Metrolinx

Metrolinx

Agency overview
Formed	June 22, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-06-22) (as the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority)
Type	Crown agency
Jurisdiction	Government of Ontario
Headquarters	Union Station 97 Front Street West Toronto, Ontario
Agency executives	Donald Wright, Chair Phil Verster, President and CEO
Child agencies	GO Transit Union Pearson Express Presto
Key document	Metrolinx Act, 2006
Website	www.metrolinx.com

Metrolinx is a Government of Ontario-owned crown corporation that manages and integrates road and public transport in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). It was created as the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority on 22 June 2006 and adopted its present name as a brand name in 2007 and eventually as the legal name in 2009. It is headquartered at Union Station in Toronto.

Metrolinx serves as the central procurement agency on behalf of Ontario municipalities for local transit vehicles, equipment and services. It is also responsible for operating the GO Transit system, the Presto card used across the GTHA and by OC Transpo in Ottawa and the Union Pearson Express airport rail link to Toronto Pearson International Airport.^[1]

Metrolinx is also responsible for the construction of transit expansion projects worth nearly $30 billion in Toronto – including Line 5 Eglinton, the Ontario Line, the Line 1 subway extension into Richmond Hill in York Region, and the Line 2 extension into Scarborough – following a 2020 agreement with the City of Toronto.^[2]