Toronto Transit Commission
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) runs the public transport system that has buses, streetcars, subways, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Started in 1954, the TTC has grown to three subway lines and an elevated rapid transit line with a total of 75 stations, as well as 149 surface routes (buses and streetcars). Of these 149 routes 148 make 243 connections with a subway or rapid transit station during weekday rush hours.
| Toronto Transit Commission | |
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  From top-left, clockwise: A Flexity Outlook streetcar, a CLRV streetcar, an S-series rapid transit train, an Orion bus, wall tile signage at Eglinton station featuring the Toronto Subway typeface, a Wheel-Trans bus, and a Toronto Rocket subway train | |
| Info | |
| Owner | City of Toronto |
| Locale | Toronto, Mississauga, Vaughan, Markham |
| Transit type | Bus, subway, streetcar |
| Number of lines | 149+ bus routes 4 subway lines 10 streetcar routes |
| Number of stations | 75 in use 39 under construction |
| Daily ridership | 1.69 million weekday passengers[1] |
| Chief executive | Rick Leary[2] |
| Headquarters | William McBrien Building 1900 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 1921 |
| Number of vehicles | 1,869 buses, 752 rapid transit cars, 250 streetcars, 214 Wheel-Trans buses[3] |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Track gauge/data' not found. |
The TTC operates the third most used urban public transport system in North America (after the New York City Transit Authority and the Mexico City Metro).[4]
The TTC also runs a door-to-door (they pick people up at home, the shops or work, and take them anywhere they wish to go) system for people with physical disabilities known as Wheel-Trans; about 5,500 trips are made by this service daily. This service costs the same as any other trip on the TTC even though it is door-to-door. The TTC had 11,235 people working for it in 2007.[5]
Toronto Transit Commission Media
Two buses used by the TTC, 1936. The left bus was used by the agency's intercity bus line, whereas the right was used for local bus routes.
The TTC's slogan, "Ride the Rocket," originates from the red-painted G-series trains that were in service from 1954 to 1990.
A passenger boards an Orion VII bus owned and operated by the TTC. The TTC operates the third-largest fleet of buses in North America.
A Toronto Rocket subway train arrives at Museum station. The station is one of 70 operated along three different subway lines.
Line 5 Eglinton's Science Centre station under construction in 2020
A CLRV serving the 512 St. Clair streetcar route departs eastbound from Avenue Road toward St. Clair station along its private right-of-way along St. Clair Avenue.
An ALRV (left) and Flexity Outlook (right) at Spadina Avenue and King Street in 2016
Legacy fare media, such as the Toronto Transit Commission single-ride token (showing the obverse and reverse), are being phased out in favour of Presto fare media
Paddle-style fare gates at Toronto subway stations are equipped with Presto readers, as seen in Victoria Park station.
Some TTC shelters are equipped with displays that show when the next bus or streetcar will arrive, such as this one for 501 Queen.
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Related pages
References
- ↑ "TTC Section One". ttc.ca. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ↑ "Rick Leary to be next TTC CEO, city's transit chair confirms". CBC News. July 10, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
- ↑ "TTC Operating Statistics, 2014, Section One". ttc.ca. Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- ↑ Fife, Robert (July 24, 2005). Toronto transit chief says searches unlikely. CTV News. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1122072619227_40/?hub=CTVNewsAt11. Retrieved February 3, 2007.
- ↑ "TTC Operating Statistics" (PDF). TTC. 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
Other websites
Route information
Multimedia
- CBC Archives - audio and video about the TTC.
- 69: TTC station photos
- Transit Toronto's YouTube channel
