Mississauga Pearson Transit Hub | ?m | ?s | GTAA

[Coolstar]

Is it possible for Via trains to stop at this transit hub?

Since high speed rail was gonna stop here but now cancelled, I can envision Via stopping here.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Pearson Transit Hub.

New regional transit whitepaper now available. See link.

 

[Adjei]

Agreement between GTAA and Metrolinx:

Metrolinx Press Room

Find the latest Metrolinx news, project updates and more.

blog.metrolinx.com

 

[Tunafish13]

Agreement between GTAA and Metrolinx:

Metrolinx Press Room

Find the latest Metrolinx news, project updates and more.

blog.metrolinx.com

I mean this is important, of course, but are there any details? Any monetary commitment? Any deadlines?

 

[Coolstar]

Nice little website I came across about the Pearson Transit Hub.

Union Station West

Union Station West is a transit infrastructure project with the potential to reshape the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and beyond. A movement of people, civic organizations and employers is growing, calling for this new transit hub, which can change the status quo of regional transit.

www.unionstationwest.ca

 

[W. K. Lis]

Pearson Airport is YYZ.
Billy Bishop Airport is YTZ.
Toronto Union Station is YBZ.
What will be the IATA code for the Pearson Transit Hub. Or will it stay YYZ? See link.

 

[Woodbridge_Heights]

Pearson Airport is YYZ.
Billy Bishop Airport is YTZ.
Toronto Union Station is YBZ.
What will be the IATA code for the Pearson Transit Hub. Or will it stay YYZ? See link.

I suspect it will be yyz

 

[DSC]

I suspect it will be yyz

From wiki:
This ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IATA-indexed_railway_stations ) is a list of IATA-indexed railway stations, which are assigned codes by the IATA, similar to IATA airport codes. Such railway stations are typically used in air-rail alliances or code sharing agreements (commonly known as "Rail Fly") between airlines and rail lines, particularly in Europe. By assigning railway stations an IATA code, passengers on trips involving those stations can be ticketed all the way. Sometimes they can get checked straight through to their final destination, without the bother of having to claim their baggage and check-in again when changing between the rail and air portions of a trip. At other places passengers have to carry their baggage on the train, but anyway need no separate train booking process.

See also: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/how-airports-get-their-codes

 

[W. K. Lis]

From wiki:
This ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IATA-indexed_railway_stations ) is a list of IATA-indexed railway stations, which are assigned codes by the IATA, similar to IATA airport codes. Such railway stations are typically used in air-rail alliances or code sharing agreements (commonly known as "Rail Fly") between airlines and rail lines, particularly in Europe. By assigning railway stations an IATA code, passengers on trips involving those stations can be ticketed all the way. Sometimes they can get checked straight through to their final destination, without the bother of having to claim their baggage and check-in again when changing between the rail and air portions of a trip. At other places passengers have to carry their baggage on the train, but anyway need no separate train booking process.

See also: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/how-airports-get-their-codes

So if we designate Toronto Union Station as YYZ, passengers can continue from Pearson to downtown Toronto on the same airline fare. And vice-versa. Did I get that right?

 

[DSC]

So if we designate Toronto Union Station as YYZ, passengers can continue from Pearson to downtown Toronto on the same airline fare. And vice-versa. Did I get that right?

AFIK, If it's offered by airline, yes.

 

[allabootmatt]

Never understood why, basically uniquely in the world, Canadian cities all have these silly ‘YXX’ airport codes. No other country seems to have this constraint. How much would GTAA have to pay the owner of TOR — Torrington Municipal Airport, Wyoming — to get their hands on it and join the ranks of SYD, MEL, BOS, and the many other cities with logical/legible IATA codes?

 

[Adjei]

So if this is Union West, where is Union North and Union East?

 

[lenaitch]

Never understood why, basically uniquely in the world, Canadian cities all have these silly ‘YXX’ airport codes. No other country seems to have this constraint. How much would GTAA have to pay the owner of TOR — Torrington Municipal Airport, Wyoming — to get their hands on it and join the ranks of SYD, MEL, BOS, and the many other cities with logical/legible IATA codes?

Certainly not unique to Canada.

List of airports by IATA airport code: Z - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Woodbridge_Heights]

Never understood why, basically uniquely in the world, Canadian cities all have these silly ‘YXX’ airport codes. No other country seems to have this constraint. How much would GTAA have to pay the owner of TOR — Torrington Municipal Airport, Wyoming — to get their hands on it and join the ranks of SYD, MEL, BOS, and the many other cities with logical/legible IATA codes?

Because pearson has decided to keep its iata (yyz) and its icao (cyyz) codes as similar as possible. Unlike Tokyo Haneda (HND vs RJTT) or Bejing Capital (PEK vs ZBAA).

Note that the "C" in the icao codes is a country specific code identifying all airports in Canada.

See here for icao vs iata airport code information:

ICAO airport code - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[urbanyimby]

Never understood why, basically uniquely in the world, Canadian cities all have these silly ‘YXX’ airport codes. No other country seems to have this constraint. How much would GTAA have to pay the owner of TOR — Torrington Municipal Airport, Wyoming — to get their hands on it and join the ranks of SYD, MEL, BOS, and the many other cities with logical/legible IATA codes?

Because IATA is in Canada, and gave Canadian airport codes special treatment.