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| - Union is the mother of all train stations in Toronto. While we also have a TTC subway station by the same name, Union station (the actual building) is primarily a train and transportation hub which connects many levels of ground transportation all in one place that's between York and Bay on the south side of Front Street West.
Union is also of great importance when it comes to venue connectivity as it's connected to the PATH for pedestrian use as well as having a walkway towards the Rogers Centre, Toronto Convention Centre, CN Tower and Ripley's Aquarium, Union-Pearson Express station on the west side as well as having pedestrian access to the north sides entrance of the Air Canada Centre (to be renamed to Scotiabank Arena in the summer of 2018).
The underground PATH connectivity from Union includes 25 York Street (Telus House) and the ACC to the south, the Fairmont Royal York and the TTC Union Station subway to the north and the UP express to the west.
For municipal transit, the TTC besides having the Union Station subway also have 2 dedicated street cars that connect to Union. The 510 Spadina originates inside Spadina station and travels south along Spadina to Queens Quay and turns east towards the Queens Quay streetcar station on Lower Bay before getting to Union. The 509 streetcar (Harbourfront) originates at the CNE (Exhibition Loop) west of the Prince's Gates at Strachan and travels east along Fleet Street to Bathurst before turning south on Bathurst and then turning east again along Queens Quay West and also stopping at the QQ/Ferry station before stopping at Union.
As far as commuter trains and buses go the Union serves GO Transit (Government of Ontario) for both a bus transportation hub as well as the main train hub for regional GO train service. GO train lines consist of 7 main lines including Lakeshore West which terminates at Hamilton for regular service and Niagara Falls for seasonal service, Milton, Kitchener, Barrie, Richmond Hill (terminates in Gormley), Stouffville (terminates in Lincolnville) and Lakeshore East (terminates in Oshawa).
The Union-Pearson Express (also known as UPX) is a dedicated shuttle train that runs between Toronto Pearson International airport to Union Station along most track of what already existed as the Kitchener line with stops at Weston and Bloor (near TTC Dundas West Station) as well. The UPX recently underwent a complete fare restructuring from the original 27 dollar one way cash fare (19 on Presto) to what is now only about 1/3 on the Presto from Pearson to Union (3 stop trip) with lower costing fares for either 1 or 2 stop fares between. The service runs every 15 minutes.
For connections to Billy Bishop Toronto Island Airport, Porter Airlines offers a complimentary shuttle from the main entrance of the airport (bottom of Bathurst) which travels along Front and turns left at York St at the south west corner of the Fairmont Royal York hotel. Alternatively the 509 crosses Bathurst at Fleet Street which is a short walk to the bottom of Bathurst but would be inconvenient if you had a lot of luggage. The Porter shuttle which is like any car rental shuttle has limited luggage space in the middle of the bus by the back doors.
National train service is provided by VIA with Toronto routes as far south as Windsor to Quebec along the ON-QC corridor. For the Rockies and Pacific there's another line that traverses west towards Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper, Kamloops and Vancouver. Connections to the US are done with connections with Amtrak.
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