Tall & Urban News

This Friday, 4 December 2020, after almost two decades in service, GO Transit's old Union Station Bus Terminal will be fenced off and closed to the public for good.

While it's certainly no architectural marvel, the open air terminal and heated waiting area with vending machines will be missed. The facility has, after all, become a familiar haunt for daily commuters since it opened in 2003, and will always underscore some beautiful memories.

Metrolinx is opening up a brand new, more-modern bus terminal at Union Station on Friday, Dec. 5, 2020 just south across the railpath from where its existing terminal lies.

What hasn't been as widely-reported on lately is what will happen to the old terminal. 

Located near the southeast corner of Front Street West and Bay Street, the existing Union Station Bus Terminal will see its last day of service on 4 December 2020 before it's blocked off "for decommissioning work," according to Metrolinx.

GO Transit customers will be rerouted to the agency's new, state-of-the-art bus hub located at the northeast corner of Bay Street and Lake Shore Boulevard.

The hub's new address will be 81 Bay Street—within the southern portion of the massive new CIBC Square development.

As for 141 Bay Street—the old Union Station Bus Terminal's address—it will become home to the (yet-to-be-built) northern tower of CIBC's multi-phased commercial development. 

The northern tower of CIBC Square is ancipated to be completed in 2024. 

The north tower will feature office space atop a glassy podium with retail space on the main, second, and fourth floors.

Once the old station is razed and the northern tower is built, the two CIBC Square buildings will be connected by an elevated urban park.

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