TORONTO - Transit Developments

[canucklehead2]

A spot of good news for the TTC. Even with hiccups, it's still a service that is the envy of North America... As for Thunder Bay, I always thought that the city and Bombardier should've worked together to showcase their made-in-town transit solutions with a basic starter LRT service between the airport, downtown and university... Sure the city is only 100,000 but so what...

[ssiguy]

Toronto has always had excellent local service, it's the rapid part of the transit equation that Toronto lacks.

[K 22]

So they renamed "Downsview" to "Sheppard West" - I guess because they didn't want confusion with "Downsview Park"?

[haljackey]

Some pics I took of York University Station from Saturday's Doors Open Toronto event. An extension of the Spadina subway is scheduled to open at the end of the year.

Cool place!

[K 22]

I haven't been keeping up lately - how's Eglinton construction going?

[Innsertnamehere]

some photo updates from the project's twitter acount @CrosstownTO

Don Mills underpass / station east portal:


Beginning the Don Mills west portal:



Mining has begun for Laird Station:



The pit at Cedarvale / Eglinton West:



Roof slab for Forest Hill station:



Tunnels being prepped for track:




Track installation at the maintenance site:



Caledonia Station, today and in the future:



Foundation for the Kodak Building is coming along at Mount Dennis Station (the heritage building will be integrated into the new station)



Retaining walls going up at Mount Dennis Station:



Inside one of the new maintenance facility buildings:

[Torontopia]

I love Toronto's new streetcars!

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[K 22]

How's the Vaughan extension working out so far? I saw that it opened on Sunday.

[hkskyline]

TTC marks 100 years of service across Toronto
Sept 1, 2021
Global News Excerpt

The Toronto Transit Commission marked a significant milestone on Wednesday as officials commemorated the service’s 100th anniversary.

It was on Sept. 1, 1921, when the publicly-owned Toronto Transportation Commission began operations. The corporation was created by merging a mix of private and public companies: the Toronto Railway Company, the Toronto Civic Railway and parts of the municipality-owned Toronto and York Radial Railway, a move that also brought together nine different fare systems.

During a celebration event on Wednesday, TTC chair and councillor Jaye Robinson said in 1921, adult fares at the time of operation were seven cents and tickets were four for 25 cents. Since the service launched 100 years ago, she said it’s estimated more than 32 billion passengers have been transported.

More : https://globalnews.ca/news/8160206/t...rvice-toronto/

[hkskyline]

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[ssiguy]

For all Torontonians love to bitch about the TTC, it is a fantastic transit system with subways, the largest streetcar/tram system in the Americas, and arguably the best bus service in NA. The frequency of all 3 is incredible.

[hkskyline]

Museum subway station by Timothy Neesam, on Flickr

[hkskyline]

And Life Goes On by A Great Capture, on Flickr