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 Terminal Link, and the western terminus of the Union Pearson Express.

Toronto Pearson Terminal 1
The Union Pearson Express platform at the station
General information
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
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: PA
Website	Pearson Station
History
Opened	Terminal Link: July 6, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-07-06) Union Pearson Express June 6, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-06-06)
Rebuilt	Terminal Link: 2015
Services
Preceding station Metrolinx Following station Terminus Union Pearson Express Weston toward Union Station Preceding station Terminal Link Following station Terminal 3 toward Viscount Terminal Link Terminus
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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 Terminal Link 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 (now known as the Terminal Link). 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 of the spur began in June 2012 at a budget of C$128.6 million.^[2] By June 2013 the bulk of the structure including caissons, columns and girders were complete and the first beam of the new station was poured.^[3] The station shell was completed by December 2013.

The line opened on June 6, 2015, in time for the 2015 Pan American Games.^[4]

Terminal Link section of platform

Services

The Terminal Link 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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) route 7 (SB to Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal & NB to Westwood Mall)
• Brampton Transit route 115 (to Bramalea Terminal)
• GO Transit
  • Route 94 (Sheppard–Yonge and Yorkdale stations on Line 1 Yonge–University, as well as GO Transit Yorkdale Bus Terminal, Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal, Square One Bus Terminal and Pickering GO Station on Lakeshore East line and Durham Region Transit connection at Pickering GO Station)
  • Route 40 (Highway 407 station on Line 1 Yonge–University, York Region Transit connection at Highway 407 station and Richmond Hill Centre Terminal and Hamilton Street Railway connections at Hamilton GO Centre)