Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
1900 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON, M4S 1Z2
416-393-4636 | Website
The Toronto Transit Commission is the organization responsible for moving millions of GTA residents around every day.
Category:
Shopping & Services
What:
| Store Type | | Transportation Services |
Where:
| Neighbourhood | | Toronto |
| Getting There | | Davisville station |
| Cross Street | | Davisville Ave. |
When:
| Service operates 24 hours a day; offices typically open from around 8AM - 6PM |
Profile Last Updated: April 01, 2008
Mass-Transit That’s Easy
They don’t come much bigger than the TTC. Of all the cities in North America—excepting New York and the incredible sprawl known as Mexico City—Toronto has the biggest transit system. It’s not hard to see why. A significant percentage of Canada’s population, close to one-fifth, lives within a hundred kilometers of the mega-city. But while Toronto’s transit system is far-reaching and omnipresent throughout the city, it’s not difficult to figure out. The system is one of the most easily-navigable on the continent.
Critical Pipeline to the City
Toronto’s subway lines, along with Scarborough’s Rapid Transit system, constitute the backbone of public transit in Toronto. Two underground lines, the Bloor-Danforth line and the Yonge-University-Spadina line, run through the downtown core. Both were built to serve the densely-populated and much-traveled areas surrounding them. The newest addition to the subway network, the Sheppard line, was intended to reach commuters in the fast-growing North York region. Scarborough’s RT fills in the rest, giving people from east to west rapid access to the downtown core and to key arteries of the city.
An Armada with Strategic Alliances
Toronto’s bus and streetcar system is another crucial element of transit in the city. Many downtown streets still use the latter, keeping the old tracks as a sort of tribute to Toronto’s heritage. For its part, the bus system is very extensive, covering hundreds of square kilometers and linking up with the subway and RT lines, as well as transit systems in adjacent municipalities. Within Toronto, passengers can transfer seamlessly between buses, streetcars and subways without paying extra fares for crossing zones.
Accessible, Clean—and Always Awake
Other services that the TTC operates include the Wheel-Trans service, for people who need special attention (such as disabled people and some seniors). There is also a system of “blue” buses that operates at night. In addition, the TTC offers fast service to and from Pearson International Airport at all hours. Finally, park-and-rides have proliferated since the first one opened in the 1950s. Millions of suburb-dwellers can now beat the traffic easily and eliminate tons of exhaust fumes from the atmosphere at the same time.
They don’t come much bigger than the TTC. Of all the cities in North America—excepting New York and the incredible sprawl known as Mexico City—Toronto has the biggest transit system. It’s not hard to see why. A significant percentage of Canada’s population, close to one-fifth, lives within a hundred kilometers of the mega-city. But while Toronto’s transit system is far-reaching and omnipresent throughout the city, it’s not difficult to figure out. The system is one of the most easily-navigable on the continent.
Critical Pipeline to the City
Toronto’s subway lines, along with Scarborough’s Rapid Transit system, constitute the backbone of public transit in Toronto. Two underground lines, the Bloor-Danforth line and the Yonge-University-Spadina line, run through the downtown core. Both were built to serve the densely-populated and much-traveled areas surrounding them. The newest addition to the subway network, the Sheppard line, was intended to reach commuters in the fast-growing North York region. Scarborough’s RT fills in the rest, giving people from east to west rapid access to the downtown core and to key arteries of the city.
An Armada with Strategic Alliances
Toronto’s bus and streetcar system is another crucial element of transit in the city. Many downtown streets still use the latter, keeping the old tracks as a sort of tribute to Toronto’s heritage. For its part, the bus system is very extensive, covering hundreds of square kilometers and linking up with the subway and RT lines, as well as transit systems in adjacent municipalities. Within Toronto, passengers can transfer seamlessly between buses, streetcars and subways without paying extra fares for crossing zones.
Accessible, Clean—and Always Awake
Other services that the TTC operates include the Wheel-Trans service, for people who need special attention (such as disabled people and some seniors). There is also a system of “blue” buses that operates at night. In addition, the TTC offers fast service to and from Pearson International Airport at all hours. Finally, park-and-rides have proliferated since the first one opened in the 1950s. Millions of suburb-dwellers can now beat the traffic easily and eliminate tons of exhaust fumes from the atmosphere at the same time.
Details
Take a Pass: You can purchase a monthly pass that allows you unlimited access to all TTC transport.
For Women Only: There is a special service on the buses that allows women to get off between stops after 9:00 p.m.
