Rapid transit progress in Toronto

CANADA´S first subway began operating in Toronto on March 30, 1954. In the first 2 years of operation it has carried about 144,000,000 passengers and its cars have travelled about 12,000,000 miles. So successful has it been that the initial order of 106 cars is being increased over 30% (per cent) by an order for 34 more. Their arrival during the coming summer will permit the system to operate at its ultimate designed capacity of 40,000 passengers per hour in each direction. Its popularity with the riding public has created an urgent demand for a second subway and has proved the advantages of rapid transit in one more metropolitan area.