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August 22, 2024 at 6:53 PM. The two largest rail companies in Canada locked out nearly 10,000 unionized employees on Thursday after failed labor talks, leading to a freight stoppage projected to ...
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, three new lines ...
The guard at the rear of train 123 spotted train 114 moving and alerted the operator who stopped train 123 within 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) of train 114. Train 123 with two crew aboard was running at 7 km/h (4.3 mph), while train 114 with 5 passengers and 2 crew was running at 43 km/h (27 mph).
Line 3 Scarborough, a light metro line with six stations, was permanently closed in July 2023. As of August 2023, three new lines are under construction, two light rail lines and one light metro line: Line 5 Eglinton, a 25-station, 19-kilometre (12 mi) line along Eglinton Avenue, scheduled to open in 2024. A 9.2-kilometre (5.7 mi) extension of ...
Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. Line 2 Bloor–Danforth is a rapid transit line in the Toronto subway system, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). [4] It has 31 stations and is 26.2 kilometres (16.3 mi) in length. It opened on February 26, 1966, [5][6][7] and extensions at both ends were completed in 1968 and again in 1980.
A flange rail, which is typical of Toronto streetcar lines. All streetcar lines use the unique Toronto gauge of 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (1,495 mm) which is 2 + 3 ⁄ 8 inches (60 mm) wider than the 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge used by most other rail lines in Canada. This broad gauge was adopted in 1861 for the city's horse-drawn ...
Bloor–Yonge is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University and Line 2 Bloor–Danforth in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located in Downtown Toronto, under the intersection of Yonge Street and Bloor Street, it is the busiest subway station in the system, handling over 200,000 passengers on an average weekday. [3] Wi-Fi is available at this station.
Line 5 Eglinton, also known as the Eglinton Crosstown LRT or the Crosstown, is a light rail transit line that is under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Metrolinx and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the line will be part of the Toronto subway system as its fifth route. The line is being constructed in two ...