The first station to be named Union Station in Toronto was built in 1855 by Grand Trunk Railway at Front and Bay Streets, to the west of the current station. Jump to: navigation, search {{Hide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Unhide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|center|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada location. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Grand Trunk Railway logo or herald The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) was a historic railway system headquartered in Montreal, Quebec which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. ...

Torn down and re-built, the second Union Station was started in 1872 on Front Street between ork and Simcoe Streets; it was completed by 1895. Built by E. P. Hannaford, Chief Engineer of the Grand Trunk and modeled after Illnois Central Station in Chicago. It had three towers with one clock tower. A domed train shed sheltered passengers boarding the trains. Jump to: navigation, search 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Capacity at the station was overwelming and lead to the need for a replacement. A new station was planed in 1913, but it was not until the 1930s did a new Union Station came into use. Jump to: navigation, search 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Once the new station was completed, the old terminal was torn down (1931). The train sheds came down in 1927-1928. Jump to: navigation, search 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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• Toronto's Union Station - Old Union Station