About Bicycle Stations

Bicycle stations are secure, indoor parking facilities for bikes. 
Bicycle stations provide safe, long-term parking to protect your bicycle against theft, vandalism and bad weather. Only people who register to use a bicycle station can access this parking. Bicycle stations are  protected with 24 hour video surveillance.

Bicycle Station Common Questions and Answers (FAQs)

How they Work

It takes three simple steps to register for a Bicycle Station Parking Plan:

1. Print the registration form (PDF)
2. Fill out the information
3. Bring the form to the station

Once you've filled out your application:
You will need to go to the Bicycle Station during operating hours to complete your registration, pay your fees and pick up your Bicycle Station Key Fob. Be prepared to show photo ID.

Online registration coming soon.

Membership benefits
Whether you ride your bicycle to public transportation, to work, or you simply need a safe place to park your bicycle during the day, a Toronto Bicycle Station has something for you:

• Key card access lets you securely access your bicycle 24 hours 7 days a week at your convenience.
• Most stations are close  to TTC or GO Transit to make your commute more convenient.
• Membership with the bicycle station is reasonably priced and includes a 10% discount at participating bike shops in Toronto.
• New members receive a free Bicycle Station t-shirt, a free City of Toronto bike map, Dandyhorse Magazine, and Momentum Magazine.

Register

To register, please fill out the following form and bring it to the Bicycle Station at Union Station along with payment and ID.

• Bicycle Station registration form (PDF)

Online registration coming soon.

Fees

The registration fee is a one time fee. This gives you a lifetime membership to Toronto Bicycle Stations across Toronto (Pay and Park gives you access to a staffed Bicycle station for one day during operating hours only - no registration fee required. The Pay and Park fee must be paid in cash at the station. Not all Bicycle Stations are staffed.  Please check the station you would like to use before planning a one-day Pay and Park)

Rules and Terms of Use

• Customers will park their own bicycles and use personal bicycle locks to secure them to the bicycle station racks.
• Customers must display a bicycle station number tag on the back of their bicycles when parked at the station.
• 48 Hour Rule: Bicycles may not be left for longer than forty-eight consecutive hours. This DOES NOT include weekends and holidays, so you may park and leave your bicycle over the weekend.
• All bicycle station customers must agree to the Bicycle Station Terms of use (PDF) before parking at a Bicycle Station.

Waiting list

• Parking Plans at the Toronto Bicycle Station are offered on a first come-first served basis. A waiting list will be maintained once the maximum number of parking plans has been purchased.
• In order to maintain your parking spot, you must renew your membership on or before the date your parking plan expires.

Renewals

• Customers will have the option to renew their parking plans. A renewal notice will be sent to customers by e-mail before the parking plan expiry date.
• Please renew your parking plan on or before the date your parking plan expires in order to maintain your parking spot.

Staff hours

Union Station Staffed hours are:
Tuesday- Thursday: 8 am - 11 am
Station is closed December 27th and 28th

The Station is accessible to parking plan members 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Staff services such as registration and renewal are available during staffed hours.

Locations

Union Station Bicycle Station
The Toronto Union Station Bicycle Station is on the East side of York St.just north of 25 York St.at Bremner Blvd.

Toronto's Union Station is the busiest passenger transportation facility in Canada, serving approximately quarter of a million passengers each day.  Trains are operated by GO Transit, Via Rail, Amtrak and Ontario Northland. The station is connected to Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway, and surface routes.  GO Transit's Union Station Bus Terminal, is located across Bay Street from the station building.

Future Locations

• Victoria Park Bicycle Station
  Located at the main entrance to Victoria Park Subway Station, the Victoria Park, bicycle station will offer secure, 24-hour bicycle parking to customers who purchase a parking plan. The facility has 56 secure bicycle parking spaces available on two-tier racks.  The facility is expected to open in fall 2011.

• City Hall Bicycle Station
  The re-vitalization of  Nathan Philips Square includes plans to include bike parking facilities.

Contact information

Toronto Union Station Bicycle Station
20 York Street
Toronto, ON  M5J 1E6
Phone: 416-389-0365
Fax: 416-338-3664
E-mail: bicyclestation@toronto.ca

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