The Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario marked another major milestone in delivering affordable and reliable public transit in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Work has officially been completed on the excavation of the Yonge North Subway Extension’s tunnel launch shaft – where two tunnel boring machines will begin digging 6.3 kilometres of tunnels.
The Yonge North Subway Extension will extend the Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) Line 1 subway nearly eight kilometres north, from Finch Station to Vaughan, Markham and Richmond Hill. The expansion will move more than 94,000 riders daily and add five new stations to the subway line – Steeles, Clark, Royal Orchard, Bridge and High Tech – putting more than 23,000 jobs within walking distance of transit.
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