Trains.com

Toronto's Union Station Rat Migration

1060 views
8 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    December 2008
  • From: Toronto, Canada
  • 2,560 posts
Posted by 54light15 on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:23 AM

With the polar vortex last year, there sure were icebergs in the harbour. Not big enough to sink the Titanic, but still it was almost frozen solid! What they're doing at Union Station is digging out the basement to make a shopping concourse. I've been down there before construction started and there was machinery from 1918 when the building was built such as steam-to-water heat exhangers and air tanks with rivets the size of half-dollars. All that stuff has been scrapped I imagine. Plus lots and lots of asebstos! So I guess the construction was disturbing to the rats eating thier garbage.

"If it's garbage, why are we stealing it? "

"Shut up and eat your garbage!"

  • Member since
    August 2005
  • 964 posts
Posted by gardendance on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 7:19 AM

Not for the first time I wonder what's unique about the construction at Toronto Union Station that makes the rats newsworthy. Why did noone feel they needed to write about any rat problems during any of the other construction in the neighborhood: CN Tower, Blue Jay stadium, and the many other nearby big buildings?

Patrick Boylan

Free yacht rides, 27' sailboat, zip code 19114 Delaware River, get great Delair bridge photos from the river. Send me a private message

  • Member since
    December 2001
  • From: Sunny (mostly) San Diego
  • 1,920 posts
Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 1:44 AM

Deggesty
If the people involved hire someone associated with Hamlin, they certainly should pay him if he provides the desired result. I hope they have heard of the event that took place in Hamlin a few years back.

WinkWinkBig Smile

  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: At the Crossroads of the West
  • 11,013 posts
Posted by Deggesty on Monday, November 10, 2014 9:46 PM

ChuckCobleigh

Maybe someone could get them in touch with Hamlin, Germany...get some advice or something.

 

If the people involved hire someone associated with Hamlin, they certainly should pay him if he provides the desired result. I hope they have heard of the event that took place in Hamlin a few years back.

Johnny

  • Member since
    August 2010
  • From: Henrico, VA
  • 8,955 posts
Posted by Firelock76 on Monday, November 10, 2014 9:05 PM

Maybe the station's going to sink?  Any icebergs in Toronto?

  • Member since
    December 2001
  • From: Sunny (mostly) San Diego
  • 1,920 posts
Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Monday, November 10, 2014 8:57 PM

Maybe someone could get them in touch with Hamlin, Germany...get some advice or something.

  • Member since
    December 2007
  • From: Georgia USA SW of Atlanta
  • 11,919 posts
Posted by blue streak 1 on Monday, November 10, 2014 4:24 PM

They can migrate to Buffalo Central Station.

  • Member since
    December 2008
  • From: Toronto, Canada
  • 2,560 posts
Posted by 54light15 on Monday, November 10, 2014 3:25 PM

They might be loooking for work in a French restaurant. There's a good one (The Select Bistro) not far away.

  • Member since
    December 2001
  • 1,486 posts
Toronto's Union Station Rat Migration
Posted by Victrola1 on Monday, November 10, 2014 2:47 PM

 

Toronto's Union Station reno triggers rat 'spillover'

Rats displaced by digging are affecting downtown businesses

CBC News Posted: Nov 10, 2014 9:51 AM ET Last Updated: Nov 10, 2014 10:34 AM ET

It appears commuters aren't the only ones being displaced by the $1-billion renovation of Toronto's downtown Union Station.

All the digging during the massive project has displaced countless rats from their long-established burrows, said a pest control expert who appeared on CBC Radio's Metro Morning on Monday....

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-s-union-station-reno-triggers-rat-spillover-1.2829684

Join our Community!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

Search the Community

Newsletter Sign-Up

By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy