A bigger and better Union Station isn’t expected to be complete until 2017, but Canada’s biggest commuter hub is already changing in noticeable ways.
CTV Toronto’s Zuraidah Alman checked out the renovation project’s progress so far. Here are some images from the tour.
A broad plaza is now evident between the station and the Royal York Hotel. Like a public square, the space will host events. Front Street will be reduced to two lanes but there will be areas to drop off and pick up passengers.
There are now two TTC platforms instead of one, vastly increasing the amount of space for Line 1 subway passengers.
More than 160 panels of public art are being installed.
The decades-old train shed where GO Transit passengers board and alight has a new glass atrium rising 13 metres above the tracks.
