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Finch West LRT opens with free ridership after years of delay

Published Dec 8, 2025 at 8:26pm

The Canadian Press
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Finch West LRT opens with free ridership after years of delay

A Toronto Transit Commission sign is shown at a downtown Toronto subway stop Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy ROY

Torontonians commuting across the city's northwest are being treated to a day of free fares Sunday as service opened on the long-awaited Finch West Line.

The route, which is about 10 kilometres long, is the first new line added to the city's transit network since 2002.

It connects service to 18 stations and around 30 bus routes from Finch West Station on the Yonge-University subway line to Humber College, with connections to regional transit lines like GO Transit, York Region Transit, Mississauga's MiWay and the Brampton Züm.

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