Union (TTC)

Union is an underground metro and tram station in Toronto. It lies on the Yonge- University - Spadina line of the Toronto Subway, at the intersection of Front Street and Bay Street. Just south of that is the Union Station. The station is used daily by an average of 102 160 passengers (2009 /10).

Station

In the vicinity are the Fairmont Royal York, the Air Canada Centre, Rogers Centre, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, CN Tower, Royal Bank Plaza, the Brookfield Place and the Hockey Hall of Fame. It offers connecting flights to the suburban trains of GO Transit to the long-distance trains of VIA Rail, Ontario Northland and Amtrak, as well as to three bus lines. In addition, Union, one in five stations that are connected to the PATH tunnel system.

The station of the subway has a central platform. The tunnel runs in this area in west-east direction. Shortly after the two ends he turns from each station to the north in the Yonge Street and University Avenue in, so that there is a U-shaped route. The station of the tramway consists of a turning loop with side platform and is the terminus of the tram lines 509 and 510 was followed by a several hundred meter long underground tram line connects the leads close to the shore of Lake Ontario.

History

After the construction work had begun in 1949, on 30 March 1954, the opening of the station, along with the portion Union - Eglinton Yonge Subway, the first subway on Canadian soil. The Toronto Transit Commission projected a overloading of the section south of Bloor- Yonge, once the running in the east-west direction Bloor- Danforth line would be in operation. They therefore planned a relief route in the city center, which follows in Union and parallel to the existing route leads northward. After more than three years of construction was put into operation on 28 February 1963, the University subway to St. George. Its full market value reached this section, however, only three years later with the opening of the Bloor- Danforth Line crossing. The occupancy rate was lower than originally forecast in the initial years. For this reason, applied numerous coming from Yonge Street fro trains already in Union (especially on weekends ); the operation on the entire route at any time by going only since 1978.

Although the survival of the tram was secured since 1972, but the funds flowed in the following years. In the renewal of the existing railway network and in the modernization of the fleet To revitalize the Harbourfront on the lakeshore in the 1980s, the construction of a partially underground tram line running from Union Station out was planned. It was opened on 22 June 1990 and ran with it in Toronto, the renaissance of a tram.

The increasing importance of Union transport hub led with time to an overload of the narrow middle platform. For this reason, an extension of the station is provided. For trains in the direction of Yonge Street, an additional platform is built, will serve as the only existing trains in the direction of University Avenue. 2006 began preparatory work, which mainly included the laying of cables. The main work was put out to tender in April 2010, construction began in February 2011.