Toronto Transit Commission

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 75 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.

Toronto Transit Commission
From top-left, clockwise: A Flexity Outlook streetcar, a CLRV streetcar, an S-series rapid transit train, an Orion bus, wall tile signage at Eglinton station featuring the Toronto Subway typeface, a Wheel-Trans bus, and a Toronto Rocket subway train
Overview
Owner	City of Toronto
Locale	Toronto, Mississauga, Vaughan, Markham
Transit type	Bus, subway, streetcar
Number of lines	149+ bus routes 4 subway lines 10 streetcar routes
Number of stations	75 in use 39 under construction
Daily ridership	1.69 million weekday passengers[1]
Chief executive	Rick Leary[2]
Headquarters	William McBrien Building 1900 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Operation
Began operation	1921
Number of vehicles	1,869 buses, 752 rapid transit cars, 250 streetcars, 214 Wheel-Trans buses[3]
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 10 7⁄8 in (1,495 mm) Toronto gauge

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).^[4]

A Wheel-Trans Overland ELF 9777 on a scheduled stop at Dufferin Mall in Toronto, Ontario.

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.^[5]

Related 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