Evolution of the Toronto Subway 1954-2030s (animation)

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  • čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
  • The history and the future expansion plans for the TTC Toronto Subway is illustrated in this animation.
    #Toronto #TTC #history
    BGM:
    Neon Time Traveler by Charlie Ryan
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    0:00 Introduction
    0:12 Mar 1954 The subway
    0:25 Feb 1963 Yonge-University Line
    0:35 Feb 1966
    1:05 May 1968 Bloor-Danforth line
    1:18 Mar 1974 Yonge-University Line
    1:37 Jan 1978 Yongeluniversity-Spadina Line
    1:49 Nov 1980 Bloor-Danforth line
    2:00 Mar 1985 Scarborough RT
    2:11 Jun 1987 Yonge-University-Spadina Line
    2:22 Mar 1996 Yonge-University-Spadina Line
    2:33 Nov 2002 Sheppard line
    2:47 Mar 2014 Line renaming
    2:58 Dec 2017 Line 1 Yonge-University
    3:16 2023 (under construction)
    3:27 Finch West
    3:42 2029-30 under construction Line 2 Bloor-Danforth
    4:01 2030 (under construction) Line 3 Ontario Line
    4:12 2030 (proposed) Line 1 Yorge-hiversity
    4:23 2030-31 (under construction) Line 5 Eglinton
    4:34 TBD (proposed)
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  • @johnnolan5579
    @johnnolan5579 Před 2 lety +236

    Even though the Sheppard line is underutilized, I am very surprised that the Sheppard East line will not connect with the Sheppard West station. This would be an ideal relief line during other line shutdowns.

    • @asiena
      @asiena Před 2 lety +96

      Far too logical for Toronto

    • @anhbinbaccuc8850
      @anhbinbaccuc8850 Před 2 lety +25

      I have the same question why they don't connect that part, people are not using it because there;s no connection, once there is east-west Sheppard that line will be so busy as people are trying to avoid using 2 different 84 east and 84 west buses

    • @fredbryce8263
      @fredbryce8263 Před 2 lety +35

      Ikr, I live in the North York area and it bothers me how I have to transfer from Sheppard West to Sheppard-Yonge by using a bus and then transferring again by the subway to reach Don Mills, the TTC would always say that it's because of low ridership but it's not really the case since a lot of college/university students could utilize the extension and eliminate the east-west transfer at Yonge Street just like in Eglinton. And theoritically it would cost less than the now under construction Scarborough Subway Extension. But I guess it's Toronto what do you expect lmao

    • @anhbinbaccuc8850
      @anhbinbaccuc8850 Před 2 lety +2

      @@fredbryce8263 I always thought eventually they would connect them, since I see the frequency of 84 Sheppard buses surpasses other routes every time I'm waiting for buses at Sheppard West (former Downsview station)

    • @anhbinbaccuc8850
      @anhbinbaccuc8850 Před 2 lety +5

      I am SO SO SO very sure, people living mid way Eglington north shall they wanted to go east or west they would ditch going south to use line 2, instead they would use the connected Sheppard line if that line exist .....that is a major traffic directed north helping to ease line 2 for people work, live and tourists in the downtown area ......Once the Eglington goes into operation and line 2 is less congested then we will understand the importance of east-west Sheppard since the city is expanded further north, Vaughan is growing this line will prove to be very critical in helping to distribute the traffics in line 1 and 2

  • @Quast
    @Quast Před 2 lety +266

    Was always surprised that Toronto only had one line for the West-East axis.

    • @strawberry7799a
      @strawberry7799a Před 2 lety +54

      The original plans in the 1960s was for two east-west lines. One on Bloor/Danforth and the second on Queen Street in Downtown. Original segment of BD line was built but then the Queen line was delayed. Instead the BD line was extended deeper into the suburbs because that got the politicians new votes. The Queen line was planned and delayed multiple times for several decades. Now the plan is called the Ontario Line project. Construction is planned this decade and its expected to open by 2030.

    • @Playfulpat
      @Playfulpat Před 2 lety +55

      In downtown Toronto East to west is covered by street cars

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad Před 2 lety +8

      @@strawberry7799a so in other
      words, it can still be delayed for several decades. Let’s face it the first hole has just been dug 8 years to build 15 km is pretty pathetic. May as well include a monorail someone wants to build.

    • @shawnpitman876
      @shawnpitman876 Před 2 lety +16

      Eglinton won't suffice as an east west line, so we'll still only really have one, because they insist on putting in these LRTs that suck, we should have sheppard line from east to west in place of that finch LRT nonsense.

    • @redstone91210
      @redstone91210 Před 2 lety +1

      *clears throat* ONE Line?

  • @1234canadianguy
    @1234canadianguy Před 2 lety +323

    As a native Torontonian, I got to admit I was pleasantly surprised to see this video on the TTC Subway. Other than Lines 5 and 6 being stated as the "Sheppard" when it should say "Eglinton" and "Finch West" respectively at 3:30, this is an overall awesome video! I honestly never thought I would see the subway system of my hometown featured on this channel. :)

    • @alexanderip1003
      @alexanderip1003 Před rokem

      I Hope they include a Line 7 (Sheppard East *Supplementary LRT Line)
      *In the event Line 4 ran into certain incidents to the point the subway service is suspended this LRT Line above it will take over the service No More Buses

    • @omargoalzz
      @omargoalzz Před rokem

      @@alexanderip1003 I want lakeshoree

    • @siekensou77
      @siekensou77 Před 11 měsíci

      2030 map is nearly a century late...
      at the very least half a century late..
      this is no where near enough

    • @josephlin8065
      @josephlin8065 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Better late than never.

    • @shawnpitman876
      @shawnpitman876 Před 5 měsíci

      @@alexanderip1003 You're beyond stupid. Why would they make the least used line in the system the only redundant one?

  • @flare2000x
    @flare2000x Před 2 lety +404

    One small correction: the Ontario line isn't going to be a light metro, the trains will be slightly smaller than the main lines but they are still normal subway trains, 5 cars long and 3m wide.

    • @stinkyroadhog1347
      @stinkyroadhog1347 Před 2 lety +30

      Im pretty certain it is a light metro using trains similar to what Montreal will use for its REM line.

    • @pepperpillow
      @pepperpillow Před rokem +16

      It is a light metro. That is what it’s called.

    • @Train_Chaser-KeiTruckUrbanist
      @Train_Chaser-KeiTruckUrbanist Před rokem +8

      A light metro is a metro system with smaller trains. Look at the rt.
      Half of Line 5 will be a light metro because they use a smaller vehicle than the main cars

    • @user-bt5mf3nj7c
      @user-bt5mf3nj7c Před rokem +2

      It is by Hitachi, using their light metro trains (similar to TRTC's EMU101

    • @Alt1229_RBLXTransit
      @Alt1229_RBLXTransit Před rokem +3

      Line 5 is a light rail, not a light metro.

  • @rodneychan914
    @rodneychan914 Před 2 lety +85

    Nice job!! Just wanted to point out that the Scarborough RT (Line 3) actually closes next year in 2023!! There will be a 7 year gap until the subway extension opens, so service will be replaced by busses. They are currently planning to repurpose the SRT right of way to create a bus transit way tho!!

    • @muhammadfariz2839
      @muhammadfariz2839 Před 2 lety +4

      Why they (TTC) will closing the Scarborough RT service?

    • @Wald4267
      @Wald4267 Před 2 lety +3

      Holy cow I didn’t think it was next year

    • @sebastianperez8023
      @sebastianperez8023 Před 2 lety +25

      @@muhammadfariz2839 The train cabs have way outlived its lifespan. It would be very expensive to maintain these cabs.

    • @muhammadfariz2839
      @muhammadfariz2839 Před 2 lety

      @@sebastianperez8023 , what about changing to another train cabs?

    • @fredbryce8263
      @fredbryce8263 Před 2 lety +3

      I think it's because the shuttle buses that will be used for next year will still be branded as Line 3 until the subway extension and the Ontario Line (future Line 3) opens but I might be wrong

  • @shawnpitman876
    @shawnpitman876 Před 2 lety +66

    Gotta love that their proposed plan leaves the dumbest gap in transit between the two forks of line 2, when that would be another way to massively reduce stress on the transit system.

    • @ncard00
      @ncard00 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Subways are stupid. During construction, co2 emissions are too high, they cost 5 times as much as trams per mile, and they’re just an excuse to keep running cars on the surface, instead of using trams to take away car lanes.

    • @TheRandCrews
      @TheRandCrews Před 3 měsíci +7

      @@ncard00that’s just North American cost evaluations, it’s always going to be more expensive than Europe or Asia. You can build more trams to serve more people in many areas in Subway but people usually don’t travel on trams that long and is more of a local service than a crosstown subway that feeds to. That’s why Don Mills LRT is replaced by the Ontario Line and future extensions.
      Trams are not sufficient to handle this much people in Toronto, line 5 Eglinton being a downgraded LRT from a subway cancelled decades ago still has the original segments planned built as subways. Many people presume that it will be overcrowded when it opens and many choke points when it starts to run in mix traffic. Let alone how much would it even be any faster than some alternative or comparable trips.
      It doesn’t help either that these LRT’s are replacing the busiest bus corridors, but also have a bunch of development on the same one, like Eglinton.

    • @Bruce-l
      @Bruce-l Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@ncard00 in Toronto, the streetcars (trams) tracks are shared with cars, making them really slow. subways also have alot more capacity and speed than streetcars

  • @techdeals9733
    @techdeals9733 Před 2 lety +8

    2060 - "guys we are finishing Eglinton line this year!"

  • @rowanguy9528
    @rowanguy9528 Před 2 lety +70

    Pleeease do Vancouver! it would be amazing to see, I think there are quite detailed future expansion plans

    • @nedhappily
      @nedhappily Před 2 lety +1

      Not as many as Toronto.
      Only one UBC line for future project that's all
      They don't even have budget for Surrey-Langley skytrain

    • @rowanguy9528
      @rowanguy9528 Před 2 lety

      @@nedhappily they actually have proposed plans for many decades into the future, you need to download the PDFs to check it out, the Langley connection was delayed due to covid

    • @nedhappily
      @nedhappily Před 2 lety

      @@rowanguy9528 Yea they always plan stuff but no money to build.
      Toronto and Montreal took most of the federal budget to build stuff.
      The Langley extension delayed not only because of COVID but also waiting for money. (Just saw the news last month)
      COVID was the best excuse they can mention.
      Pandemic also hit Ontario and Quebec hard but that didn't stop projects in Toronto and Montreal.
      I don't think the construction will happen by 2025. Very typical BC thing

    • @sprocketspritz
      @sprocketspritz Před rokem +1

      @@nedhappily The GVRD currently has a longer pure RT system than the entire GTA, with just over 1/3 the population. That lead won't be tied by the Ontario Line either. The GTA's RT system is truly pathetic, although there is potential to significantly upgrade the streetcar system to significantly speed it up. If only Toronto would do it.

    • @ClassicGuy57
      @ClassicGuy57 Před rokem

      Vancouver is getting a transit system? It’s about time! You have enough people for a system.

  • @tntmaster1104
    @tntmaster1104 Před 2 lety +21

    Lets Go! Another one from the Legend himself: MetroLiner!!!!!!!

  • @angelicajacobs584
    @angelicajacobs584 Před 2 lety +24

    This was soo cool to see! I used to work up by hi tech and saw them surveying the area and they said it was for the new subway! THAT would have made getting from Wilson subway to Richmond Hill SOOOOO much easier and faster!

  • @pbilk
    @pbilk Před 2 lety +5

    4:40 that just makes sense to connect to the airport. I hope it goes forward past "proposed".

    • @ClassicGuy57
      @ClassicGuy57 Před rokem

      It would help with all the frequent commuters that go to airport often via UP EXPRESS and the 900 bus from Kipling Station to Pearson.

  • @OfelieArt
    @OfelieArt Před 2 lety +14

    I used to study at Humber College and live in accommodation there. A subway line from there would be so dang helpful... Took like 2 hours to get to downtown one way...

    • @Absolute_Zero7
      @Absolute_Zero7 Před 2 lety +5

      Its not going to be much faster. What's being built is basically like a streetcar line similar to the Spadina Streetcar downtown: It might save around 5 minutes to get to Finch West Station, but overall it won't be much of an improvement.

    • @mxhe9457
      @mxhe9457 Před 2 lety +6

      @@Absolute_Zero7 I would say it will be faster than the Spadina Streetcar as stop spacing will be much farther apart, but not as fast as the subway. Speeds comparable to the current Harbourfront Streetcar, which doesn't have to wait at many lights given it's placement next to the water.

    • @Skyfoogle
      @Skyfoogle Před 2 lety +4

      @@mxhe9457 egregious that LRT systems integrated into the rapid transit network would even have to stop at traffic lights.

    • @mxhe9457
      @mxhe9457 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Skyfoogle I agree, they absolutely should have done more for priority signalling on both Eglinton and Finch, but my point stands it will be faster than the Spadina Streetcar.

    • @anhbinbaccuc8850
      @anhbinbaccuc8850 Před 2 lety +1

      I just passed by there and saw the new station situated at the intersection of Highway 22, facing the hospital. Now they have the bus terminal right infront of the Guelph University, students get off cross the street and enter the college .....back in 2010 I took the Finch bus and had to walk from the bus stop to the college which takes like 7-10mins ....and when you're late durring exam days that 10mins was really something, not to mention winter snowy and icy weather .

  • @davidbrowne3761
    @davidbrowne3761 Před 2 lety +30

    As a Native Torontonian I am very happy to see this video.
    Metrolinx the government agency overseeing the construction of
    Eglinton Crosstown/Eglinton/Line 5 is Aiming for an Opening Date of 9 OCTOBER 2022

    • @AutoGamerZ_
      @AutoGamerZ_ Před 2 lety +7

      I have my doubts they will make that deadline but if they do that'd be amazing.

    • @davidbrowne3761
      @davidbrowne3761 Před 2 lety +5

      @@AutoGamerZ_ Indeed
      But it is GOOD that they are trying to start service before 2023
      Metrolinx may open Crosstown and By-pass Eglinton Station for a short time due the mess with the state of utilities underneath Eglinton and above the Station Box for Line 5

    • @strawberry7799a
      @strawberry7799a Před 2 lety +6

      From what I have read October is simply the date when construction will finish. Testing and training for TTC crews will then begin. Revenue service is likely to be seen in early 2023.

    • @davidbrowne3761
      @davidbrowne3761 Před 2 lety +2

      @@strawberry7799a Some testing is already done, these vehicles are similar to those that run Downtown so training should not be very long period

    • @vajayna_eklhabouh
      @vajayna_eklhabouh Před 2 lety +3

      Hey Fellow 416er over here -- I always wondered why they never wanted to do some kind of partial operability here like what they do in Singapore..... They open their lines in phases.

  • @fortythreenorth2518
    @fortythreenorth2518 Před 2 lety +9

    Toronto has really grown since I moved away in 1988. I wish they'd build a decent RT line here in London but all we are getting is a lousy bus lane in a decade from now.

    • @twocansams6335
      @twocansams6335 Před 2 lety

      Because of electric buses unless the route is very high traffic a electric bus would be cheaper.

    • @gemgem8191
      @gemgem8191 Před 11 měsíci

      Fired

  • @Wald4267
    @Wald4267 Před 11 měsíci +10

    One correction: Sheppard-Yonge station wasn’t always known as “Sheppard-Yonge” before the Sheppard Subway Line was opened in 2002. The station was known as Sheppard Station. It was renamed in part of the station having a direct, at foot connection to line 4.

  • @christopher19894
    @christopher19894 Před 2 lety +26

    The Scarborough RT was new when I was a kid, and ever since then I had a feeling it would be scrapped eventually. It's so janky and kinda useless as a separate train system.

    • @AreYouEddie
      @AreYouEddie Před 2 lety +1

      you also gotta remember that Scarborough was somehow capital rich enough to pull this off pre amalgamation. they took it into their hands to serve their community. post amalgamation...well ...City of Toronto has how many billions of infrastructure upkeep they are behind on? It does make you wonder what the outer boroughs couldve done without amalgamation....another what if

  • @noelgenoway9360
    @noelgenoway9360 Před rokem +4

    Sheppard East and Sheppard - Yonge ................needs to connect to Sheppard West. This would make so much SENSE!!!

  • @jiecut
    @jiecut Před 2 lety +6

    0:45 Wow, what an interesting 3-route system, interlining trial in 1966.

  • @ItisMoody
    @ItisMoody Před 2 lety +19

    Finch West should be expanded to Finch East, and Sheppard should definitely be extended to McCowan to the east and Shep. W to the west.
    Also, dear fellow Torontonians, do not underestimate how much relief the Ontario Line is going to provide once it opens!!! The route is genius and I wish the next 10 years would fly lol...

    • @Train_Chaser-KeiTruckUrbanist
      @Train_Chaser-KeiTruckUrbanist Před rokem

      And of course our government is gonna "extend" Line 4 by making it an lrt. Either extend the subway of get rid of it.

  • @lvalledor3440
    @lvalledor3440 Před 2 lety +16

    Nice video! I believe Line 4 Extending to connect with Line 2 Extension should happen because the existing Line 4 we got is so mediocre. If Line 4 extends to McCowan it will be more useful due to its connection/interchange with Line 2 & Line 4 would also fulfill its original proposal of ending up in Scarborough. I feel like some of the other Lines can be extended as well possibly Ontario Line be extended North to Don Mills Station to connect with Line 4 & I think it'd be nice for Line 6 to extend South to Woodbine Ctr, Pearson Airport & I think it'd be nice if Line 6 could terminate at Kipling Station taking a route similar to the proposed Etobicoke RT & finally make good use of the abandoned trackbed at Kipling Station

  • @fredbryce8263
    @fredbryce8263 Před 2 lety +71

    I live in Toronto specifically in the North York district and I believe that every single person here wants an improvement for Line 4, as of now it's the only Line that doesn't have any active plans or extensions since opening, Line 1 has an extension on the Yonge part, Line 2 has an extension to Sheppard East , and then Line 5 to Renforth, but they chose to literally stay silent on Line 4 (wtf). Line 4 was literally the white elephant of the system besides Line 3, and it would be a shame if they would just leave it like that and not extend it to Sheppard West and Sheppard East.

    • @haoxus9413
      @haoxus9413 Před 2 lety +3

      I live in Toronto too. I don't want improvements for line 4

    • @vicenteesnaola2658
      @vicenteesnaola2658 Před 2 lety +3

      Seconded. Don’t care about line 4.

    • @AreYouEddie
      @AreYouEddie Před 2 lety +4

      for line 4 to be successful it needs to somehow close the loop on both sides. there once was a plan for it to go to the zoo and then a LRT plan for that during the miller days. now it's just inconvenient to take especially since the TTC doesn't have a distance based fare system.... if they did, people could hop on and off it ...

    • @randomaccount672
      @randomaccount672 Před 2 lety

      Have traveled a lot in line 4. its not quite busy

    • @Train_Chaser-KeiTruckUrbanist
      @Train_Chaser-KeiTruckUrbanist Před rokem

      I love in scarborough and i wonder why its so short

  • @ynwa3573
    @ynwa3573 Před rokem +4

    Great Video that shows how slow the Subway development is in a metropolitan city called Toronto. Compared it to Singapore. The development pace is like tortoise (Toronto) and a Hare

  • @stephen9609
    @stephen9609 Před 2 lety +17

    2023 will be a big year for the system! It's a crime that nothing was opened between 2003 and 2017.

    • @tusanthaya1970
      @tusanthaya1970 Před 2 lety +1

      What was the reason for no openings during this time?

    • @stephen9609
      @stephen9609 Před 2 lety +3

      @@tusanthaya1970 Poor planning and cuts in the 1990s. There was a subway line under construction which the Conservative government at the time cancelled and filled in the hole that was already dug...

    • @sygneg7348
      @sygneg7348 Před 2 lety +4

      @@stephen9609 You forgot to mention the subway crash of 1995. The government felt that the TTC couldn't handle the system properly and further broke down it's budget and power until the safety measures were properly put into place.

    • @andlau88
      @andlau88 Před 2 lety +2

      I hope the weekly closure between Lawrence and St Clair will end by then

  • @PhilliesNostalgia
    @PhilliesNostalgia Před 2 lety +13

    It seems you accidentally kept Sheppard up as the names for Lines 5 & 6

    • @MetroLiner
      @MetroLiner  Před 2 lety +9

      Oh no… How did I not see that :’(

  • @SummeRain783
    @SummeRain783 Před 2 lety +5

    Wish Ontario line extended to lakeshore/mimico area somehow. There are a lot of residential developments there. The traffic in that area is pretty horrendous as well. Adding more transit there would make an often traffic induced 1 hour trip only 15 minutes.

    • @Rafin889
      @Rafin889 Před 11 měsíci

      As someone from South Etobicoke, I agree

  • @tompeled6193
    @tompeled6193 Před 2 lety +27

    Line 4 and 6 should be connected and merged into one line.

    • @Kishanth.J
      @Kishanth.J Před 2 lety +3

      Do you mean line 4 and line 6? Cause line 5 and line 4 are pretty far apart.

    • @Kishanth.J
      @Kishanth.J Před 2 lety +4

      From what I know Line 6 is basically similar to the original Line 4 design. Line 4 was meant to go west of Yonge st along Shepherds avenue and farther east through Scarborough along Shepherds avenue. That plan, as well as two other subway projects, were canceled controversially during construction. What is left of line 4 was all that survived.

    • @strawberry7799a
      @strawberry7799a Před 2 lety +6

      I assume you mean Line 4 and Line 6. Issue is that Line 4 uses subway trains while Line 6 is actually a tram. The vehicles are not compatible and the stations have different platform heights.

    • @tompeled6193
      @tompeled6193 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Kishanth.J Yep

    • @carpanatomytony
      @carpanatomytony Před 2 lety +1

      I'm totally supporting this

  • @FrozenBusChannel
    @FrozenBusChannel Před 2 lety +5

    The hairpin-shaped line is interesting, as is the transfer-free thing they attempted

  • @daydreamer8662
    @daydreamer8662 Před 2 lety +46

    I'm in my 60's and I grew up in Willowdale. I recall the first expansions of the Yonge St. line first to York Mills then to Finch. I thought that in the next 10 years, it was going to hit Newmarket. Then we got Criminal Lastman to screw everything up including his Sheppard Stump.
    In 70 years, we now have about 76 km of subway with one of the highest fares in the world. Shanghai has about 8 times as much, faster service, and fares as high as $2 for a long ride, $0.50 for a short trip. Rome's subway is around the same length. But a monthly pass is around $50.
    The TTC, once the envy of the world, now a public, mismanaged joke

    • @Guncannon
      @Guncannon Před 2 lety +6

      You pretty much hit the point. All these people who try to push people to go take a transit instead of driving should read it. It really explains why people are still insist of driving instead of taking the transit even with gas price at all time high right now. Transit system in GTA is expensive, slow and unreliable. The subway system is getting partially shut down almost every week now. A good example is it only takes me like 20-25 mins to drive to work, and it'll take hour 45 mins to 2 hours + with transit. It is really a no brainer to choose which way to travel.

    • @marcrchz
      @marcrchz Před 2 lety +5

      @@Guncannon If your city actually managed to build a decent system over the core to various suburbs in all that time they had, it would have actually been good for a lot of people, with good prices.

    • @blastbottles
      @blastbottles Před rokem

      @@marcrchz yea well politics

    • @maxjohnson8659
      @maxjohnson8659 Před rokem +2

      why tf would it go to Newmarket when we already have the Barrie GO line? it's exactly this kind of thinking that led to too much underground heavy rail in the suburbs leading to inadequate capacity where it's actually needed (downtown relief line).
      and what tf does Mel Lastman have to do with anything? His original plan was a subway from Downsview to McCowan/STC. it was the 90s recession and Rae's cuts that created the line 4 stump.

    • @daydreamer8662
      @daydreamer8662 Před rokem

      ​@@maxjohnson8659 I guess you have difficulties with simple math. In the 70s, I was a young teenager. How TF would I know about all this at that time? It just appeared that the subway was forever going north. In a short time, it went from Eglington to Finch. And just because there is a GO line, that doesn't eliminate the need for a subway line.
      Lastman demanded control over the TTC, and as such, the provincial gov't said fine, you want it your way, then you pay. So, to answer your ignorant comment, when Mel realized his funds ran short, he petitioned developers to kick back some coin if he increased density. It wasn't Bob Rea that made the Sheppard Stump, it was the guy who went to jail; Mel Lastman.
      Are you one of Lastman's illegitimate children?

  • @pacman3556
    @pacman3556 Před rokem +5

    Isn't there a proposal to also extend the new Eglinton LRT from Kennedy Subway station further along Eglinton then across Kingston Road to Morningside Ave eventually coming to an end at U of T Scarborough Campus?

  • @IrishTransportGuy
    @IrishTransportGuy Před 2 lety +2

    Great video! Keep up the excellent work!

  • @kennethso1181
    @kennethso1181 Před 2 lety +6

    I can use my senior discount to ride the Ontario line if I am still alive in 2047!

  • @CC-rx9ty
    @CC-rx9ty Před 2 lety +15

    The final project is what Toronto subway map should look like now. Sad this won’t come to fruition for another 10+ years

  • @havingalook2
    @havingalook2 Před 2 lety

    Well done, thank you - very informative.

  • @redlinedreamin
    @redlinedreamin Před 2 lety +3

    Do Chicago next! Your videos are so well done

  • @dannybans23
    @dannybans23 Před rokem

    Wow didn't know some of these were in the works.. very exciting

  • @Novaflyer7000
    @Novaflyer7000 Před 10 měsíci +8

    Until 2002, as you nearly forget, there were the 60x series routes for subways.
    - 601 BLOOR-DANFORTH
    - 602 YONGE-UNIVERSITY-SPADINA
    - 603 SCARBOROUGH RT
    - 604 HARBOURFRONT LRT (adopted the 510 number from 1996).
    The 1-4 numbering became available for internal use in 2002 and formally introduced to the public in late 2013.

  • @artiesimek8327
    @artiesimek8327 Před měsícem

    it's so nice to know that there will be rapid transit where I live when I am dead.

  • @baharehhamekasi8278
    @baharehhamekasi8278 Před rokem

    Thank you, so helpful

  • @carpanatomytony
    @carpanatomytony Před 2 lety

    really nice!

  • @SyntaxOverflow
    @SyntaxOverflow Před rokem +4

    Maybe you could make a part 2 which shows the Go train lines mixed in with our TTC?

  • @NoName-vx6up
    @NoName-vx6up Před 2 lety +2

    Maybe someone can critique my suggestion on why they shouldn't make a line from existing line 1 to go eat/west along Steeles? What a great hub that would have been to connect the city of Toronto with the 905ers. I know, $$, but density wise it just makes sense IMO.

  • @AndrewG1989
    @AndrewG1989 Před 2 lety +3

    Very nice. Very accurate as well. 👍☺️

  • @MaxCheng95
    @MaxCheng95 Před 2 lety +35

    Personal opinion, I think Line 1 should split in twain at Union. I’m not really a huge fan of a U shaped metro line, especially one this close to each other downtown. (Sorry RM Transit lol)

    • @MetroLiner
      @MetroLiner  Před 2 lety +29

      Splitting the line will help the operator run the trains more efficiently, but for passengers the U shape is quite helpful! The parallel stations in downtown are walking distances from each other and also connected by streetcars, but many passengers still chose to go around the "U" via Union when travelling between downtown and the northern part of the line especially during cold snowy winters.

    • @MaxCheng95
      @MaxCheng95 Před 2 lety +9

      @@MetroLiner True, but those parallel stations in downtown are only a couple blocks away from each other, some even interconnected underground, getting a U shaped thru service doesn’t make it much better when that is considered

    • @quoclongly4365
      @quoclongly4365 Před 2 lety +3

      @@MaxCheng95 The U is necessary to connect the lines to Wilson Yard. Otherwise the eastern half (including sheppard line) would have to be serviced only @ Davisville yard which is smaller than Wilson. For logistical reasons the city should have finished connecting sheppard east station towards sheppard west station (use to be downsview) so that trains on sheppard line and eastern section could easily connect to wilson yard.

    • @MaxCheng95
      @MaxCheng95 Před 2 lety +1

      @@quoclongly4365 Splitting the line doesn’t mean splitting the infrastructures as well. It’s actually pretty common for subways to share rail yards between different lines and I was referring to splitting service blocks, not the infrastructures

    • @Skyfoogle
      @Skyfoogle Před 2 lety +4

      @@MaxCheng95 can't say I'm sure what the point of that would be. for people close to or east of yonge who want to get on the university line, it would just add an unnecessary transfer at union. and nobody likes transfers, were spending $5.5 billion just to eliminate a transfer at kennedy.
      it would maybe give the TTC more frequency control between the two segments of the line, but I feel the benefits would be negligible as they're both very busy.

  • @BMTEnjoyer160
    @BMTEnjoyer160 Před rokem +3

    Who loves this guy and his content
    👇

  • @birgiollo9229
    @birgiollo9229 Před 2 lety +1

    Could you please do Milan? I'm Italian and I just started watching your videos, they're amazing

  • @pbasswil
    @pbasswil Před rokem +2

    It's a substantial & useful system, by North American standards, and still evolving. I can't help thinking, though, this ~75 years of subway development is equal to about 5 years of just about any Chinese metro! Different political system, different municipal (and societal) priorities, etc, etc.

    • @alanwatchesstuff
      @alanwatchesstuff Před 3 měsíci

      the chinese government has a lot of money… also mass transit is way more profitable in a populous country.

  • @JasonParis
    @JasonParis Před 2 lety +9

    You really need to do one for Metolinx's regional rail services, especially now that we are heading into S-Bahn territory in the Greater Golden Horseshoe.

  • @neverenoughguitars8276
    @neverenoughguitars8276 Před 2 lety +1

    I lived in Scarborough from 1975 - 2001 and I would have killed to have that Sheppard line from Sheppard East to the Finch line. Would have saved me so much of my life that was wasted taking busses for hours every day.

  • @giuliodriver5049
    @giuliodriver5049 Před 2 lety +1

    Can you do Milan subway next, with the "passante" line too, please

  • @pppphillip
    @pppphillip Před 2 lety +2

    This looks very simple. I can't say that it's bad but maybe there are some options to differ the routes of the lines, so there are more connections. But there will be a logic behind these plans, so I don't complain about it

  • @TTCvideogamer
    @TTCvideogamer Před 2 měsíci

    I’m lovin it!

  • @starfirex2413
    @starfirex2413 Před 2 lety +2

    Would be great to see Go and UPE lines and connections as well. There are several extension and stations being built.

    • @brianly100
      @brianly100 Před rokem

      The UP express only have 4 stops what’s the point of making a video on that

    • @DarrylErickson
      @DarrylErickson Před rokem

      @@brianly100 it will have 6 stops in the future (Mount Pleasant and Stockyards being added) but still agreed, not worth a video lol

    • @Nabee_H
      @Nabee_H Před 2 měsíci

      Lakeshore East will be connecting with the Ontario Line I believe.

  • @jeremygilbert7190
    @jeremygilbert7190 Před rokem +1

    A minor error, not sure if this has been pointed out before (maybe by me...) but "Sheppard-Yonge" station wasn't called that until the Sheppard line opened in 2002. It was called "Sheppard" station before then.

  • @gastonpalavicino8827
    @gastonpalavicino8827 Před 2 lety +2

    I remember learning about the 3 way system that existed in 1966 until it was scrapped....now my question is - what would happen had the closed down 3rd line remained (Bloor-University-Yonge) open, would new stations appear out of it, would Wilson Station even exist, or Finch, or Kipling ?? -
    Only in an alternate reality, Lower Bay is still alive and running.....

  • @pbasswil
    @pbasswil Před rokem +2

    Yikes, all the branches feed the Yonge line as if it were the 'trunk'. That's a lot of pressure on one single line to central downtown. It'd be great if they could swing the west end of the Ontario line back north to intersect with 2 and 5, giving those two an alternative route downtown.

  • @astwas
    @astwas Před 2 lety +1

    Subway directly to Pearson airport would be dooope

  • @MarloSoBalJr
    @MarloSoBalJr Před 2 lety +13

    I'm curious, what tool do you use to make these line illustrations

    • @MetroLiner
      @MetroLiner  Před 2 lety +15

      I am using Adobe After Effects

    • @DonutsIceCreamAndCottenCandy
      @DonutsIceCreamAndCottenCandy Před 2 lety +3

      @@MetroLiner I think the big mistake in this video is when you accidentally called Bloor station "Bloor-Yonge" when before line 2 I think it was just called bloor. Besides that this is a good video.

  • @aliakbarzaidi4344
    @aliakbarzaidi4344 Před 10 měsíci +1

    What software do you use to make these maps?

  • @user-fb2eu8xo7s
    @user-fb2eu8xo7s Před 2 lety +5

    The legend for line 5 and 6 is incorrect, I think you forgot to change from Sheppard to Eglington and Finch West.

  • @diorcolon8543
    @diorcolon8543 Před 2 lety +8

    correct me if I'm wrong but it feels like you have to take at least two trains to get anywhere in this system.

    • @nathanael27
      @nathanael27 Před 2 lety +7

      Yes. As a Torontonian, I can say that is the case..

    • @Humulator
      @Humulator Před 2 lety +10

      sort of yes, but you must relisie the trains come every 3-10 mintues depending on time of say, 10 being night. aswell the bus system is fantastic and its no big deal having to transfer.

    • @shawnpitman876
      @shawnpitman876 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Humulator Bus system is fantastic my rear end, you've clearly never lived near the outskirts of Toronto.

    • @Humulator
      @Humulator Před 2 lety +1

      @@shawnpitman876 you are correct my guy, i have only ever really lived in the downtown areas but i have been to the suburbs and oh god its annoying there

    • @shawnpitman876
      @shawnpitman876 Před 2 lety

      @@Humulator Then I'd suggest shutting up about the transit system, because they've made sure you core dwelling hipsters have been taken care of for literally longer than you've been alive, but the city exists outside of that area, and a good MAJORITY of the ridership of the TTC resides outside of the core.

  • @mtlicq
    @mtlicq Před 3 měsíci +1

    its stupid not to extend the Sheppard line west of Yonge to the other north-south subway, smart to do it, and its such a short distance.

  • @martinsnajdr4966
    @martinsnajdr4966 Před 2 lety +3

    I ❤️ this video.
    🇨🇿👋🇰🇷&🇨🇦

  • @arunservatius8804
    @arunservatius8804 Před 4 měsíci

    Does anyone know what software they would have used to make the animation for this video?

  • @jayvonnoelsmith8445
    @jayvonnoelsmith8445 Před rokem +2

    I am so happy for ttc

  • @DRAGONH3XA5
    @DRAGONH3XA5 Před rokem

    The Way TTC changes is awesome! Sad to see Line 3 Scarborough to close permanently tho.

  • @blackpanda7298
    @blackpanda7298 Před 2 lety

    Wow you did my city 😍 can you do Montreal?

  • @DarrylErickson
    @DarrylErickson Před rokem +2

    Line 4 expansion ideas:
    I’m thinking instead of east to Sheppard east, they actually should continue it down one station to Scarborough centre after Sheppard east, just to avoid people having to switch lines just to go ONE stop on line 2. (A lot of people on line 4 going east are probably headed to Scarborough centre) Also, the extension west should go farther than Sheppard west. All the way to Weston road I’d propose.

    • @michaelh7518
      @michaelh7518 Před 6 měsíci

      There are more destinations on Ellesmere east of Scarborough Centre, which is also a transit hub and major destination, so you are correct that it should turn to STC. Sheppard Ave W does not have much West of Downsview Park and ends at Weston. Sheppard east of Scarborough Centre, west of Downsview could use BRT and signal priority. It should go to Sheppard W Stn, Downsview Park station for GO Barrie line connection, and Finch West for Finch West line. One transfer across north Toronto. I actually wish Finch West could be subway to eventually be part of Sheppard line for a continuous trip across the north end.

    • @TheRandCrews
      @TheRandCrews Před 3 měsíci

      I’d like to see Sheppard extend onto Jane, if they ever plan a rapid transit line on that corridor after the cancellation of the LRT. Good candidate for a western expansion of the Ontario line

  • @shvalovpavel9243
    @shvalovpavel9243 Před 2 lety +11

    Thanks for the video. Hope, we will see Montreal Subway - probably, the only system in the world, where the whole line (opened for EXPO67) was scrapped

  • @KaplaWorld
    @KaplaWorld Před 2 lety +4

    Toronto TTC
    Line 1 1954
    Line 2 1966
    Line 3 (2030) 1985
    Line 4 2002
    Line 5 2023
    Line 6 2023

  • @brookestephen
    @brookestephen Před rokem +2

    Nice work! Why not include the Union Station/International Airport route?

    • @WanukeX
      @WanukeX Před rokem +2

      The “Toronto Subway” just means the lines run by the TTC, the UP and the GO Trains are run by metrolinx, so not included.

  • @karlsturm9698
    @karlsturm9698 Před rokem +1

    Haven't used the Toronto metro, but it seems like it might be difficult to transfer from green to yellow in the morning rush. Is that the case?

    • @ClassicGuy57
      @ClassicGuy57 Před rokem

      It can be. Trains get crowded very easily during the morning rush.
      However, there are more trains running during both the morning and afternoon rushes. It does help with the crowds.

  • @qolspony
    @qolspony Před 2 lety +15

    It would have been nice for the Sheppard 4 line was extended to the other half of the #1 yellow line where the #6 begins. Although extending it east is a somewhat good compromise.
    Repurposing the 3 line to serve a new corridor is a good idea. As it was never really meant to be a branch line.
    All in All, it looks like traveling by rail would be a whole lot easier by 2035.
    I'm also aware that Toronto has Light Rail, which if it should expand, would put Toronto on the map as a world class city.

    • @SyntaxOverflow
      @SyntaxOverflow Před rokem +1

      They should throw in the GO train along with this, as people use it in a similar manner to subway for getting around.

    • @moho472
      @moho472 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@SyntaxOverflowThere is a GO Train. It's at Downsview Park Station.

  • @djsiii4737
    @djsiii4737 Před 2 lety +13

    You should've shown the original Eglinton subway line that started construction in the 90s but was stopped and closed up thanks to the Conservatives at the time.

    • @daydreamer8662
      @daydreamer8662 Před 2 lety +2

      It was the Mayor Coke Sniffer, Rob Ford. He actually paid money to fill in the dug tunnels instead of just leaving them there

  • @ronsmith4325
    @ronsmith4325 Před rokem

    Still feels like most of this, apart from the stuff up into Vaughan and Richmond hill is at least a good decade or more behind. Glad to finally see some progress though.

    • @alanwatchesstuff
      @alanwatchesstuff Před 3 měsíci

      you are missing the go trains (s bahn). we are NOT decades behind. By 2030 we actually have a great system for Toronto’s size

  • @danielkelly2210
    @danielkelly2210 Před 2 lety +3

    The Scarborough RT always seemed so dumb. “Should we extend the subway “ “Nah, let's build a little elevated light rail thingee instead.” Glad it’s being replaced.
    Also, Lines 4 and 6 of this map are pretty much begging to be connected.

    • @redstone91210
      @redstone91210 Před rokem +2

      So which station are they adding in the middle of Sheppard-Yonge and Sheppard West? Highway 401? TTC is one of those places to name the station "Coxwell" and make you walk 15 minutes to get to Coxwell and Danforth.

    • @Water90435
      @Water90435 Před rokem +2

      Nah sadly lines 4 and 6 can’t be connected because line 6 is a light rail line while line 4 is an actual subway

  • @619WWEFAN
    @619WWEFAN Před 2 lety +2

    I wish there was a way to connect line 4 and line 6 together. There’s so much gap in middle

  • @thebangsfamily8955
    @thebangsfamily8955 Před rokem

    I have a question to ask is the line 3 closing in 2023 or 2030 is that true hope you answer.

  • @alexanderip1003
    @alexanderip1003 Před 2 lety +1

    that is all well and good but please attempt the GO Transit (Est.1967) as well

  • @Gaboplus600
    @Gaboplus600 Před 2 lety +1

    In the video of the Mexico City subway, it is missing to put the expansions towards 203

  • @GamingRailfanner
    @GamingRailfanner Před 8 měsíci

    Like 3 has actually closed down as of Saturday September 23rd.

  • @nuffaildaniaelle977
    @nuffaildaniaelle977 Před 22 dny

    Fact : Ontario line is originally built by utilizing both downtown relief line and the cancelled north south Don Mills LRT

  • @joe_z
    @joe_z Před 12 dny

    Tiny nitpick about the name of the station at Sheppard and Yonge - before 2002 when Line 4 opened, it was just called Sheppard station.
    I eagerly await the Ontario Line and the northern extensions though.

  • @angusb99
    @angusb99 Před 2 lety

    Boston sometime soon? Just added new stations on the Green Line!

  • @sambitdas44
    @sambitdas44 Před 2 lety

    Is there no plan for eglington LRT east extension

  • @OscarWaiCN
    @OscarWaiCN Před 2 lety +1

    WELL DONE, BUT HOW ABOUT TTC STREETCAR?

  • @lolololololololi8269
    @lolololololololi8269 Před 2 lety

    Can you do Hanoi next please? I subed

  • @1_manproject
    @1_manproject Před 2 lety +4

    Ontario Line should connect to Dundas West or Keele Station. They should also split Line 1 in half. And also, they should do a Sheppard West Expansion.

    • @strawberry7799a
      @strawberry7799a Před 2 lety

      Agree on the OL point. It should also be extended north from the Science Centre to meet Line 4 and then further north to Highway 7.

    • @1_manproject
      @1_manproject Před 2 lety

      @@strawberry7799a That would be super cool. I don’t know the benefits of it, but extending the OL to Don Mills Station of Line 4 would be great. They can tunnel or create a viaduct through Don Mills Rd.

    • @davidbrowne3761
      @davidbrowne3761 Před 2 lety

      Before The Ford Government came to power the Plan was to Build the Relief Line up to Sheppard and Don Mills

  • @brianbarker2551
    @brianbarker2551 Před 5 měsíci

    Line 3 closed earlier this year, after an accident in August, it was supposed to close November 2023. It's been officially shut down now

  • @morrotr08
    @morrotr08 Před 2 lety

    Why don"t connect Sheppard-Yonge with Shepard West or Finch with Finch West?

  • @jayflock7446
    @jayflock7446 Před 2 lety +3

    Should've been like this years ago. Also, they could've utilized elevated rails more.

    • @Train_Chaser-KeiTruckUrbanist
    • @ClassicGuy57
      @ClassicGuy57 Před rokem

      They tried with Lower Bay Station back in 1966, but was closed after 6 months of being built.
      I don’t think TTC has any plans to build an elevated rail system.

    • @WanukeX
      @WanukeX Před rokem +2

      @@ClassicGuy57 ​ the Ontario Line From north of Cosburn to Science Centre will be elevated, as well as some sections of of the western extension of Line 5 Eglinton.

  • @johnhardy9161
    @johnhardy9161 Před 2 lety

    I'm thinking building a subway along Lawrence Avenue west from Allan Road to Kipling would be beneficial. There is a lot of traffic every day on that street.

    • @OntarioTrafficMan
      @OntarioTrafficMan Před 2 lety +3

      There is a lot of traffic on lots of streets. Subways cost $350 Million per km, so they need to be placed only in strategic locations where capacity is critical. For other locations, Light Rail and Commuter Rail are much more cost effective.

  • @uporotaya_4ayka
    @uporotaya_4ayka Před 2 lety +4

    Я всё время ждал момента, когда жёлтую линию разделят на две отдельных

    • @user-ky6cb1uu5n
      @user-ky6cb1uu5n Před 2 lety +1

      нет, она такой и будет в ближайшие 10-15 лет en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_1_Yonge-University но может в дальнем будущем будут изменения мы не знаем, жаль кроме Москвы и Питера нормально нигде метрополитены не строят, если сравнить сколько станций построили с 2000 в других выглядит смешным

  • @elbandano2721
    @elbandano2721 Před 2 lety +3

    a perfect video for a perfect subway of a perfect country
    PD: great video

  • @cartermi4883
    @cartermi4883 Před 2 lety +1

    Please Do One For Vancouver

  • @jamesg871
    @jamesg871 Před 2 lety +1

    It really sucks at the moment and we are behind so many other city's.

  • @life.is.shorts
    @life.is.shorts Před 2 lety +1

    IMO they were better off constructing a Line on Lawrence from Port Union to Pearson considering how long the Eglinton Crosstown is taking to be completed. I'm also Surprised that a north / south line in the west end is not apart of the city's vision. I think a Dufferin line from exhibition to Finch or Steeles makes sense or potentially a Jane or Bathurst line. The Finch West Line should be connected with Line 2 in Scarborough and the Sheppard line should extend west to the connect with the western portion of line 1 at a minimum. Just my thoughts but what do i know...

    • @S7ayMelo
      @S7ayMelo Před 2 lety

      Not to mention the Ellington crosstown isn’t even a real
      Subway in most part of Scarborough it’s just a huge glorified street car

  • @2002ChevyFan
    @2002ChevyFan Před rokem +1

    Vancouver next please.

  • @gijjo7802
    @gijjo7802 Před 2 lety +3

    I personally think that it would be a good idea to extend the shepherd line to shepherd west

  • @adavirus69
    @adavirus69 Před 2 měsíci

    Fun fact: the metro is built to replace the trams, so that cars can use the road

  • @dariansamuels9357
    @dariansamuels9357 Před 2 lety +1

    That is going to be the ttc line