Hi Folk , To answer Vals question,
here are mile stones tacken form the TTC web site.
1861 The Toronto Street Railway Company is the first franchise to operate public transportation in Toronto.
1892 First electric streetcar in Toronto is operated, on Church Street. Coal stoves provide heat.
1894 Last horse-driven streetcar is withdrawn.
1921 Toronto Transportation Commission takes over nine existing public- and privately-operated fare systems within city limits.
1921 First buses are introduced, on the Humberside route.
1921 First of 575 new "Peter Witt" streetcars enter service.
1922 First electric trolley coaches enter service, and are used until 1925.
1927 Gray Coach Lines, the TTC’s intercity bus operation, is founded.
1938 First of 745 Presidents’ Conference Committee ("Red Rocket" or "PCC") streetcars enter service.
1939 to 1945 TTC contributes to the Second World War effort. Record numbers of passengers are carried. Women are employed for the first time as drivers, conductors, and in maintenance positions.
1947 Electric trolley coaches re-introduced.
1953 The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto created.
1954 Toronto Transportation Commission renamed Toronto Transit Commission, and becomes the sole provider of public transportation in Metro Toronto.
1954 Yonge Subway opens between Union Station and Eglinton Station.
1962 First 75-foot-long Canadian-designed aluminium subway cars enter service.
1963 University Subway opens between Union Station and St George Station.
1963 Last Peter Witt streetcars retired from regular service.
1966 Bloor-Danforth Subway opens between Keele Station and Woodbine Station.
1968 Bloor-Danforth Subway extended west to Islington Station and east to Warden Station.
1970 Last year that farebox revenues meet TTC operating expenses.
1970 Senior citizen fares introduced.
1973 Yonge Subway extended north to York Mills Station.
1973 Zone fares eliminated on TTC services within Metro Toronto.
1974 Yonge Subway extended north to Finch Station.
1975 Exact cash fares introduced.
1975 Wheel-Trans established, operated by a private contractor using modified conventional vans.
1978 Spadina Subway opens between St George Station and Wilson Station.
1979 First Canadian Light Rail Vehicles (CLRV) enter service.
1980 Unlimited-ride monthly Metropass introduced.
1980 Bloor-Danforth Subway extended west to Kipling Station and east to Kennedy Station.
1985 Scarborough RT line opens between Kennedy Station and McCowan Station.
1987 North York Centre Station opens.
1987 Blue Night network of overnight bus and streetcar routes is introduced across Metro Toronto.
1988 First production Articulated Light Rail Vehicles (ALRV) enter service.
1988 TTC assumes full responsibility for Wheel-Trans operation
1988 TTC ridership reaches record level of 463.5-million annual customer-trips.
1989 First CNG-fuelled buses enter service.
1990 Community bus service for seniors and people with disabilities introduced.
1990 Harbourfront streetcar opens between Union Station and Queens Quay & Spadina.
1990 Gray Coach Lines is sold.
1990 Last original red "Gloucester" subway cars retired from service.
1993 Electric trolley coaches retired from service.
1994 GTA weekly pass introduced, valid on TTC and other surrounding transit agencies.
1995 Last PCC streetcars retired from regular service.
1996 Downsview Station, Bloor-Yonge Station, and Union Station become the first fully-accessible subway stations.
1996 First lift-equipped accessible buses enter service.
1996 Spadina Subway extended north to Downsview Station.
1997 Spadina streetcar opens between Spadina Station and Union Station.
1998 First low-floor full-sized accessible buses enter service.
1998 The amalgamated City of Toronto replaces Metro Toronto and six area municipalities.
2000 Harbourfront streetcar extended west from Spadina & Queens Quay to Exhibition.
2002 Sheppard Subway opens from Sheppard-Yonge Station to Don Mills Station.
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