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| In November 1951 an order was placed with the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company of England for 104 cars for use as 4 or 6-car trains. |
The Toronto subway was Canada's first completed subway system, the first line being built under Yonge Street, which opened on 30 March 1954, 4.6 miles (7.7 km) with 12 stations, electrified as is common with 600 Volts DC from a third rail. The track gauge, however, was unusual:
4 ft 10 7/8 inches or 1,495 mm, 60 mm wider than standard gauge. The system was envisioned as an expansion of the existing streetcar network which used this gauge.
Since then, the system has expanded to 70 km (43 miles) route length with 4 lines and 75(?) stations to become Canada's largest rapid transit rail network and the second busiest, behind the Montréal Metro, in number of daily ridership: over 950,000 passenger trips are made each weekday.
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