4K - Morning Rush Hour Trains at Toronto Union Station - GO, VIA, UP Express & Amtrak Trains

Presented in 4K UHD! In June and July of 2017, I made a 3 week visit to Toronto, Ontario in Canada. In this video, we take a look at the busy and ever flowing morning rush hour at the base of Toronto Union Station. I was at the Western Approach, and this location is very popular for getting the large number of deadhead trains going to and from the GO and VIA rail maintenance facilities in nearby Mimico and Willowbrook. I stayed positioned next to all of the rail activity on the SkyWalk at the base of the CN Tower and Ripley's Aquarium, across the tracks from Union Station. The largest rail hub in Canada, is Toronto Union Station.
Constantly flowing GO, Via Rail, and Union Pearson (UP) Express trains are seen passing by on the busy Union rail corridor. Just on after another, the trains keep coming as they shuttle commuters into the city for a busy day at work. Just count the number of trains and meets, mesmerizing! Amtrak's Maple Leaf also makes an appearance departing Toronto around 8 am, heading to New York City. Nice always to see Amtrak power here in Canada!!
The central location in Canada's busiest rail corridor, as well as being the central hub of GO Transit's commuter rail trains, makes Union Station the busiest transportation facility in Canada, serving over 250,000 passengers a day. Serving over 250,000 people a day, means there's a ton of train traffic throughout the day, especially during the rush hour peak times!
Stay tuned all month for even more videos from the Toronto area!
Thanks for watching! Enjoy!
Video and Content © 2017 MichaelLovesTrains
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[@MrBnsftrain]

18:59 nice catch of two combined trains! 19:55 wow! nice to see a whole GO train in the new livery! 25:28 nice catch of two trains "racing" each other!

[@wilfstor3078]

Via combines trains all the time. The front goes to Montreal. The back goes to Ottawa. They split in Brockville.

[@yorkregionalrailz1899]

@@wilfstor3078 Its called J-Trains

[@beentheredonethat8280]

72 million people use Toronto Union each year - second only to NYC Penn Station in North America. Google it if you don’t believe me. 🙂

[@cmac9029]

Virtual Railfan sooooo needs a camera here

[@darkhoodx6487]

He really does

[@yorkregionalrailz1899]

Also at Goreway and Georges Trains

[@tannerrobinson5110]

I have to say that those older cars still look really clean even though they have faded quite a bit. Any your engines don't seem to spew soot everywhere and all over your bi-levels like my local service (Minnesota NorthStar Rail) does.

[@Neville60001]

Tanner, your rail service needs to electrify itself, just like GO Transit has to.

[@FishplateFilms]

Nice video Michael! Brings back fond memories of my visit to the US and Canada. I started my trip in Toronto , spent 4 days there, lovely city, and then got the Canadian to Jasper...probably the best train trip I've ever done and coming back to do it again soon! I also spent 4 days in San Diego to see the La Messa model railroad club layouts. Cheers Gregg.

[@Michaellovestrains]

Thanks Gregg. Sounds like an amazing trip, the Canadian is certainly something on my bucket list to do.

[@FishplateFilms]

It sure was, you have to do it! Gregg.

[@Balerio2357]

Great video , nice catching morning rush hour traffic. I've been a fan of Go Transit for a while even though I've never been to the Ontario area. Great stuff! - Balerio

[@themart911]

Squirrel! 20:08

[@Buynot]

Dang! 12 car commuter trains?! Toronto must be a busy place.

[@LinxFox]

@phillyslasher We have all day service, on my line (Lakeshore West) there are a min of two trains every hour in both directions all day long. This is a region of nearly 7 million people and even all those 12 car rush hour trains is not enough standing room only often.

[@nazmulhossain9824]

A great beautiful country Canada railway service excellent.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Hahahahahahahhahaha, rail service is excellent in Toronto, the rest of Canada not so much.

[@DarrylErickson]

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography glad to live in Toronto then

[@christophercddelrosariocoish]

Michael, those Bi-level cars are made from Bombardier in Thunder Bay, NW Ontario

[@Michaellovestrains]

Yep!

[@Neville60001]

@@Michaellovestrains, they _used_ to be made by Bombardier; that company's now Alstom.

[@darkhoodx6487]

25:28 this is missing something. I got it Initial d music

[@jakeeves2149]

some very nice catches i have yet to see the amtrak maple leaf and the up express maybe on my next toronto visit i might catch them

[@timosha21]

Choo choo! I'm a train and I approve this video and would like to wish you a happy new year choo choo!!!!

[@uzmaasrar3157]

The CN Tower Is In 0:00 To 0:09

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

so many old cab cars in the middle of the go train consists note the bell

[@sc0tte1-416]

I noticed that too. I wonder if they convert them/gut the controls out. Next time I'm on one I'm gonna have to walk the length of the train to see.

[@tornadicstorm6624]

Some of those old cab cars are being put back into service actually, 200-214.

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

@@tornadicstorm6624 lol, it’s been 4 years since I made this post

[@tornadicstorm6624]

@@trainlover123trainsrock Oh I know.

[@Neville60001]

7:25-I'll sure be glad when Amtrak can have the Maple Leaf be using the new Siemens locos and passenger cars instead of what it's using for the Maple Leaf route now.

[@ontariorail1251]

Via rail is pretty much a Canadian Amtrak

[@TrainGeek]

Love GO trains! Great video.

[@uzmaasrar3157]

1st Train Leaves In 1:15

[@ontariorail1251]

The garrison crossing bridge now is also a good spot

[@michaelglass4701]

Loooooove your video.

[@Michaellovestrains]

Thank you!

[@hobbiepilot29296]

Wait. Amtrak trains r mostly found in US. Huh, didn't know they come 2 Canada as well.

[@cmac9029]

Airfan Fighter Pilot they have a few that come up here. The one to Toronto comes through Niagara and is called the Maple Leaf

[@OntarioRailfan992]

It run from Toronto to Buffalo

[@StealthGamerWolf]

Its called VIA

[@cmac9029]

Gaming4Life YT No, it’s called Amtrak’s Maple Leaf. Amtrak and Via are completely separate

[@LinxFox]

@@cmac9029 With the exception of the paintjob and marking, in all other ways the Maple leaf in Canada is a via train. VIA Crew, VIA Napkins, VIA callsign on the radio. The train changes crew at the border.

[@briansokoloski776]

Wondering are the horns and bell remotely controlled on the former GO cab cars or disconnected completely

[@Alexbenjamin0627]

0:42 8:23 old cab car

[@BorisLu]

Nice video!

[@Michaellovestrains]

Thanks!

[@nanabui8584]

Cool train ,

[@Ferrocarril_Chicago]

On Go Transit, do locomotives face inbound or outbound?

[@therailfan5412]

Metra MP36 407 it depends because trains run both East and West of Union. The engines face east/south so if you're where he was, inbound. If your East of Union station, outbound

[@uzmaasrar3157]

The Same Train Returns In 1:46

[@jmream2618]

@ 4:00 one of the go transit coaches has wrapping on it

[@AmtrakandAWVRFan]

Ttrucker The blue one is wrapped.

[@therailfan5412]

Yes the UPX ad

[@waynestruckshorts]

Nice train

[@uzmaasrar3157]

Theres 2 Trains In 0:49

[@johnb58]

Is there a real need for those GO trains to be so long?

[@therailfan5412]

john b yes to fit all of those passengers. 250K

[@krypto_9872]

Yeah, they are usually full at rush hour. Each carry 4000 passengers

[@cmac9029]

Ride a Barrie line train. There’s your answer.

[@LinxFox]

They are not long enough, during evening rush hour they are often packed and standing room only in every car.

[@marekherubin9210]

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[@karokasradiaries4783]

Was 561 on the Barrie line?

[@superbaddy4]

I wish those cab cars like the one at 0:34 had never been decommissioned...

[@ScreamXSurvival]

Superbaddy4 yeah miss those.

[@railfandepotproductions]

I heard GO has been reusing em recently

[@superbaddy4]

Yeah, we've known of it now for 2 years. Five of them have already been completed.

[@realcubeguide]

how many trains go through toronto union station everyday

[@OntarioRailfan992]

ALOT!! id say a good 150 per day

[@maxpervin3954]

Amazing video! Just out of curiosity what is your home town?

[@Michaellovestrains]

Thanks, Max! Toronto is my hometown.

[@TrainsinToronto]

MichaelLovesTrains wow, judging by your previous vids, one would expect you to be from California! Great video

[@Michaellovestrains]

Trains in Toronto Thanks! Just for clarification, I was born and raised in Toronto. I live in San Diego, California currently tho. I try and visit the GTA as much as I can tho!!

[@Neville60001]

@@Michaellovestrains, may I ask why you now live in California?

[@matthewpuskas1732]

Where did you film in this video

[@kennethmccann6402]

How nice 10 to 14 cars. CalTrain (Between SF and San Jose) is a stupid system limited five cars (some are 6 cars) with so and so packed inside the train. When I hopped in of couldn't find a seat then next station stopped people got off from the seated and other who were standing grap their seats. I was stuck by standing entire the trip with my knee injury from my job. It is really stupid with limited sized of platform to limited 5 cars sized. And it should have more cars such as 8 or 10 or 12 or 16 cars just like Southern Pacific commuter with the comfortable for a paid to seated while doing paper work or read and if standing of couldn't read or paper work while holding one hand and other hold on object durning motions from getting falling. Also in the future will have frequently train in every minutes will not solving an issue just like limited one or two cars frequently SF Muni light rail or bus with so packed of people too. So, when a train supposed to have lots of passengers cars is the better! Right now I go Uber as I feel so comfortable seated while doing the laptop or phone calls for my businesses and no matter if the traffic is tie up as need to get my business work done at daily. After 50 years I stopped going on Caltrain (rode on former Southern Pacific too). Also, when a train break down or delays with the more trains arriving an awful pack on each train for couple hours of waiting to get less and less for me enter because my Health's issues. All my workers are stopped going on Caltrain too and no matter have every minutes train will not solving an issues (limited number of cars huh!)

[@oct197.]

you should come to Chicago

[@robertramsay5963]

What is that two unit train at about 15:12?

[@robertramsay5963]

@Phoenix Smith Okay, that's the relatively new service to Pearson. Much better than the old way of taking the bus downtown I guess.

[@UnionPacificRailFan]

Amtrak goes to Canada?

[@Michaellovestrains]

Yes, the Maple Leaf.

[@UnionPacificRailFan]

MichaelLovesTrains oo that's nice

[@AmtrakandAWVRFan]

TrainFan8444 Three routes go to Canada. Cascade to Vancouver, Maple Leaf to Toronto, and Adirondack to Montreal.

[@davidlisowski5245]

The Maple Leaf is actually a Via train north of the border, operated by Via crews with Amtrak equipment. Vancouver and Montreal Amtrak trains keep Amtrak crews all the way.

[@uzmaasrar3157]

2nd Train Comes Back 1:46 1:47

[@uzmaasrar3157]

2nd Train Leaves In 1:42

[@csx6025gamer]

0:41 OLD CAB CAR

[@way2wealthy739]

Not even single track electrified ?

[@Neville60001]

Not yet (GO Transit is working on it.)

[@jamielacourse7578]

In the distant future archeologists will dig up Union Station and marvel at it......

[@mrrockdaddy100]

Is via rail like amtrack ?

[@thomasgrosse3406]

Kind of, Amtrak has more routes and stations nation wide though. Via is, well let me put it like this... the son of amtrak.

[@mrrockdaddy100]

@@thomasgrosse3406 o ok

[@blackdouglas87030]

7:26 why is there an Amtrak train in Canada I never seen an Amtrak train in Canada before

[@alexanderip1003]

That's the Maple Leaf (I Hope they would change their Engine and rolling stock to a Siemens Charger Train Set soon since I prefer a more boxier aesthetic)

[@matthewstewart2398]

Runs service from Toronto to NYC.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Amtrak runs service to Montreal Toronto and Vancouver.

[@blackdouglas87030]

I thought Amtrak only takes you around America

[@thomasgrosse3406]

PetersonE8 AeroEagle9496 They do, but they also go into canada. Amtrak is owned by the government... it’s not a so called “real railroad” if you would put it like that, i mean it is but it’s not but it is but.... GEEZ ITS HARD TO EXPLAIN!

[@daniellewandowski471]

Hi

[@retabera]

Utterly insane amount of passenger capacity

[@retabera]

@@miku86_to wow and was video a composite or real time? How frequent are services? And where is everyone mainly going which makes it so popular?

[@wilfstor3078]

@@miku86_to Add to the fact that all GO trains either use Union in some way.

[@csx6025gamer]

7:25 Amtrak Train in Canada??? *N A N I ?*

[@stfjinkiojd]

Amtrak has a route that terminates in Toronto

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

It's the Amtrak Maple Leaf, which runs from Toronto to NYC.

[@jethrotaylor2614]

these trains look so slow

[@joshuashacklewood2995]

This train would look much nicer if it was an electric multiple unit train.

[@jacknorman1131]

How about moving the camera around. Or move to a different spot

[@jssj527]

Same old diesel engines.....why not electrify the lines.....trains look unnecessarily tall in height...... improve it on the same quality as those of Europe or asian metro rail or commuter rail systems

[@Unsweetened-Joy]

The cars have three levels, one bottom, some seating on the mid level and then the top level, stair case on each side. It works quite well to fit low-floor accessibility needs with dense commuter capacity. Plus the ride on them is quite smooth. Maybe Europe should adopt them? :) Electrification is in the works.

[@juanmontull8550]

I´m sorry but these trains are the worst compared to Spanish trains

[@clitoralrosary9474]

Depends. North America is years behind Europe in passenger rail but years ahead in freight rail. Spanish passenger network is better than Canadian, American, but not as good as Italian, French etc...

[@beentheredonethat8280]

These are commuter trains, not intercity trains.

[@Neville60001]

We do need to electrify our railroads here in (North) America, it's true, as well as get HSR up and running.

[@Neville60001]

@@beentheredonethat8280, Juan's talking about the VIA Rail and Amtrak ones, most likely (and yes, we do need to make our railroads better by introducing HSR and electrifying them.)

[@therookie9276]

GO Transit's horns are complete shit. Only good K5LA is GO 68, but it is fouled. And those cabcars that look like a touch screen rotem cabcar are terrible, along with their horns. And VIA has the crappiest horns ever. UP Express is better then those darn' shitters.

[@therailfan5412]

Wow hating on Canada. VIAs horns aren't too bad but Yes, GO has TERRIBLE horns

[@therailfan5412]

RailRoamer and there is no "GO 68". GO has F59phs numbered 5**, MP40s and MP54s numbered 6**, and their cab cars are 2** and 3**.