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Public transportation in the Canadian city of Toronto dates back to 1849 with the creation of a horse-drawn stagecoach company.
Jun 25, 2015 · The First Stab at Public Ownership. As Toronto grew, so too did the ridership of the Toronto Street Railway, from 44000 in 1861 to 55000 in 1891, when the TSR’s 30-year franchise expired. On May 16, 1891, the city sought to take over the system. The attempt did not go as well as planned.
Aug 8, 2016 · Up until 1920 Toronto’s transit was run through a multitude of private transit companies, such as the Toronto Street Railway Company, but in 1920 the Toronto Transportation Commission (the original TTC) was formed, and they planned to turn transit service into a municipal operation.
Mar 30, 2013 · Fifty-nine years ago today, Tuesday, March 30, 1954, the TTC ’s first subway — the first subway line in Canada — opened between Eglinton and Union Station. In Transit Toronto’s history of the line, James Bow describes the opening: Ontario Premier Leslie Frost and Toronto Mayor Allan Lamport officially opened the Yonge subway on March 30, 1954.
Transit in the Toronto region since the 1950s. The City of Toronto was once an international leader in public transit. TTC was one of the first operators to integrate buses, streetcars, and a subway across a metropolitan area.
Oct 20, 2023 · Over the last 20 years, public transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area has expanded significantly, with lots more underway. We look at all the work that GO has done to expand their train lines and bus routes, along strides at local transit agencies across the GTHA.
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Sep 10, 2011 · The city-owned Toronto Civic Railways filled some of the gap in urbanizing parts of the city the TRC refused to expand into, but public operation was favoured by the city and taxpayers. Hence, the Toronto Transportation Commission was formed and took over transit operations on 1 September 1921.
