Union Station
Media room
Media contact
Nancy Kuyumcu, nkuyumc@toronto.ca, or (416) 397-4221
City of Toronto Newsroom
News releases, advisories and fact sheets
- June 11, 2013 - NEWS RELEASE: Public invited to provide input for Toronto's Walks and Gardens art competition
- October 12, 2012 - NEWS ADVISORY: Major works continue on Union Station's revitalization - City pours first slabs for York concourse
- October 12, 2012 - BACKGROUNDER: Update on Union Station's revitalization
- May 24, 2012 - NEWS RELEASE: New VIA Rail Panorama Lounge - First Major Milestone in Union Station Revitalization
- May 24, 2012 - BACKGROUNDER: VIA Panorama Lounge
- June 13, 2011 - NEWS ADVISORY: Major excavation and structural changes underway at Union Station
- June 13, 2011 - FACT SHEET: The "Dig Down"
- June 4, 2010 - NEWS RELEASE: Canada, Ontario and Toronto launch job-creating revitalization
- June 4, 2010 - BACKGROUNDER: Revitalizing Union Station in Toronto
- Dec. 1, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE: Head Lessee, Construction Manager and Metrolinx on board for Union Station Revitalization
The Dig Down
Photos courtesy of Vahagn Stepanian, NORR Limited
First concrete slabs for York concourse
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Heritage washrooms (VIA departures concourse)
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Artist renderings
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Artist renderings courtesy of NORR Architects
Media coverage
Back to top"Union Station renovations are on track with the Panorama Lounge"
Toronto Star, Editorials, May 25, 2012"Construction crews re-engineer concrete posts at Toronto Union Station"
September 30, 2011, Peter Kenter, Daily Commercial News"Digging Down 100 Years"
Issue 2, 2011, Margaret Anne Fehr, Piling Canada"'Big dig' transforming Union Station"
June 14, 2011, Tess Kalinowski, Toronto Star"'Dig down' looks to expand Union Station"
June 14, 2011, Natalie Alcoba, Natonal Post"Union Station makeover hailed as unprecedented, amazing and complex—or, simply, a 'big dig'"
June 14, 2011, author, Toronto Life"Makeover full speed ahead"
June 14, 2011, Jenny Yuen, Toronto Sun"Union Station's Root Canal"
June 14, 2011, Steve Kupferman, Torontoist"Union Station growing downwards"
June 13, 2011, Josh O'Kane, Globe and Mail"Snapshot: Union Station dig down"
June 13, 2011, Rob Duffy, The Grid"Plans will bring Union Station into the 21st C"
Summer 2011, The Land Economist"Transforming Union Station"
June 2011, Rick McGinnis, t.o.nightTop 100 Canada's Biggest Infrastructure Projects
December 2010, ReNew Canada magazine