Rapid transit in Canada
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Rapid transit was first introduced in Canada with the opening of the Toronto subway in 1954, built by the Toronto Transportation Commission (now the Toronto Transit Commission, or the TTC).[1] Montreal later introduced the Montreal Metro in 1966, though there were plans to build a rapid transit system since 1902.[2] The Edmonton Light Rail Transit system was build from 1974 to 1978 for the 1978 Commonwealth Games. It made Edmonton the first city in North America with less than one milllion people to have a rpaid transit system. The Vancouver SkyTrain was opened in January 1986 for the Expo 86 world fair.[3]
There are six urban rapid transit systems operating in Canada: The Toronto Subway, the Montreal Metro, the Vancouver SkyTrain, The C-Train in Calgary, the Edmonton Light Rail Transit and the O-Train.
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- ^ Canada's First Subway. City of Toronto. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
- ^ An underground railway project in 1910. Société de transport de Montréal.
- ^ Vancouver SkyTrain Light Rail Network. Railway Technology. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
| Passenger railways of Canada | |
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| Metro systems | Montreal Metro • Toronto subway/RT • Vancouver SkyTrain |
| Light rail | C-Train (Calgary) • Edmonton Light Rail • O-Train (Ottawa) • Toronto streetcars • Toronto Pearson Airport People Mover |
| Long distance | VIA Rail • Ontario Northland Railway • Canadian National Railway • Canadian Pacific Railway • Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway • Tshiuetin Rail Transportation • White Pass and Yukon Route |
| Commuter rail | GO Transit (Toronto) • Agence métropolitaine de transport (Montreal) • West Coast Express (Vancouver) |
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