Toronto subway

Toronto subway
Subway train at Museum station
Overview
Owner	City of Toronto (Lines 1, 2 and 4) Metrolinx (Lines 5 and 6)
Locale	Toronto Vaughan
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	3 (plus 3 under construction)
Number of stations	70 (plus 60 under construction)[1][2]
Daily ridership	1,022,600 (weekdays, Q1 2024)[3]
Annual ridership	302,527,000 (2023)[4]
Operation
Began operation	March 30, 1954; 70 years ago (1954-03-30)
Operator(s)	Toronto Transit Commission
Number of vehicles	830 heavy rail cars 66 work cars
Train length	6 cars (Lines 1 and 2) 4 cars (Line 4) 3 cars (Line 5)
Headway	2 min 50 s – 6 min (Line 1) 3 min – 6 min (Line 2) 5 min 30 s (Line 4)[5]
Technical
System length	70.1 km (43.6 mi)[5] 63.2 km (39.3 mi) (under construction)[6][7]
Track gauge	4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm) (Lines 1, 2 and 4) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Lines 5 and 6)
Electrification	Third rail, 600 V DC (Lines 1, 2 and 4) Overhead line, 750 V DC (Lines 5 and 6)
System map Show interactive map Show static map Legend Vaughan Don Mills Highway 407 Leslie Pioneer Village Bessarion York University Bayview Finch West Finch Downsview Park North York Centre Sheppard West Sheppard–Yonge Wilson York Mills Yorkdale Lawrence Lawrence West Eglinton Glencairn Davisville Eglinton West St. Clair St. Clair West Summerhill Dupont Rosedale Kipling Islington Royal York Old Mill Kennedy Jane Warden Runnymede Victoria Park High Park Main Street Keele Woodbine Dundas West Coxwell Lansdowne Greenwood Dufferin Donlands Ossington Pape Christie Chester Bathurst Broadview Spadina Castle Frank St. George Sherbourne Bay Bloor–Yonge Museum Wellesley Queen's Park College St. Patrick Dundas Osgoode Queen St. Andrew King Union Yonge–University Bloor–Danforth Sheppard This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

The Toronto subway is a rapid transit system serving Toronto and the neighbouring city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). As of September 2023, the subway system is a rail network consisting of three heavy-capacity rail lines operating predominantly underground. As of December 2022,^[update] three new lines are under construction: two light rail lines (one running mostly below ground, the other running mostly at-grade) and one subway line (running both underground and on elevated guideways).

In 1954, the TTC opened Canada's first underground rail line, then known as the "Yonge subway", under Yonge Street between Union Station and Eglinton Avenue with 12 stations. As of 2023, the network encompasses 70 stations and 70.1 kilometres (43.6 mi) of route.^[1][2] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 302,527,000, or about 1,022,600 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024, making it the second-busiest rapid transit system in Canada in terms of daily ridership, behind the Montreal Metro. There are 60 stations under construction as part of three new lines, two light rail lines and one subway line, and two extensions to existing lines.