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Group of friends walked entire length of Finch West LRT on opening day

Toronto celebrated a monumental transit expansion on Dec. 7 with the opening of the Finch West LRT, and a group of friends known for their long-haul walks marked the occasion in their trademark style.The Walkers, a group of five friends who have taken the internet by storm with their walking escapades throughout the Greater Toronto Area, knew the opening of the TTC's Line 6 Finch West was a landmark event they couldn't miss."We met up at 6 a.m. so that we could get to Finch West for the opening ceremony starting at 7 a.m.," Katie Wang tells blogTO. Naturally, there was a motive for arriving bright and early: the commemorative coin the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) gave out to the first 100 people in line. And, apparently, The Walkers weren't the only ones with their eyes on the prize."I saw online that the first 100 customers at Finch West could get a special commemorative coin, and we thought there were only going to be 20 or so people there....


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