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Union Station

railway station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Place railway_station Q511316
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Summary

Union Station is a railway station[1]. It ranks in the top 0.091% of railway station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,959 views/month, #17 of 18,574).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Toronto[3], Ontario[4]
  • Country: Canada[5]
  • Transport network: GO Transit rail services[6]
  • Instance of: elevated station[7], Metrolinx mobility hub[8], through station[9], union station[10]
  • Connecting line: Union Station Rail Corridor[11]
  • Owned by: Municipal government of Toronto[12], Metrolinx[13]
  • Operator: Toronto Terminals Railway[14]
  • Adjacent station: Oakville GO Station[15], Kennedy GO Station[16], Bloor GO Station[17], Washago railway station[18], Oriole GO Station[19], Danforth GO Station[20], Malton GO Station[21], Downsview Park GO Station[22], Kipling GO Station[23], Exhibition GO Station[24], Clarkson GO Station[25]
  • Postal code: M5J 1E6[26]
  • Part of: Union Station Heritage Conservation District[27]
  • Commons category: Union Station (Toronto)[28]
  • Inception: 1927[29]
  • Located on street: Front Street[30]
  • Interchange station: Union[31]
  • Official website: https://torontounion.ca/[32]
  • Connecting service: Maple Leaf[33], The Canadian[34], Lakeshore West line[35], Lakeshore East line[36], Milton line[37], Kitchener line[38], Barrie line[39], Richmond Hill line[40], Stouffville line[41], Union Pearson Express[42], Sarnia–Toronto train[43], Windsor–Toronto train[44]
  • Heritage designation: national historic site of Canada[45], Heritage Railway Station of Canada[46]
  • Date of official opening: August 6, 1927[47]
  • Different from: Toronto Union Station (1873)[48], Union Station Bus Terminal[49], Union Station airport train terminal[50], Union[51]
  • Hashtag: WhereTorontoisGoing[52]
  • Connects with: Union[53], Union Station Bus Terminal[54], Union Station airport train terminal[55]
  • Disabled accessibility: wheelchair accessible[56]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Union Station include Union[57], a metro station[58], in Canada[59], founded in 1954[60].

Why It Matters

Union Station has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

Entities named for it include Union[57], a metro station[58], in Canada[59], founded in 1954[60].

Related Entities

Canada Toronto

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . gotransit.com. gotransit.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . Ontario Heritage Act Register. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  44. [46] ↑ . Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Duffseb · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 22
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'n
    Official website → https://torontounion.ca/
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: https://torontounion.ca/"
  2. 6w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1927-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Owned by → —
    Image → Front of Union Station in Toronto, April 3 2026.jpg
    Located in → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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