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Passengers boarding the Union Pearson Express at Union Station

UP Express platform at Union Station. Train departs in three minutes. · Wikimedia Commons · source

Union · Union Station, Toronto

Union Pearson Express, twenty-eight minutes

Pearson Airport to Downtown Toronto in 28 minutes.

UP Express official site

The Union Pearson Express is Metrolinx’s airport rail link: Union Station to Toronto Pearson, with brief stops at Bloor, Weston, and Mount Dennis. The official clock is 28 minutes. The trains are Nippon Sharyo DMUs. Service began in June 2015.

The downtown platform sits off the SkyWalk, a fare-paid zone with flight boards and sliding doors. The photograph is that platform — not a logo, not a map icon.

A Saturday ticket on a statement. The ride is how the city shrinks without the argument of the 401.