Toronto Pearson Terminal 1 station

Terminal 1 station, or Pearson station, is a railway and people-mover station at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is the eastern terminus of the inter-terminal Link Train, and the western terminus of the Union Pearson Express.

Toronto Pearson Terminal 1
The Union Pearson Express platform at the station
Location	Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°40′59″N 79°36′49″W
Owned by	Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Operated by	GO Transit/GTAA
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	4 (2 UP Express, 2 Link)
Connections	Terminal 1
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Website	Pearson Station
History
Opened	July 6, 2006
Rebuilt	2015
Services
Preceding station Metrolinx Following station Terminus Union Pearson Express Weston toward Union Station Preceding station Link Train Following station Terminal 3 toward Viscount Link Train Terminus
Location
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Overview

Pearson station track and platform configuration

The station consists of two connected island platforms serving four tracks. The outermost pair of tracks runs the full length of the station and serves the Link Train on the southern platform, while the innermost pair terminates halfway along the station and serves the Union Pearson Express on the northern platform. Both platforms are climate-controlled, and access to trains is via platform screen doors.

History

Terminal 1 station opened in July 2006 as a terminus of the three-station Link train. The structure included support pillars allowing the station to be expanded to serve a future airport rail link to downtown Toronto.[1]

In July 2010, Metrolinx, Toronto's regional transport agency, announced it would create a mainline rail connection to Pearson Airport from Union Station. Construction began in spring 2012, and the line opened on June 6, 2015, in time for the 2015 Pan American Games.[2]

Link Train section of platform

Services

The Link Train operates every four minutes throughout most of the day, and every eight minutes between 7:30am and 11:30am, and between 11:30pm and 3:30am.[3] The full trip to Viscount station takes under four minutes.[1]

The Union Pearson Express operates every 15 minutes throughout the day, with a 25-minute travel time to Union Station in Downtown Toronto.[4]

Ticket vending machines for UP Express are found at the entrance from the airport. There is a cold beverage vending machine located at the end of the platform.

Connections

Several local transit systems provide bus service to Pearson at Terminal 1, which operate from the ground level of Terminal 1 (second curb, Column R4), two floors below the train station.

• Toronto Transit Commission (these buses make an additional stop at Terminal 3 after leaving Terminal 1)
  • Route 900 Airport Express to Kipling station (Line 2 Bloor–Danforth), and route 52A Lawrence West to Lawrence West and Lawrence stations (Line 1 Yonge–University) running during normal service periods
  • Route 952 Lawrence West Express to Lawrence West and Lawrence stations (Line 1 Yonge–University) running during rush hours service periods
  • Routes 300A, 332, and 352 provide overnight TTC service
• MiWay (Mississauga Transit) routes 7 (SB to Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal & NB to Westwood Mall) and 100 (Winston Churchill Station)
• Brampton Transit route 115 (Züm and Miway connections at Bramalea Terminal)
• GO Transit routes 34 (Finch, Sheppard–Yonge and Yorkdale stations on Line 1 Yonge–University, as well as GO Transit Yorkdale Bus Terminal) and 40 (York Region Transit connection at Richmond Hill Centre Terminal and Greyhound Canada, Coach Canada and Hamilton Street Railway connections at Hamilton GO Centre)

References

1. Kuitenbrower, Peter (2006-07-06). "It's a Bumpy ride from full stop to takeoff". National Post. Toronto. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
2. Ferguson, Rob (2011-12-19). "Construction to start in spring on airport rail link". Toronto Star. Toronto. Archived from the original on 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
3. "Link Train schedule". Retrieved 2014-12-01.
4. "Union Pearson Express: Information". Retrieved 2014-06-05.

External links

Media related to Toronto Pearson Terminal 1 Station at Wikimedia Commons

External video
"Station Focus - Pearson (UP Express, Terminal Link)" on YouTube, RMTransit, 2020
"All Toronto Pearson Airport LINK Train Station Tours" on YouTube, Transmania Ontario, 2020