The Toronto Transit Commission - TTC - serves the city of Toronto with bus, subway, streetcar, and paratransit. GO Transit provides commuter rail service from the suburbs to the city.
TTC Subway - Right now, there are 29 stations that provide barrier-free access to subway trains. That is a little less than half of the stations. On the TTC website, you can get a list of those stations. Another 14 stations are planned to be accessible within the next 4 years.
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TTC Bus - 92% of the vehicles in the bus fleet are accessible. By the end of 2011, it is expected that 100% of the fleet will be wheelchair accessible. Three all-night routes (301, 306, and 352) and one downtown express route (141) are not listed as accessible, the rest are. You can go to the TTC website to get a list and map of all the bus routes.
TTC Streetcar - The Toronto Streetcars are not wheelchair accessible. The TTC plans to start introducing low-floor accessible streetcars in 2012 with the entire fleet done by 2018.
The current base fare for all TTC services is $3 (CDN) and a day pass is $10. Seniors 65 or older get a one dollar discount on the base fare, there is no discount for disabled riders.
GO Transit - The commuter rail service provides double-decker trains into downtown Toronto's Union Station from Niagara Falls/Kitchner-Waterloo in the west; Orangeville, Barrie, and Beaverton to the north; Stouffville, Uxbridge, and Peterborough to the northeast; and Oshawa/Newcastle to the east. All but 10 of the 59 stations in the system are accessible and 6 more are slated to be accessible by the end of 2010. Fares run from about $4 one way to around $18 one way. Their website has a fare calculator.
Many nearby towns have their own bus systems that connect with the outer reaches of the TTC or GO systems. You can find a list with links here.
-Darryl
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