Union Station Infrastructure Renewal Program

Province: Ontario

City/Region: Toronto

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Project Type: Rail

Industry Sector: Transit

Project Amount: $700 million

Date of Completion: 2021

Funding Source: Public

Provincial Funding: $700 million

Road or Transit Length (KM): 6.4

Previous Rankings

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202067
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201867
201763
201665
201567
201465

About The Project

The Union Station rail corridor is the 6.4-kilometer hub of Toronto’s transit network and consists of a complex arrangement of approach tracks, passenger platforms, and four interlockings at Cherry, Scott, John, and Bathurst streets. The corridor supports GO Transit commuter trains, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National, VIA, and ON Rail operations. It has 14 station tracks with platform access and more than 180 signals, 250 switch machines, 40 kilometers of circuited track, and all associated infrastructure, dating back to the late 1920s. This will be replaced with state-of-the-art computer-based interlockings and LED signaling technology.

The scope of work has included track additions and upgrading, replacement of all special trackwork in the multi-track rail corridor extending four miles east and west of the station, and replacement of the 90-year old signaling system with new state-of-the-art signals, communications, power supply, CCTV, and SCADA systems.

The program will wrap up in 2020.

Project Owner: Metrolinx

Project/Construction Manager: A JV with Hatch (lead), Parsons>>, and IBI Group

Other Key Players: Entro (signage and wayfinding consultant); Morrison Hershfield (track/signals eng. for conceptual work); WSP (geotechnical consultant, design services); Aon (risk advisor/broker for member of preferred proponent); Hatch (signals specialist); Golder; Rider Levett Bucknall; Deloitte; Comtech (consulting services)

Legal: Torys (owner)

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