When Does Subway Open And Close (2024)

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When did Subway open in Canada? ›

Toronto's Yonge subway was the very first subway line in Canada. Built by the publicly owned TTC (Toronto Transportation Commission, now Toronto Transit Commission) between 1949 and 1954, it was the beginning of postwar Toronto's effort to accommodate the demands of the city's prosperity and its future.

We're sure that, as a foodie, you're familiar with Subway's 'Sub Of The Day' offer. Each day, a specific Subway sub is named 'Sub of the day' and is available at a value for money fixed price which is lower than the sub would normally cost.

To find a route's schedule, select your direction of travel and a timed stop. For subway first and last train times, please check each station's page. The subway operates from approximately 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday and approximately 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Sundays.

The London Underground first opened as an underground railway in 1863 and its first electrified underground line opened in 1890, making it the world's oldest metro system.

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Sub: An abbreviation of "submarine sandwich," subs are called "subs" because they look like submarines. Simple as that.

“Sub,” short for “submarine sandwich,” is said to come from Connecticut, where what was originally called a grinder became a sub because of the sandwich's uncanny resemblance to the submarines in a nearby naval shipyard. (See Submarine Sandwiches | What's in a Name for more on the submarine sandwich's origin story.)

Canada's First Subway – Canada's First Subway Opens!

“The dream of 1944 becomes a reality in 1954.” So said TTC Chairman William C. McBrien in his inaugural remarks at the ceremonies marking the opening of the Yonge Street Subway on March 30, 1954.

The UK's London Underground was originally opened in 1863 for locomotive trains. In 1890, it became the world's first metro system when electric trains began operating on one of its deep-level tube lines.

Fonds 16, Series 836, Subseries 4, File 3. Before the establishment of the TTC on September 1, 1921, transit options in Toronto were fragmented, inadequate, and expensive. The TTC ushered in an era of consolidation and expansion that accompanied and accelerated the astonishing growth of Toronto as a city.

Were there subways in the 1930s? ›

The IRT expanded the existing lines to the Bronx in 1905, to Brooklyn in 1908 and to Queens in 1915 and BMT constructed new lines in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. More lines were designed by the Independent Subway System (IND) in the 1930s, merging the same route of many older elevated trains into subway lines.