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Track configurations become more complicated where lines meet (at the Spadina–St. George–Museum–Bay–Yonge junction and at Sheppard–Yonge), and at the entrances to subway yards. On the heavy rail lines (1, 2 and 4), tracks usually continue for roughly the length of a train beyond the last station on a line; these are known as tail tracks.
Ottawa, Ontario O-Train [a] 63,500 Light rail: Line 1 Line 2 Line 4. 25: 35.5 km (22.1 mi) 16 27 km (17 mi) Greater Toronto Area, Ontario GO Transit rail services: 240,700 Commuter rail: Lakeshore West Lakeshore East Milton Kitchener Barrie Richmond Hill Stouffville. 68: 526.1 km (326.9 mi) 3 – Union Pearson Express: 11,500 (April 2019) [3 ...
SmartTrack is a municipal proposal to enhance GO Transit rail service within Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It takes advantage of the province's existing GO Transit Regional Express Rail plans. SmartTrack has evolved since it was originally proposed by Toronto mayor John Tory as the centrepiece of his 2014 mayoral election campaign.
It provides access to the region's commuter rail, GO Transit, and inter-city rail services Amtrak, and Via Rail. Toronto is a major rail transportation hub in Canada and central North America, with most commercial rail freight operations carried out by two Class I railways, Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway.
Heavy rail Toronto gauge (1,495 mm) 600 V DC third rail Ontario Line: 2031 [b] 15 15.6 km (9.7 mi) Heavy rail: Standard gauge (1,435 mm) 1500 V DC overhead line Former lines Scarborough: 1985–2023 6 6.4 km (4.0 mi) Light metro Standard gauge (1,435 mm) 600 V DC fifth rail
Via Rail offers interline tickets with GO Transit, where passengers may travel on GO Transit trains and connect with Via Rail trains at any GO station also offering Via Rail services (Aldershot GO Station, Brampton GO Station, Georgetown GO Station, Guelph Central GO Station, Guildwood GO Station, Kitchener GO Station, Niagara Falls railway ...
Canadian National Railway's Kingston Subdivision, or Kingston Sub for short, is a major railway line connecting Toronto with Montreal that carries the majority of CN traffic between these points. The line was originally the main trunk for the Grand Trunk Railway between these cities, although there has been some realignment of the route between ...
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.