Toronto subway

Toronto subway
Subway train at Museum station
T-series and Toronto Rocket subway trains (from left to right) on Line 1
Overview
Owner
  • City of Toronto (Lines 1, 2 and 4)
  • Metrolinx (Lines 5 and 6)
Locale
Transit typeRapid transit, Light rail
Number of lines3 (plus 3 under construction)
Number of stations70 (plus 60 under construction)[1][2]
Daily ridership1,101,700 (weekdays, Q2 2025)[3]
Annual ridership331,789,000 (2024)[4]
Operation
Began operationMarch 30, 1954 (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 length70.1 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 3, 5 and 6)
Electrification
System map
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

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). The subway system is a rail network consisting of three heavy-capacity rail lines operating predominantly underground. As of December 2024, three new lines are under construction: two light rail lines (one running mostly underground, the other running mostly at-grade) and one heavy rail 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 2024, the network encompasses 70 stations and 70.1 kilometres (43.6 mi) of route.[1][2] In 2024, the system had a ridership of 331,789,000, or about 1,101,700 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2025, making it the busiest rapid transit system in Canada in terms of daily ridership. 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.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference TTC-2013-Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension". TTC.ca. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2025" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. August 27, 2025. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  4. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. February 19, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Service Summary November 20, 2022 to January 7, 2023" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. November 20, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 25, 2022. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  6. ^ "Eglinton Crosstown LRT". Metrolinx.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  7. ^ "Scarborough Subway Extension". Metrolinx. January 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
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