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Canada's First Subway |
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Open for Business
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Ontario Premier Leslie Frost unveils plaque at Union Station as part of official opening ceremonies
March 30, 1954
Photographer: Canada Pictures Limited
City of Toronto Archives
Series 381, File 298, Item 11847-14
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TTC employees Margaret Watson and Elaine Henkel pose with cake replica of subway cars, Royal York Hotel
March 30, 1954
Photographer: Canada Pictures Limited
City of Toronto Archives
Series 381, File 298, Item 11847-5
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Subway test run, looking north on Yonge Street, showing Yonge Street streetcar
March 24, 1954
Photographer: Canada Pictures Limited
City of Toronto Archives
Series 381, File 299, Item 11865-2
The last Yonge Street streetcar ran the afternoon the subway opened.
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Lineup to use subway, opening day
March 30, 1954
Photographer: Canada Pictures Limited
City of Toronto Archives
Series 381, File 298, Item 11847-16
Members of the public were allowed to use the subway after 1:30 p.m. on opening day, but they had to pay the fare-ten cents cash, or three tickets or tokens for a quarter. Over 200,000 people rode the subway that day.
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Looking south from St. Clair station
Autumn 1954
Photographer: Canada Pictures Limited
City of Toronto Archives
Series 381, File 318, Item 12617-4
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"Important Facts About Canada's First Subway"
From Canada's First Subway
1954
City of Toronto Archives
Research Hall Library
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