- Rapid transit in Canada
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Rapid transit was first introduced in Canada with the opening of the Toronto subway in 1954, built by the Toronto Transportation Commission (now the Toronto Transit Commission, or the TTC).[1] Montreal later introduced the Montreal Metro in 1966, though there were plans to build a rapid transit system since 1902.[2] The Edmonton Light Rail Transit system was built from 1974 to 1978 for the 1978 Commonwealth Games. It made Edmonton the first city in North America with less than one million people to have a rapid transit system. Calgary followed shortly behind, beginning construction in 1978 on its light rail transit system, called the C-train, opening its first line in 1981, followed by additional lines in 1985 and 1987[3](in time for the 1988 Winter Olympics). The Vancouver SkyTrain was opened in January 1986 for the Expo 86 world fair.[4] On June 24, 2009, the regional council voted to approve a light rail line though Kitchener and Waterloo to be completed by 2014.
There are six urban rapid transit systems operating in Canada: The Montreal Metro, the Toronto Subway, the Vancouver SkyTrain, The C-Train in Calgary, the Edmonton Light Rail Transit and the O-Train in Ottawa.
Urban Rapid transit in Canada Location Transit Daily Ridership System Length (km) Stations Expansion Montreal, Quebec
Montreal Metro 1,111,700 69.2 68 2017 Toronto, Ontario
Toronto Subway/RT 923,600 70 69 2015 Vancouver, British Columbia
SkyTrain 349,300 68.7 47 2014 Calgary, Alberta
C-Train 263,900 48.8 37 2012 Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton Light Rail Transit 93,600 20.5 15 2014 Ottawa, Ontario
O-Train 14,200 8 5 2019 Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo Region LRT 2014 Hamilton, Ontario
B-Line 2015 Mississauga and Brampton, Ontario
Hurontario-Main Street LRT 20.8 30 2021 Suburban Rapid transit in Canada Location Transit Daily Ridership System Length (km) Stations Expansion Toronto, Ontario
GO Transit 161,200 458 61 ongoing Montreal, Quebec
Agence métropolitaine de transport 58,700 214 59 2012 Vancouver, British Columbia
West Coast Express 10,600 68 8 2011 See also
References
- ^ "Canada's First Subway". City of Toronto. http://www.toronto.ca/archives/canada_first_subway/index_subway.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
- ^ "An underground railway project in 1910". Société de transport de Montréal. http://www.stm.info/english/en-bref/a-project.htm.
- ^ "Calgary Transit: About CT - History". Calgary Transit. http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/about_ct.html. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
- ^ "Vancouver SkyTrain Light Rail Network". Railway Technology. http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/vancouver/. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
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