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    Toronto metro’s network growth

    Infographic showing Toronto subway route-km by operational lines each year (excluding street-running trams), plus traffic (million passengers per year) for 2012-24.

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    Line 5 Eglinton light rail route opens in Toronto

    2026-02-13T14:00:00Z

    CANADA: Toronto’s Line 5 Eglinton light rail route has opened with a day of free travel but without public ceremony.

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    Canada: Generational change will transform travel

    2022-08-09T09:00:00Z

    A multi-billion dollar investment programme will change the way people use public transport in Canada’s most populated area, with GO Expansion bringing frequent all-day electric train services to routes across the Toronto region.

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    Toronto & Mississauga - region map

    Toronto (& Mississauga), Canada: region rail network map

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    Toronto & Mississauga - city map

    Toronto (& Mississauga), Canada: urban area rail network map

  • Organisations

    Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)

    First tramways opened 1861, first metro line 1954, and Intermediate Capacity Transit System (ICTS) light metro route in 1985 (closed 2023). Metro comprises three lines (1,2,4) with 75 stations and two light rail lines, with a central tramway network comprising 11 routes. See Toronto network map. Work to extend the ...

  • Organisations

    Metrolinx

    This agency of the Government of Ontario was created in 2006 to improve the co-ordination and integration of all modes of transport in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. In 2009, it merged with GO Transit, the operator of Toronto’s regional suburban rail services. The Air Rail Link joined the ...

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    GO Transit (Toronto)

    Created in 1967, GO Transit is a division of Metrolinx, the regional transportation agency for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). It provides rail and road coach services, with some routes extending beyond the GTHA into the greater ‘Golden Horseshoe’. The rail network consists of seven routes serving 64 ...