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VIAs Toronto-Ottawa trains runs along the line to Brockville, where it splits off and heads north. The Toronto-Montreal train runs along the whole line. In fact, many say that VIA trains run along the line more than CN freight trains. The most used station on the line is Kingston, due to Montreal, and Toronto stations being on their own ...
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.
The Union Pearson Express is the only dedicated airport rail link in Canada. The SkyTrain's Canada Line also serves as an airport rail link. "Subway" refers to a rapid transit system using heavy rail with steel wheels. The Toronto subway is the only such system in Canada.
The Toronto subway is a system of three underground, surface, and elevated rapid transit lines in Toronto and Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It was the country's first subway system: the first line was built under Yonge Street with a short stretch along Front Street and opened in 1954 with 12 stations.
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Access to Toronto is currently via the Bala Subdivision at Washago Junction, a short distance north of the remaining section's southern terminus, which is now used as a spur serving industries. The line was originally the Northern Railway of Canada, the first railway to open for commercial business in what was then Upper Canada.
Union Station is the busiest passenger transportation hub in Canada, serving 250,000 people daily. It is a central hub for the Via Rail Corridor intercity service, the central hub for GO Transit commuter rail service for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, and the terminus of the Union Pearson Express which connects to Canada's second-busiest transportation hub, Toronto Pearson Airport.
Line 1 Yonge–University is a rapid transit line of the Toronto subway.It serves Toronto and the neighbouring city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada.It is operated by the Toronto Transit Commission, has 38 stations [5] and is 38.4 km (23.9 mi) in length, making it the longest line on the subway system. [3]