Did You Know?

The Union Station Rail Corridor runs from the Don River (in the east) to Strachan Ave. (in the west). The USRC:

• Is 4.8 km long
• Contains 40 km of track
• Is widest at the platforms (called the train shed), where there are 16 tracks
• Has 182 signals for the train engineers to follow
• Has 256 track switches that allow trains to change tracks as they move through the corridor

The Train Shed:

• Covers the central sections of the platforms that service Tracks 1 through 13
• Is 35,000 square metres in area
• Is one of only two remaining "Bush Train Sheds," named after the design patent holder Alexander Lincoln Bush
• Provides weather protection for passengers on the platforms while still allowing exhaust to vent