Toronto Transit Commission New LFLRV-inspired livery Livery
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From top-left: A Flexity Outlook streetcar, a CLRV Streetcar, Toronto Rocket subway train, an S-series rapid transit train, a Wheel-Trans bus, an Orion bus, and wall tile signage at Eglinton station featuring the Toronto Subway typeface
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| Owner | City of Toronto |
| Locale | Toronto, Mississauga, Vaughan, Markham |
| Transit type | Bus, subway, streetcar |
| Number of lines |
more than 149 bus routes 4 subway lines 11 streetcar routes |
| Number of stations |
69 in use 31 under construction 22 approved |
| Daily ridership | 2.70 million |
| Chief executive | Andy Byford |
| Headquarters |
William McBrien Building 1900 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Began operation | 1921 |
| Number of vehicles | 1,869 buses, , , 214 Wheel-Trans buses |
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 10 7⁄8 in (1,495 mm) Toronto gauge |
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is a public transport agency that operates bus, subway, streetcar, and paratransit services in Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario in Canada. It is the oldest and largest of the urban transit service providers in the Greater Toronto Area, with numerous connections to systems serving its surrounding municipalities.
Established as the Toronto Transportation Commission in 1921, the TTC owns and operates four subway lines with 69 stations, over 149 bus routes, and 10 streetcar lines. In the 4th quarter of 2012, the average daily ridership was 2.76 million passengers: 1,425,300 by bus, 271,100 by streetcar, 46,400 by intermediate rail, and 1,011,700 by subway. The TTC also operates door-to-door paratransit service for the elderly and disabled, known as Wheel-Trans.
The TTC is the most heavily used urban mass transit system in all of Canada, and the third largest in North America, after the New York City Transit Authority and Mexico City Metro.
Public transit in Toronto started in 1849 with a privately operated transit service. In later years, the city operated some routes, but in 1921 assumed control over all routes and formed the Toronto Transportation Commission to operate them. During this period, streetcars provided the bulk of the service. In 1954, the TTC adopted its present name, opened the first subway line, and greatly expanded its service area to cover the newly formed municipality of Metropolitan Toronto (which eventually became the enlarged city of Toronto). The system has evolved to feature a wide network of surface routes with the subway lines as the backbone. On February 17, 2008, the TTC made many service improvements, finally reversing more than a decade of service reductions and only minor improvements.
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