Getting around

Hopping a train on the Beijing east-west Line 1 can be a bit of a challenge during the morning rush hour… and in the afternoon… and the evening.
-Lucas Oleniuk

Comments

[ballers]

Take a look at some of the best public transit system in the world like London, Toyko, and HK. This is what the ridership should look like. Unlike Toronto, a family of 4 don't drive out in 4 seperate cars to work each morning.

[Ken]

You've obviously never been on the Toronto Subway between 8AM-9:30PM... and 4-6:30PM.

I've had to wait for 6 trains that came 2 min apart at Dundas, one after another, and couldn't board a single one because it was as packed as the above picture in Beijing. In one train, a guy tried to body surf his way in.

If your one of those weekend subway users who visits Toronto from the suburbs, that is NOT an indication of what the TTC typically handles. The above? Thats about the type of atmosphere on the TTC for rush hour traffic

[ballers]

I subway to work everyday. The TTC is not that crowded. Also, you are talking about the the stretch from Eglinton to Union. We have some white elephants such as the Sheppard lines. I am not making this up as the ridership numbers will tell you the same thing. Toronto's handling 40% of what London, Toyko, Hong Kong, Moscow, NYC are doing.