Toronto subway

Toronto subway
Info
Owner	City of Toronto (Lines 1, 2, 3 and 4) Metrolinx (Line 5)
Locale	Toronto, Canada
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	4 (plus 2 under construction)
Number of stations	75[1][not in the source given] (plus 39 under construction)
Daily ridership	950,700 (avg. weekday, Q4 2016)[2]
Website	TTC
Operation
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 (Lines 1, 2 and 4), 6 min 45 s (Line 3)[3]
Technical
System length	76.9 km (47.8 mi)[1][not in the source given] 19 km (12 mi) (under construction)[4] 6.2 km (3.9 mi) (approved)[5]
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)
Route map

The Toronto subway and RT is the main rapid transit (RT) railway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is run by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Since the first part under Yonge Street opened in 1954 with 12 stations, the system has grown to be Canada's biggest rapid transit rail system. It has four lines and 69 stations on 68.3 km of track. The subway system is used very often and has the most number of passengers of any system in Canada. It has an average of 948,100 passenger trips each weekday (as of 2010).

The system is was made bigger on the western part of the Yonge–University Line with new tracks and stations being made north to York University, Steeles Avenue, and Vaughan Corporate Centre in York Region. The Government of Ontario said on March 23, 2006 that it will give $670 million for this new work, which is less than one-third of the total money needed. The new track is about 8.6 km long and was built with six new stations: Downsview Park, Finch West, York University, Pioneer Village, Highway 407, and the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. It was expected to cost about $2 billion.^[6]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "2013 TTC Operating Statistics". Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on 2014-08-16. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
2. ↑ "Public Transportation Ridership Report – Fourth Quarter, 2016" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 3, 2017. p. 37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
3. ↑ "Service Summary January 6 to March 30, 2013" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. December 13, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
4. ↑ "2011 Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension Overview". Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
5. ↑ "Scarborough Subway Extension – Initial Business Case" (PDF). City of Toronto. June 2016. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
6. ↑ Spadina Subway Extension - Downsview Station to Steeles Avenue