Hotel and monorail

Off the plane at Terminal 1 and quickly through immigration and customs I was in the Arrivals Hall. Turn right follow the signs then a hard left and through a set of automatic doors I am standing in the UP and monorail station. The UP, the fast train into Toronto’s Union station, that I will be taking tomorrow, and the monorail linking the terminals at Pearson International Airport. It is free, quick, and has something like a five minute schedule. Within minutes the monorail pulls in, I climb aboard and sit down in a bright blue décor, and cool atmosphere which is a relief from the extremely hot terminal.  A few minutes later at Terminal 3 I head up the escalator turn right and through the automatic doors, first trying the exit without success. Through the doors and I am the reception desk of my Hotel.

The monorail is a set of two trains operating in opposite directs, on separate tracks, powered by cable like a cable car. The following shows the single track with the drive cables and the glass doors opening into the station.

Then the train as it came into the station.

Back at terminal I walked along the platform to find the UP train ready to leave for Union Station in central Toronto. A twenty minute ride and I step out of the UP  and cross into the main station ready to board the VIA train to Kingston.