The Toronto subway and RT system is a rapid transit railway network in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Since the original line following Yonge Street opened in 1954 with 12 stations, the network has expanded to become Canada's largest rapid transit rail network, encompassing four lines and 69 stations on 68.3 kilometres (42.4 mi) of track. The subway system is a very popular mode of public transport in ...
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The Toronto subway and RT system is a rapid transit railway network in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Since the original line following Yonge Street opened in 1954 with 12 stations, the network has expanded to become Canada's largest rapid transit rail network, encompassing four lines and 69 stations on 68.3 kilometres (42.4 mi) of track. The subway system is a very popular mode of public transport in Toronto and the largest in Canada in terms of passenger usage, with an average of 1,246,020 passenger trips each weekday (as of 2007–2008).
The TTC sometimes uses the term "rapid transit" internally to describe all four lines, but in public usage they are called 'subway' lines, with the exception of the Scarborough RT, which is simply called "the RT."
A current focus for the TTC's rapid transit expansion is an extension bringing the western branch of the Yonge–University–Spadina Line northward to York University, Steeles Avenue, and Vaughan...
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