8 d. ago TTC holiday train is back for 2025 and here's what it looks like

It's time to board the TTC's annual Holiday Train and kickstart the winter festivities.Starting Dec. 10, Toronto residents can hop on the train, which will run along Line 1 throughout the season. But the seasonal spirit isn't just limited to the underground subway. Streetcar riders are in for a treat, too.Four fully decorated streetcars — complete with wrapped exteriors — will also be hitting the streets to spread the TTC's festive spirit. One of them has even been transformed into an immersive experience with interior decor.  From the sounds of it, transitgoers have already started spotting the Holiday Train on Line 1, creating some fun buzz around the program. Of course, the city is no stranger to these decked-out trains, with the TTC introducing decorative trains during the holiday season — including a gingerbread-themed train in 2023 — year after year. TTC Holiday train at Davisville this morning. pic.twitter.com/K0cSVm...

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8 d. ago Here's what the TTC is doing to prepare for FIFA World Cup 2026 madness

With Toronto gearing up to host one of the largest sporting events in its history, the TTC is ramping up preparations to ensure that the city's transit network can handle the hundreds of thousands of visitors and spectators that will flock to the city for the FIFA World Cup 2026.In his December 2025 Report, TTC CEO Mandeep S. Lali detailed the transit agency's extensive planning efforts for the global tournament, which is set to run from June 11 to July 19, 2026. Toronto is one of the 16 host cities across North America, and will welcome six matches at the upgraded BMO Field, along with a FIFA Fan Festival at Fort York National Historic Site and The Bentway.Central to the TTC's FIFA strategy is improving transit flow along the corridors heading to and from Exhibition Place. As a result, the TTC is working with City staff to implement RapidTO initiatives on Dufferin and Bathurst streets, which would create transit priority lanes for buses and streetcars.The first-eve...

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8 d. ago City and TTC rushing for fix after Toronto's new LRT slammed with complaints

Toronto's Finch West LRT hasn't been able to shake its first-day jitters as more commuter complaints trickle in.On top of the annoying delays – which began mere minutes into its launch – its speed, or lack thereof, is taking some heat online. At a City Hall press conference Tuesday afternoon, Toronto mayor Olivia Chow agreed the train isn't moving fast enough, saying, "I rode the train, and I know it can be faster."The rush to speed up the TTC's new Line 6 Finch West comes amid early reports that the route debuted with travel times 16 minutes slower than the 36C Finch West bus it replaced.Overall, the public is disappointed that the $2.5 billion investment delivered such "underwhelming results," as one X user states. People are rightfully extremely upset that Line 6 moves so painfully slow. The combination of effectively no signal priority, and the TTC operating it at speeds about 50 per cent slo...

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8 d. ago TTC customer satisfaction reached brutally low levels in 2025

The TTC's latest customer satisfaction scores mirror a year filled with negative transit-related headlines – from major delays to countless shutdowns and everything in between.TTC CEO Mandeep Lali, appointed to the transit agency's top job in June 2025, issued his latest monthly CEO report, which appears to bury the lede. The report mainly highlights Wheel-Trans's strong operational performance. For four pages, Lali boasts a 89 per cent customer satisfaction rate and an 18.8 per cent year-to-date increase in ridership. However, the broader TTC performance metrics are much more alarming than the stats above, and, compared to the much more prominent Wheel-Trans statistics, seem buried in the nine-page report.Taking a big hit this year is overall satisfaction with safety, which declined by 6 per cent year-over-year,CEO's Report Toronto Transit Commission December 2025Safety satisfaction typically drops by only 2-3 per cent this t...

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1 week ago Key stretch of TTC subway will shut down for this entire weekend

The TTC will shut down service on a busy stretch of subway for this entire weekend, marking the sixth consecutive weekend of planned transit disruption in the city.The transit agency plans to shutter service on a portion of Line 2 for the full weekend of Saturday, Dec. 13 and Sunday, Dec. 14, to accommodate — you guessed it — more track work to keep the aging system running smoothly (at least on the days it operates in its entirety).Passengers relying on the over two-kilometre stretch of the Line 2 Bloor-Danforth between Ossington and St George stations will be relegated to frigid street corners to wait on cramped shuttle buses — which is at least an improvement over other recent closures that have not offered replacement bus service.While stations affected by the planned outage will remain open for passengers to purchase/reload fares and connect with surface routes, the transit agency is advising riders that entrances to Christie, Bloor, and Spadina stations will ...

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2 w. ago TTC will be a total nightmare on weekend with 2 overlapping subway closures

Two portions of the TTC subway, adding up to over five and a half kilometres, will be shut down for the entire coming weekend.The TTC has announced overlapping full-weekend subway outages affecting both Line 1 and Line 2 for the weekend of Dec. 6 and Dec. 7, 2025.Closures will affect approximately 2.8 kilometres, including the downtown U portion of Line 1 Yonge-University from Osgoode to College, as well as a roughly 2.75-kilometre stretch of Line 2 Bloor-Danforth, from Warden to Kennedy.Upcoming closures are among some of the final major outages planned for 2025, among a total of 38 full weekend closures announced at the start of the year.Here's everything you need to know for the subway closures ahead.Line 1The stretch of Line 1 from Osgoode to College will shut down this weekend for planned track work.During the outage, St Andrew, King and Queen stations will be closed, while the other affected subway stations will remain open for customers to purchase/reload fares and connec...

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2 w. ago Josh Allen sets NFL record for most quarterback rushing TDs as Bills rout Steelers

Breaks tie with former Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots star Cam Newton in crucial 26-7 win over Pittsburgh

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2 w. ago Josh Allen sets NFL record for career quarterback rushing TDs as Bills rout Steelers

Breaks tie with former Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots star Cam Newton in crucial 26-7 win over Pittsburgh

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3 w. ago Bill 60 becomes law: Ontario water at risk as government rushes privatization and deregulation

TORONTO — The Ford Conservatives rushed to pass Bill 60 today, a move the Keep Water Public coalition says will make water less safe and less affordable for all Ontarians. Keep Water Public is a campaign opposing legislation that erodes public health protections and provides corporate control of Ontario’s water system. The Conservative’s omnibus Bill […]

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4 w. ago TTC subway station just changed its name and here's what it looks like

New signage has begun to appear in the newly-renamed TMU Station — with the station on the TTC's Line 1 Yonge–University officially shedding its Dundas name after 71 years.The renaming of Dundas Station was approved in a unanimous decision by the TTC Board last spring, following a Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) proposal to establish a research partnership and rebrand the station to reflect the educational institute it serves.The subway station is the second major location to shed the Dundas name after Sankofa (formerly Yonge-Dundas) Square, in response to mounting concerns about namesake Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his alleged involvement in delaying the end of the slave trade.Toronto City Council approved a motion in 2021 to rename Dundas Street and similarly named civic assets, paving the way for the station's current renaming to TMU, which was itself renamed from Ryerson University over similar historical concerns about that school's na...

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