Toronto Transit News

Toronto - Toronto Transit Commission Chair Karen Stintz, accompanied by transit officials, spoke to reporters Thursday morning at the Bathurst Station bus terminal to introduce the latest customer service initiatives by the TTC.

Toronto - The Toronto Transit Commission has officially unveiled its new subway cars. Starting next month, the new Toronto Rockets will start making its way onto the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line.

Toronto - Tens of thousands of Toronto transit riders will have to take a Yonge Street shuttle bus if they want to get anywhere south of Bloor Street. A part of the Toronto Transit Commission’s Yonge subway line will be shut down for the weekend.

Toronto - Newly accessed documents from last year show that the number of complaints over distracted Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) drivers spiked to nearly 700. This news comes as operators are facing scrutiny over cellphone use.

Toronto - President of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 Bob Kinnear announced at a news conference Thursday that its employees will not strike during contract negotiations. Kinnear also urged the province to properly debate making the TTC an essential service.

Toronto - The Toronto Transit Commission has recently begun testing out a new preliminary fare payment system on the 6 Bay bus route, which is a dramatic shift from either showing your transit pass or dropping your fare in a slot box.

"It was a big investigation then because we thought we had a gunman on the loose," said Det. Const. Chris Hominuk. That sense of urgency wouldn't last long.