Toronto Transit Commission facts for kids
A Toronto bus showing the TTC logo
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1954 |
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| Jurisdiction | Toronto (also operates routes in Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, and Mississauga) |
| Headquarters | Toronto |
| Employees | 11,235 |
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| Website | TTC.ca |
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) runs the public transport system that has buses, streetcars, subways, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Started in 1954, the TTC has grown to three subway lines and an elevated rapid transit line with a total of 69 stations, as well as 149 surface routes (buses and streetcars). Of these 149 routes 148 make 243 connections with a subway or rapid transit station during weekday rush hours.
The TTC operates the third most used urban public transport system in North America (after the New York City Transit Authority and the Mexico City Metro).
The TTC also runs a door-to-door (they pick people up at home, the shops or work, and take them anywhere they wish to go) system for people with physical disabilities known as Wheel-Trans; about 5,500 trips are made by this service daily. This service costs the same as any other trip on the TTC even though it is door-to-door. The TTC had 11,235 people working for it in 2007.
Other pages
- Toronto subway and RT
- Toronto buses and trolley buses
- Toronto streetcar system
- Signals on the TTC
- Russell Hill subway accident
- List of Toronto subway and RT stations
Route information
Multimedia
Images for kids
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Orion VII HEV Next Generation Bus #1534
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T-series subway train at Kipling station
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New Toronto Rocket subway train at Davisville station
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A CLRV L2 Streetcar #4059
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New Flexity Outlook Streetcar #4403
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Obverse and reverse of Toronto Transit Commission single-ride token
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New "Paddle-styled" fare gates at a Toronto subway station equipped with Presto card readers
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Fold up seats. Wheelchair position on a Toronto Rocket subway train
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A TTC bus stop pole
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OneStop Sign located over a subway platform at Dundas Station.
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