Toronto rapid transit
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| Overview | |||
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| Locale | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Transit type | Rapid transit | ||
| Number of lines | 4 (plus 1 under construction) | ||
| Number of stations | 69 (plus 28 under construction) | ||
| Daily ridership | 1,006,300 (avg. weekday, Q3 2015) |
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| Annual ridership | 324,738,500 (2014) | ||
| Website | TTC | ||
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| Began operation | March 30, 1954 | ||
| Operator(s) | Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) | ||
| Number of vehicles | 858 heavy rail and light metro cars, 66 work cars | ||
| Train length | 4 and 6 car train sets | ||
| Headway | 2 min 21 s–5 min 30 s (Line 1, 2 and 4), 6 min 45 s (Line 3) | ||
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| System length | 68.3 km (42.4 mi) 27.6 km (17.1 mi) (under construction) 6.2 km (3.9 mi) (approved) |
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 10 7⁄8 in (1,495 mm) (Line 1, 2 and 4), 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge (Line 3 and 5) | ||
| Electrification | 600 V DC Third rail (Line 1, 2 and 4), linear induction (Line 3), Overhead 750 V DC (Line 5) | ||
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The Toronto subway is a rapid transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It is a mixed system consisting of three heavy rail lines operating predominantly underground and one elevated light metro line, collectively encompassing 69 stations and 68.3 kilometres (42.4 mi) of track. Since 1954, when the TTC opened Canada's first underground rail line then known as the Yonge subway, under Yonge Street between Union Station and Eglinton Avenue with 12 stations, the system expanded to become Canada's largest in terms of number of stations and second-busiest after the Montreal Metro. It accommodated an average of 1,066,100 passenger trips each weekday during the fourth quarter of 2015.
There are 4 rapid transit lines in Toronto plus another under construction.
Line 1 Yonge–University, is the longest and busiest rapid transit line in the system. It opened as the Yonge subway in 1954 with a length of 7.4 kilometres (4.6 mi), and since then grew to a length of 30.2 kilometres (18.8 mi). Today, the line is U-shaped having two northern terminals looping on its southern end via Union Station. An 8.6-kilometre (5.3 mi), six-station extension of Line 1 north to Vaughan is under construction and scheduled to open for December 2017.
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