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Encyclopedia > Greater Toronto Transit Authority

Greater Toronto Transit Authority or GTTA is the official name of the agency know as GO Transit. There have been plans to merge all or some of the transit systems within the Greater Toronto Area into the GTTA. A list of likely candidates: GO Train on the Richmond Hill line GO Transit, officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ... The Greater Toronto Area (called the GTA by local residents) is the largest metropolitan area in Canada and fifth largest in North America, after Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago. ...

However, the problem for the GTTA is to create one fare system and how to merge all the existings systems easily. The TTC remains reluctant to part from their low-tech cash/ticket/token system. The Toronto Transit Commission, or TTC, is a public transportation authority that operates buses, streetcars, and subway lines in Toronto, Ontario. ... York Region Transit (YRT) was created by the regional government of York Region in 2001 to combine the following public transit operators: Vaughan Transit Markham Transit Richmond Hill Transit Newmarket Transit Much of the system is contracted out to private operators, but the system itself is managed by the region. ... Durham Region Transit will become the sole transit operator in Durham Region, east of Toronto. ... Brampton Transit (BT) operates the public transportation service in the City of Brampton in the regional municipality of Peel. ... Mississauga Transit Central Terminal, located at Square One Shopping Centre. ...


The TTC has a GTA Transit Pass to allow travel on the TTC, as well as GO Transit, Brampton Transit, Mississauga Transit and York Region Transit. The pass allows single fare for regular routes, an additional fare is required for premium services on the TTC.


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GO Transit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3259 words)
) radiating from downtown Toronto to Hamilton and Guelph in the west; Orangeville, Barrie, and Beaverton to the north; and Port Perry, Oshawa, and Newcastle in the east.
The Greater Toronto Area consists of the City of Toronto and the surrounding Regions of Halton, Peel, York, and Durham.
Toronto Pearson International Airport is served by a route from Brampton to Yorkdale and York Mills subway stations.
Greater Toronto Area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1192 words)
The Greater Toronto Area (called the GTA by local residents) is the largest metropolitan area in Canada.
The City of Hamilton, Regional Municipality of Niagara and City of Guelph all have significant ties to Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area.
In a 1993 zone split, the City of Toronto retained the 416 code, while the rest of the Greater Toronto Area was assigned the new area code 905.
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