the start of Toronto's Union Station revitalization, work continues on several remaining elements of the highly complex project. Since our last update on the project in...
View ArticleOntario Advances High-Speed Rail Between Toronto and Windsor
High-speed trains could be barrelling between Toronto and Southwestern Ontario within the next 10 years, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced today in London and Kitchener.Ontario's Deputy Premier Deb...
View ArticleToronto Receives Over $30 Million in PTIF Transit Funding
Today the Federal Government announced that it has approved $30,549,000 in PTIF funding (Public Transit Infrastructure Fund) for projects within the City of Toronto. PTIF was created by the Federal...
View ArticleSmartTrack Advances to the Next Stage, But...
offIn a public announcement on May 27, 2014, Toronto mayoralty candidate John Tory unveiled his "SmartTrack" plan for a “surface subway” to run on GO Transit rail corridors. The future mayor claimed...
View ArticleBits and Pieces: Photos from the Union Station Reconstruction
offBit by bit, the reconstruction of Union Station is coming together… it's just that no-one knows just when all parts will be complete.There is no larger retrofit going on in Toronto than Union. Under...
View ArticleUnion Station: Big Changes Are Coming
offBig changes are coming to Union Station. In a short interview after Metrolinx’s December 7 board meeting, Phil Verster said that the station’s platforms will need to be substantially rebuilt to...
View ArticleWaterfront Transit Reset Team Reviews Link to Union Station
offA light rail transit (LRT) line to Toronto's eastern waterfront is very much in the news these days. The proposed line has become key to a proposal by Google sister-company Sidewalk Labs for...
View ArticleNew Spaces Take Shape as Union Station Prepared for Openings
offNine years into construction and commuter confusion at Union Station, the Downtown Toronto transit hub's revitalization has been overshadowed by missed deadlines, contractor woes, and a swelling...
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