VISITOR INFORMATION
Schedule / hours: 2017: The GO Transit trains ride daily from early in the morning to lat at night.
Admission price: 2017: An adult day pass for Union-Pickering-Union costs around $12.50. It is half-price for children 6-12 years old and FREE for one child 5 years and under for each paying adult. (There’s a fare calculator on their website.)
Address: Union Station is at 65 Front Street, between Bay and York Streets.
TorontoPhone: 416-869-3200
Website: www.gotransit.com/public/en/fares/Nearby restaurants: • Near Union Station, we really like going to the March? Restaurant across from the station (on the eastern side of Brookfield Place, closer to the Yonge entrance). • You’ll find a food court in Pickering Town Centre by the Pickering stop.
While you are there: • Another reason to stop at Pickering: the new Pickering Pedestrian Bridge running over the 401 (should be ready by Spring 2012). It links the Pickering GO station to the Pickering Town Centre.
Age group: 4 - 12 years old
Attraction suitable for:
Preschoolers
School
Preteen
1, 2, 3… GO!
For children fascinated by anything on wheels, the GO train offers the ultimate experience of a real train journey, for a fraction of the cost of a regular train ride. Union Station, on Front Street, was a great starting point for a child's first ride on the GO train. Green and white signs led us to the ticket office. We got lucky, they gave my son a few gadgets to celebrate his initiation. (Ask if they have some when you show up!) Suburban and intercity trains were next to one another so we got to see imposing locomotives from up close. We sat on the GO train's second level and by a window facing south, to get a better view of Lake Ontario (we chose to go to Pickering, a 40-minute ride). Seats were very comfortable and each car was equipped with restrooms.
