Transit Toronto

An extraordinary display of conduit work at Glencairn Station TTC Line 1

on board line 5 right now, and it certainly is getting priority over left turning vehicles!

3 months ago, @ttcriders.bsky.social yelled at city council and made a buzz in the media to make this happen, and elevated the voice of frustrated local riders on line 6.

advocacy works, again and again.

👏 to these amazing transit activists! If the city follows through with changes to the whole transit network, they will have made transit better for all of Toronto!

Needs more Orange.

TTC Large Witt #3010 leads a trailer into Glen Echo Loop, passing Peter Witt train led by #2528 on a charter.

📷Richard Glaze 📅May 30, 1953

#TTC #Streetcar #Toronto

An Eglinton LRT waits to enter service from its maintenance facility beneath wires and amongst various plants and rocks

Who's Next.

#Toronto #EglintonLRT #Photography

Mount Dennis is a really picturesque station.

The bus platform of Lawrence station, seen from the south, looking north towards the station entrance. It would still be another 30 days before it would be used by the public.

📷Edward Wickson 📅March 1, 1973

#TTC #TransitToronto #Subway #Toronto

Was this near Dundas West Station?

Today's subversive trolleybus.

Ngl, Line 5 is now my favorite LRT line (next to ION) and I use it whenever I can. -DB

TTC Peter Witt cars 2770, 2528, and 2556 lay over at the north end of Russell Carhouse.

📅May 31, 1953 📷Richard Glaze

#TTC #Streetcars #TransitToronto

Jarrett Young, a fan of our page sent us a copy of his book "Transit People".

This book is a collection of sketches Jarret made of riders on the Subway. If you like to support his work, you can buy his book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/04ydQ76a

#ttc #toronto #transittoronto

Erasing time at MacLennan & Summerhill Aves., Toronto.

Two photos taken at the same spot, exactly 100 years apart to the day.

March 8, 1923: Alfred Pearson / Toronto Archives
March 8, 2023: Jeremy F. Hopkin

#thenandnow #ttc #1920s #torontohistory #jeremyhopkin

Eastbound train pulling into Forest Hill.

This line has quickly proved itself to be godsend.

Its opened up so many new parts of the city when before you'd had to sit (probably stand) on a crowded bus.

Long delayed but welcome all the same.

#TTC #LightRail #Toronto #Line5 #trainspotting #crosstown

moderately crowded interior of a light rail vehicle

line 5 at 7pm on a saturday, with trains running every 6-8 minutes. i take this train pretty often and I've only noticed ridership going up and up every time i use it.

people will take transit in droves if it's fast and competitive!

GO Transit single-level cab car heads up a GO Train at Union Station, in preparation for a trip to Oakville.

📷Gregory Sommers 📅May 1976

#GOTrain #Toronto #Railways #Railfan

TT Timelapse - Rush Hour Around Union Station (~25x) Toronto's Union Station is the hub of downtown Toronto, receiving hundreds of thousands of commuters, shoppers, sightseers and more every day, all arriving or departing by train, bus and subway. After decades of development, the facility moves vehicles and people in an intricate dance. Check out tha

Union Station is the hub of downtown Toronto, serving hundreds of thousands of passengers arriving or departing by train, bus, and subway. The facility moves vehicles and people in an intricate dance. Check out that dance in this film by Transit Toronto editor James Bow:

New renders for the Ontario Line section of Pape Station.

TTC GM New Look bus #8164 operates on 35B JANE service southbound, just crossing Weston Road.

📅October 1986 📷Unknown/Pete Coulman collection

#TTC #Bus #PublicTransit #Toronto

TTC New Flyer D901 bus #6107 pauses in service on 96 WILSON with Brampton Transit GM New Look bus #7533 in service on 11 STEELES at Humberline loop at the corner of Albion and Humberline.

📅July 22, 1991 📷Ted Wickson/John Knight collection

#TTC #Toronto #Brampton #PublicTransit

A title card promoting our video "Union Rush" featuring two GO Trains on tracks, looking east from the Spadina Avenue Bridge.

Ever go down to the railway lands and watch the trains go by? This week, we have two videos on this subject, with a new one showing up this Friday. Back in Summer 2022, Edward Brain recorded the first video & Damian Baranowski editied it to the tune of the Entertainer. Watch: youtu.be/53yytmptHMU

TTC A7-class all-electric PCC #4417 rests alongside A8-class all-electric PCC #4515, facing north on the yard tracks at Roncesvalles. One of the first CLRVs can be seen in the background.

📅Early 1980s 📷John Calnan

#Streetcar #TransitToronto #Toronto #OldToronto

god i miss those streetcars

closed off entrance to the line 2 subway at spadina. orange closure notice attached to a yellow gate by a staircase leading down

line 5 train at an underground platform

over the weekend, line 2 was shut down between st george and keele. after hopping off the 510 at spadina, i took line 1 up to cedarvale and line 5 to midtown instead.

was it faster than walking to st george & doing line 2+1? idk, but it was cold, i was tired, & it's nice to have network redundancy

TTC A14-class ex-Kansas City all-electric PCC #4778, on a mantrap and bearing a Pittsburgh rollsign pauses at the eastbound platform of Bloor station transfer way on an evening in 1965.

📷Unknown/Charles Houser collection

#TTC #Streetcar #PCC #Toronto #TransitToronto

I CROSSED THE GTA WITH ONLY LOCAL TRANSIT! YouTube video by PinkyThumb

Omfg

Crossing the GTHA with only local transit, no GO or VIA rail.

Tbh I’ve always wanted to do this

youtu.be/IacZs7FwDNw

7.5 hours instead of 2.5.

...in case you were curious.

GO Transit has a weekend Day pass you can get for $10 on their website. You can use that to save some cash. But it requires a mobile phone.

For the TTC I'd buy the day pass to be safe. -DB

A six-car train of Gloucesters departs Davisville station. On Yonge Street, the tracks are being taken up and new pavement laid down.

📅July 5, 1954 📷Richard Glaze

#TTC #TorontoSubway #Toronto #TransitToronto #oldToronto