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With more than 5 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area, Toronto is the largest city in Canada.

TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) operates three full metro lines (1495 mm gauge) and one short light rail type line (Scarborough RT). Apart from these rapid rail lines there is a 75 km long tram network and the GO Transit suburban rail service connecting with the metro at the central Union station and other stations.

Yonge-University-Spadina Subway - - U-shaped line giving two north-south routes (31 km, 32 stations

Bloor-Danforth Subway - east-west line parallel to Lake Ontario (27.5 km, 31 stations)

Sheppard Subway - a new east-west line from Sheppard/Yonge to Don Mills (6.4 km, 5 stations)

Scarborough RT - partly elevated and partly at grade (around Ellesmere and Lawrence East stations) (6.4 km, 6 stations)

Total length: 70 km (52 km underground, 8 km elevated, 10 km ground level)

Bloor/Yonge, Union, Finch, Eglinton and Dundas are among the busiest stations with 70,000-90,000 daily passengers.

Yonge-University-Spadina Subway Line

30 Mar 1954: Eglinton - Union (7.4 km)
28 Feb 1963: Union - St.George
31 Mar 1973: Eglinton - York Mills
30 Mar 1974: York Mills - Finch
28 Jan 1978: St.George - Wilson
18 Jun 1987: North York Centre station added
31 Mar 1996: Wilson - Downsview

Bloor-Danforth Subway Line

26 Feb 1966: Keele - Woodbine
11 May 1968: Keele - Islington, Woodbine - Warden
22 Nov 1980: Islington - Kipling, Warden - Kennedy

Sheppard Subway

24 Nov 2002 - Sheppard/Yonge - Don Mills

Scarborough RT

24 May 1985 - Kennedy - McCowan

 Projects

The Yonge-University-Spadina Subway is being extended from Downsview to Vaughan Corporate Centre via York University (8.6 km; 6 stations). See official website with project details! Scheduled to open in 2015.

The Sheppard Subway might eventually reach Scarborough Centre in the east and Downsview in the west.

The Eglinton Crosstown LRT may eventually become another underground east-west corridor, running mostly along Eglinton Road and integrating the current Scarborough RT line.

See Miguel Syyap's map for more detailed projects. View PDF for Transit Project Details.

City of Toronto - TTC Page (Offcial Site)

     Spadina Subway Extension

GO Transit - Toronto Area Commuter Rail Home Page

Metrolinx - Ontario Transport Planning Authority

James Bow's The Transit Toronto Website - Subways & Streetcars

incl. Sheppard Subway Extension and Eglinton West Subway project

Toronto Transit at nycsubway.org

Toronto Transit by Matt Casswell

Toronto Transit on Wikipedia

Miguel Syyap's Network Map incl. future lines and VIVA bus rapid transit

TransitCity discusses expansion strategies

Toronto's ghost station Lower Bay

Toronto LRT Information Page

Steve Munro discusses Toronto transit issues