Toronto Subway

• Toronto urged to hand contract for subway cars to Ontario company

  Toronto is currently in the midst of an urgent procurement process to buy 55 desperately needed new cars to run on its Bloor-Danforth subway line.

  Politics

  Apr 24
  
• Fire at TTC yard doubles subway wait times for Monday commuters

  In a social media post on Monday afternoon, the TTC said a 2 p.m. electrical fire at its Wilson Yard had interrupted its commuter operations.

  Canada

  Feb 10
  
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• Unprovoked subway stabbing of Toronto teen left city wondering, ‘Am I next?’: Crown

  The man who stabbed a 16-year-old stranger to death at a Toronto subway station in an unprovoked attack is a violent and callous killer, the Crown argued at his sentencing hearing.

  Crime

  Feb 6
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• Slew of full weekend closures planned for 2025 across Toronto’s aging subway network

  The TTC unveiled its capital plan for 2025 on Monday, complete with details of how often the spine of the city's transit network would be closed for days at a time.

  Canada

  Jan 21
• TTC plans to redirect downtown access with potential lineup on New Year’s Eve

  The TTC said it would be restricting access to Union Station Subway Station and make people enter the station via the Brookfield Place doors on Bay Street, south of Front Street.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2024
• Federal government joins Ontario in promising money for new Toronto subway cars

  On Friday, the federal government announced it will give Toronto $758 million to buy new subway cars for Line 2, joining a pre-existing provincial promise.

  Politics

  Nov 29, 2024
• Delicate TTC tracks mean slow subways are ‘new normal,’ advocacy group worries

  The TTC has introduced restricted speed zones in places where 'certain defects have been documented' in order to reduce the wear and tear older portions of track suffer.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2024
• Reversal of fortune: Declining subway ridership in Toronto hitting station businesses hard

  Roughly 30 per cent of the stores in Toronto subway stations are empty as ridership remains low. One owner says he thinks his business may never recover from the pandemic.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2024
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• Video of forceful arrest by Toronto police officers on TTC raises concerns

  The video begins with a man seated and shouting as several officers stand by. Moments later, the officers appear to drag the man from his seat to the ground.

  Crime

  Mar 29, 2024
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• Police investigate double stabbing at Toronto subway station

  A man and a woman were stabbed at Wilson subway station, according to police and paramedics. Trains bypassed the station after the incident.

  Crime

  Feb 15, 2024