Front St. between Bay St. & York St.
There are many widely available facts about Union Station. Such as when it opened and who was there when it did. The Prince of Wales was on site for the opening ceremony of Union station in 1927. But he was also the first person to buy a ticket there, which at the time cost him $71.20, with a current value of $1100 today.
The 22 columns across the front of the station are built out of limestone and were placed in one piece. each column weighs, individually 75 tons!
The current Union station is the third to service downtown Toronto. the first was outdated, the second burned in the great toronto fire of 1904, and the third, when constructed also contained the first underground pathway system in Toronto. Spanning between Union Station and The Royal York Hotel.
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