Toronto Metro
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The subway system in Canada's 2nd largest city.
Three of the lines (orange, green, violet) are a steel wheel system, mostly underground.
One (blue) is an automatic VAL-type system.
In the 1980's, a new rapid tram network ("métro léger") was developped for the centre of the city, similar to the tramways in Paris, France. Two lines operate so far: red (Gare Nationale to Spadina) and brown (Gare Natioanle to Parc des Expositions)
Operated by the RTRT (Régie des Transports de la Région de Toronto).
The RTRT also operates an extensive street tramway and bus network.
[edit] Toronto Métro lines:
Orange line: The original métro line, opened in 1956, and extended since.
Stations:
- Pinsonneault
- Mairie-d'Évreux
- Duberger (connection to Violet line)
- Évreux-les-Moulins
- St-Laurent
- Aigleville
- Ville-David
- Ste-Claire
- Côte-du-Midi
- Roseval
- Bleury-LeJeune (connection to green line)
- Napoléon
- Collège
- Dondas
- Reine
- Roi
- Gare Nationale (connection to light metro's red and brown lines, commuter train network, national train and high-speed "TGV" train network)
- St-André
- Beaubien
- St-Patrice
- République
- Musée
- St-Georges (connection to green line)
- Spadina (connection to green line, and red line of light metro)
- Dupont
- Ste-Claire Ouest
- Aigelville Ouest
- St-Laurent Ouest
- Calvaire
- Val-d'Évreux
- Guillaume
- Grandes-Prairies
Green line:
Openend in 1968, and extended in the 1970's.
Stations:
- Jules-Verne
- Lille
- Duché
- Vieux-Moulin
- Jeanne
- Chartres
- Grand-Bois
- Laquille
- Roncevaux-Dondas Ouest
- Petit-Maurice
- Honoré Mercier
- Récamier
- Viau
- Acadie
- Spadina (connection to orange line, and red line of light metro)
- St-Georges (connection to orange line)
- Baie
- Bleury-Lejeune (connection to orange line)
- Cherrier
- Château-Franc
- Grande-Vue
- Castries
- Pie-IX
- Outre-Iton
- Boisvert
- Puyqueux
- Torsbois
- Principale
- Parc-Eugénie
- Marguiller
- Kennedy (connection to blue line)
Violet line:
The first section of a new belt line, which should link up the suburbs and the airport.
The choice of using the same technology as the other two main lines and not the VAL system of the bleu line proved controversial, as it was feared that the more costly construction costs may hinder its rapid extension.
Stations:
- Duberger
- Beloeil
- Bessarion
- Lélie
- Les Fabriques
Blue line:
A VAL-type extension in the eastern borough of Honfleur.
Stations:
- Kennedy
- St-Laurent Est
- Capitaine-Bernier
- Lorraine
- Galeries d'Honfleur
- Avignon
