Secrets of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC): Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth) EP 2

Join Lui in uncovering the secrets of Line 2 of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway system. Comment below with which line we should visit next.
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[@calvinhenry-cotnam9097]

Separate zones at Victoria Park ended in 2010 or so? Hardly, the two zones within Toronto ended in 1972. Warden, Victoria Park, Islington, Royal York, and Old Mill were all in Zone 2 when they opened, and York Mills, Sheppard, and Finch were designed when Zone 2 existed. Not mentioned in the video is that Main Street and Jane were on the boundary of the zones and had some buses load/unload in the fare paid area since they served Zone 1, while other buses did so outside the fare paid zone since they served Zone 2. These stations have a layout that permitted this hybrid operation until 1972.
Also missing in the video, about the lower level of Bay Station, is the ability to see the two levels from the front of a westbound train as it leaves Yonge.

[@T2PFilms]

Yes we stand corrected. You are correct that the separate fare zones ended in 1972 and not 2010.

[@davegreenlaw5654]

In fact, you can still see the outline where the collector's booth was on the mezzanine level at Main Street Station...it is on your right-hand side as you come down from street level, just before the trash/recycling bins and seats.

[@mavericknathaniel5469]

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[@riveryousef4414]

@Maverick Nathaniel flixportal :P

[@mavericknathaniel5469]

@River Yousef Thank you, signed up and it seems to work :D I appreciate it !!

[@davegreenlaw5654]

Another fun fact about Main Street Station...it is the only station on the entire system with 'Street' in the name. This is because the TTC did not want to confuse visitors to Toronto looking for Toronto's 'main station' (that being Union Station). Main Street, in Toronto's east end, is obviously *not* Toronto's 'main street', unlike many places in the US where the city's main street is actually called Main Street.
However, it *was* the main street of a community, that being East Toronto, which was annexed by the City of Toronto in 1908. Main Street itself runs from Lumsden, a few blocks north of Danforth, south across the railway line to Kingston Rd. The main part of East Toronto centered around Main Street and Gerrard - then called Lakeview - just south of the Grand Trunk Railway yards and station of York (now Danforth GO Station).

[@ruthdonnelly9166]

Thank you very much, Lui. Keep the videos coming.

[@Hawker5796]

I think the SRT will be the next secrets video if at all and the Sheppard line to my knowlege has no hidden gems.

[@ThePlutarch44]

As a TTC fan, I'm very interested in anything involving the system and its history. Keep the videos coming!

[@fineeyesbarry5631]

same

[@torontotransitmuseum5327]

Cool video! But you forgot to mention Keele Station's hidden "Speed Ramp" travelator. :P

[@fineeyesbarry5631]

Line 5 is Now Supposed to Open in Fall 2022

[@sirlack675]

I like your videos

[@Yourdailyfactos]

Dis channel deserves atleast 100k subs

[@sethblack1634]

Main is more north than St. Clair because the city grid is effectively slanted to be more perpendicular to Lake Ontario.

[@zaidybrequillo7151]

Line 5 is opened in 2022.

[@jomo87]

1:55 - THAT, my friend, is a top-quality TTC fact. At first, I didn't believe it (even though I *know* Toronto is tilted 16 degrees); then I looked at Google Maps and I still didn't believe it - St Clair still looked further North to me! Had to plot it on a specialist tool for determining bearings before I accepted it :p

[@Absolute_Zero7]

Also Kipling is further South than Union, and if Line 1 was extended from Finch to Steeles, the station at steeles would be roughly just as north as VMC.

[@jomo87]

​@@Absolute_Zero7 :O That Kipling-Union one is another top-notch fact. I again had to verify myself, just feels so wrong!

[@trainboy647]

Bloor Danforth is my favorite line

[@Bloor25]

I like it

[@bobmarry8969]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@funvideofan1625]

Do Line 3

[@MarcusCollins69]

How did separate zones even work
Did you have to pay two fares? Or would a transfer also work

[@fineeyesbarry5631]

Not Quite North of St Clair but Close

[@googleuser2194]

Good job. Future ideas? Still construction workers alive now, pensioners who help build all the tunnels including all kinds of non ttc tunnels in the GTA. Local 183 is a great resource for knowledge. Go by the union hall and ask around to speak to the "old timers" who built our city. They have all the secrets 😉 All the best

[@Wald4267]

Pape and Dufferin are pretty nice stations to be honest

[@aymanburayou7453]

Its 2021 is line 5 coming soon?

[@CommentLordHandle]

2022

[@bobmarry8969]

Go lui

[@funvideofan1625]

1st Because Mine Is High Park

[@johnoke1206]

Thanks for breaking my speakers

[@6ix.transit]

John Oke you’re welcome :)))

[@Jeremy-dz8is]

@@6ix.transit hi are u the guy in the vid??

[@itsnotkylelikeroblyt-8819]

This person is so cute who is showing us

[@funvideofan1625]

I Bet Line 3 Is Next

[@maarijahnafali6047]

@T2P Films Good

[@lukey_bokey3745]

2021 sure definitely not 2024

[@transitshotsisaac]

2:06 google maps

[@natalienaiman3040]

She is so cute I can't even play with friends with benefits

[@Spacereform3]

These are hardly secrets tho...

[@draze5521]

You must’ve wasted a lot of money going in and out

[@MarcusCollins69]

With Presto
one Tap and you get 2 hours free for one Fare