A Free Ride Day to Celebrate Toronto's Subway Line 1 Extension

The Updated Subway Map of the Toronto Transit System

Dec. 17, 2017


Though the population of Toronto and the GTA area has been increasing steadily annually and the traffic congestion is getting worse,  TTC, the city's transit system has not had its subway line extension in over fifteen years.

We celebrated a new subway extension recently in Toronto

Recently, Torontonians  and residents in the surrounding area, particularly in Vaughan, have a reason to celebrate - the newly opened Line 1 extension to the city of Vaughan.

The first TTC Subway Station in the City of Vaughan, Ontario

On Sunday, Dec, 17, 2017,  the weekend where we had our staycation at H. and R.condo, the new extension was opened.

To celebrate its grand opening, the  TTC - Toronto Transit Corporation allowed passengers to ride free for a day so that people could try out the new subway line.

We got on the free TTC ride to visit the newest train stations

After Sunday Service at our church, we went with R. and rode on the brand new subway line.

Vaughan Metropolitan Centre - The  new and the last TTC train station on the Line 1 Extension

Interior of the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station

This TTC Line 1 extension is  8.6-km long running from Toronto to the York region.

It consists of 6 new subway stations, built at a cost of over 3 billion dollars. The last new train station is called the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre.

                            Lots of People rode the free subway to the  Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station on Opening Day

There is a lot of excitement and anticipation about this new subway extension as it is the first subway train station outside of Toronto connecting Toronto to the city of Vaughan.

Free entertainment at the VMC station

The best part of this new Line 1 extension are the following two stops: York University Station and the Pioneer Village Station.

More free entertainment on the opening run of the Line 1 Extension

Thousands of students will benefit from the York University subway connection daily as they now can get to their classes much easier via the transit system.

A night view of the beautiful Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station, Vaughan, Ontario

As for me, I have been living in Toronto for over forty years, I only visited the Pioneer Village for might be three or four times at the most as getting there was not easy. From now on, we can visit the Pioneer Village by hopping on the subway train which will take us there directly. How convenient is that!

R.T.
Vaughan, Ontario