What's UP Toronto? - The Union Pearson Express: Episode 129

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Today on the show, we're beginning a five-part series on Canada's largest city with a discussion of the Union-Pearson Express. Just why did it take Toronto so long to get a rail link with its airport, and what can the UP Express teach us about airport transit? All this, after The News.

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References & notes

  1. [1] Utah Transit Authority: UTA launches into summer construction schedule with S-Line streetcar extension and grade crossing
  2. [2] Wikipedia: Union Pearson Express
  3. [3] Transit Toronto: The Union-Pearson Express
  4. [4] UP Express: 10 Years of UP Express
  5. [5] Neptis Foundation: Union Pearson (UP) Express
  6. [6] u/Spellbinder_Iria: UP Express photos overlaid with layout diagrams
  7. [7] Wikipedia: Toronto
  8. [8] Wikipedia: Toronto Pearson International Airport
  9. [9] Atlas Obscura: D.C.'s Underground Bald Cypress Fossils
  10. [10] The Holy See: Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)
  11. [11] Wikipedia: WES Commuter Rail