Toronto Pearson Viscount station

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Viscount station
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General information
Location6145 Viscount Road
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°41′24″N79°36′55″W / 43.69000°N 79.61528°W / 43.69000; -79.61528
Operated by GTAA
Platforms Island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 6, 2006 (2006-07-06)
Services
Preceding station Terminal Link Following station
TerminusTerminal Link Terminal 3
toward Terminal 1

Viscount station is the northerly terminus of the Terminal Link automated people mover serving Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the south side of Viscount Road, between American Drive and Highway 409. [1]

The station is an elevated structure with a single island platform built beside the employee parking lot, long term discount multi-storey parking garage, reduced rate parking lots [2] and the ALT Hotel. [3] There are bus connections to MiWay Routes 24 and 107 [4] as well as Brampton Transit Route 505A Züm Bovaird.

This station is located near a future transit hub proposed by the GTAA and Metrolinx with connections to Line 5 Eglinton, Line 6 Finch West, GO Regional Express Rail, the Mississauga Transitway and many more local and regional bus connections. [5] Based on renderings, building this hub may involve the removal of the Terminal Link but this is subject to change. [6]

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References

  1. "Terminal Link". Toronto Pearson International Airport. Greater Toronto Airports Authority. Retrieved 9 May 2017. Viscount Station is located on Viscount Road, between American Drive and Highway 409.
  2. "Have you traveled on the People Mover?". Smart Commute Mississauga. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2014. Reduced Rate Parking Lot at Viscount Station, and the employee parking lot.
  3. "ALT Hotel Toronto Airport" . Retrieved 9 May 2017. near the Viscount long term parking lot, at the end of the LINK train line
  4. "Airport Monorail Link Station" (PDF). MiWay Terminal Maps. City of Mississauga. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  5. "StackPath". www.masstransitmag.com.
  6. "GTAA Unveils Vision For Multi-Modal Transit Hub at Pearson | UrbanToronto". urbantoronto.ca.

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