2021 Operating Statistics

The TTC Operating Statistics publication contains all the key facts and figures about the system’s performance in an annual period and is an invaluable quick reference when talking about the TTC’s achievements in service. The Operating Statistics are compiled by the Corporate Communications Department.

2. Conventional System

2021

Trips
Passenger Trips	2021	2020	Increase/ (Decrease)
Total	197,842,000	224,998,000	(Decrease of 27,156,000)

Note: Total excludes Wheel-Trans

Number of Routes/Lines
Type	2021	2020	Increase/ (Decrease)
Bus Routes	156	146	Increase of 10
Streetcar Routes	9	9	0
Subway Lines	3	3	0
ICTS (Scarborough RT Line)	1	1	0
Total	169	159	Increase of 10

Note: Column totals for 2021 exclude Community Bus (6 routes), Overnight Bus services (27 routes), Overnight Streetcar services (4 routes) and seasonal service (1 route), a suspended streetcar route, a suspended bus route, and suspended Express bus routes (4 routes).

Kilometres of Routes/Lines
Type	2021	2020	Increase/ (Decrease)
Bus Routes	6,486.9	5,996.3	(Decrease of 870.4)
Streetcar Routes	350.6	328.9	(Decrease of 25.5)

Note: The kilometres valued in this table include round trip length of routes and their branches along shared roadways. Increase in bus kilometres can be attributed to restoration of temporarily suspended Express routes during the first year of the pandemic.

Subway/SRT Lengths
Line	2021	2020
1 Yonge-University	38.4	38.4
2 Bloor-Danforth	26.2	26.2
4 Sheppard	5.5	5.5
3 Scarborough RT	6.4	6.4

Note: Subway/Scarborough RT lengths are given in one-way kilometres.
SRT = Intermediate Capacity Transit System (ICTS).

Passengers by Vehicle Mode
Mode	Passengers
Buses	111,979,186
Subway Trains	68,648,664
Streetcars	15,726,092
Scarborough RT Trains	1,448,198
Total	197,842,140

Passenger Vehicle Fleet*

Note: These tables provide values for in-service vehicles only.

Buses (kneeling; lift/ramp; wheelchair positions)
Type	2021	2020	Increase/ (Decrease)
Accessible 12-metre (40-foot)	1,859	1,902	(Decrease of 43)
Accessible eBus 12-metre (40-foot)	60	60	0
Accessible 18.3-metre (60-foot)	152	152	0
Total	2,071	2,114	(Decrease of 43)

Streetcars
Type	2021	2020	Increase/ (Decrease)
New Low-Floor Articulated (LFLRV)	204	204	0
Total	204	204	0

Subway/RT Cars**
Type	2021	2020
Subway Cars	848	848
Scarborough RT Cars	28	28
Total	876	876

Note: All Subway/RT trains are accessible. 366 T-1 subway cars are equipped with 1 multi-purpose area; 480 Toronto Rocket subway cars are equipped with 2 multi-purpose areas.

Kilometres Operated*** (In thousands)
Vehicle	2021	2020	Increase/ (Decrease)
Bus	136,551	144,060	(Decrease of 7,509)
Subway	75,925	93,455	(Decrease of 17,530)
Streetcar	8,918	11,845	(Decrease of 2,927)
Scarborough RT (ICTS*)	3,608	3,500	Increase of 108
Total	225,002	252,860	(Decrease of 27,858)

* Includes in-service vehicles only.

** All Subway/RT trains are accessible. 366 T-1 subway cars are equipped with 1 multi-purpose area; 480 Toronto Rocket subway cars are equipped with 2 multi-purpose areas.

*** Includes inside Toronto regular revenue services only.
* Intermediate Capacity Transit System.

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