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Before Metrolinx completed the Union Pearson Express there were no Pearson International Airport rail links. On February 7, 2017, the Greater Toronto Airport Authority released plans to develop a transit hub adjacent to the airport, which would add additional rail links.[1][2][3][4][5] The hub was referred to as a "western Union Station".

The plans were to complete the hub by 2027.[1][2][4]

The hub and its rail links would be placed where there is currently a large parking structure.

The Eglinton Crosstown light rail route changed, while its plans were being developed. Some early plans placed its western terminus at the airport. When approved, its western terminus was at Weston Road and Eglinton Avenue, approximately eight kilometers from the airport. After fatal flaws were revealed in newly elected mayor John Tory's SmartTrack surface subway's Eglinton leg, a second phase of the Crosstown was proposed extending it to less than two kilometers from the airport. The GTAA's plan calls for the Crosstown to be further extended back to the airport, after all.

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  1. ^ a b Oliver Moore (2017-02-07). "Toronto's Pearson airport unveils early concept for transit hub". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-02-08. But the biggest change would be making Pearson more accessible to transit. Advocates call for it to become a sort of Union Station for the western side of city – albeit one that would serve far fewer people than the station downtown.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b John Rieti (2017-02-07). "Toronto's Pearson International Airport unveils design for new transit hub: Mega-project would provide more connections with rail and bus lines". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-02-08. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) released new images of the multi-modal transit centre it wants to build across from Pearson's two main terminals by 2027.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "GTAA proposes major transit hub at Pearson airport". 680 News. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-02-08. The hub would connect regional and local transit lines — including the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Mississauga Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Finch West LRT and SmartTrack — as well as the UP Express and a high-speed rail line to Kitchener.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b Ashley Newport (2017-02-07). "Pearson Airport Set to Welcome Massive New Project". Insauga. The GTAA said it's moving forward with plans for a regional transit centre (think of Union Station) to better connect the Pearson Airport area to "key employment and residential areas throughout the Greater Golden Horseshoe." The proposed regional transit centre will also be home to airport passenger processing and security screening. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Stefan Novakovic (2017-02-07). "Transit Hub Signals Bold Reinvention of Toronto's Pearson Airport". Urban Toronto. Retrieved 2017-02-08. Situated immediately across from Terminal 3 on the east side of Airport Road at the terminus of Highway 409, the transit centre would replace the existing Alt Hotel, the long term and employee parking garage, and much of the surrounding surface parking. Integrating regional transit networks—and the UP Express—into a single hub, the so-called 'Union Station West' would make the airport and its surroundings a much more central part of the GTA.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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