Union Station in Toronto was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by Ross and Macdonald of Montreal, with the CPR architect Hugh Jones and John M. Lyle also credited, and A. R. Ketterson designing the train shed. A joint venture of the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific railways built it through the Toronto Terminals Railway. The infobox gives opening as August 6, 1927, while the text says construction ran from 1914 to 1920.
The facade uses Indiana and Queenston limestone, with Bedford limestone columns, Guastavino tile vaulting and Tennessee marble floors. The building is 752 feet (229 m) long, with 22 Tuscan columns about 40 feet (12 m) high. The Great Hall is 250 feet (76 m) long and 88 feet (27 m) high.
It became a National Historic Site in 1975. The city bought it in 2000. Via Rail operates from the Great Hall, and GO concourses opened in 2015 and 2021.
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