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{{Short description|Rapid transit line in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox rail line | color = {{rcr|Toronto Transit Commission|1}} | name = Line 1 Yonge–University | logo = TTC - Line 1 - Yonge-University-Spadina line.svg | logo_width = 35px | image = Union Station TTC November 2021.jpg | image_width = 275px | caption = Northbound to [[Finch station|Finch]] platform at [[Union station (TTC)|Union]] in 2021 | type = [[Rapid transit]] | system = [[Toronto subway]] | status = Operational | locale = {{plainlist| * [[Toronto]], Ontario * [[Vaughan]], Ontario }} | start = {{stl|TTC|Finch}} | end = {{stn|Vaughan Metropolitan Centre}} | stations = 38<ref name="Subway Ridership">{{cite web |url=http://www.ttc.ca/PDF/Transit_Planning/Subway%20ridership%20-%202018.pdf |title=Toronto Transit Commission Subway ridership, 2018 |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |access-date=February 5, 2019 |archive-date=January 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126084925/http://www.ttc.ca/PDF/Transit_Planning/Subway%20ridership%20-%202018.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> | routes = | daily_ridership = 670,106 (2022 weekday avg)<ref name="Toronto subway ridership, 2022">{{cite web |url=https://ttc-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/Project/TTC/DevProto/Documents/Home/Transparency-and-accountability/Subway-Ridership-2022.pdf?rev=3b05f656198846b7b8e037af1d964082|title=Subway ridership, 2022 |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |access-date= July 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715180335/https://ttc-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/Project/TTC/DevProto/Documents/Home/Transparency-and-accountability/Subway-Ridership-2022.pdf |archive-date=July 15, 2023}}</ref> | open = {{start date and age|1954|03|30}} | website = {{TTC route page}} | close = | owner = [[Toronto Transit Commission]] | operator = Toronto Transit Commission | character = | depot = [[Wilson Yard]], [[Davisville Yard]] | stock = [[Toronto Rocket]] | linelength = {{convert|38.4|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="Service Summary">{{cite web |url=https://ttc-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/Project/TTC/DevProto/Documents/Home/Transparency-and-accountability/Service-Summary_2022-11-20.pdf |title=Service Summary November 20, 2022 to January 7, 2023 |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |date=November 20, 2022 |access-date=December 25, 2022 |archive-date=December 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225220919/https://ttc-cdn.azureedge.net/-/media/Project/TTC/DevProto/Documents/Home/Transparency-and-accountability/Service-Summary_2022-11-20.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | tracklength = | tracks = | gauge = {{track gauge|toronto|lk=on}} | electrification = {{600 V DC|conductor=third rail}} | signalling = Alstom Urbalis 400 [[Communications-based train control|{{abbr|CBTC|Communications-based train control}}]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alstoms Signalling System Equips Toronto Subway Extension |url=https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2017/12/alstoms-signalling-system-equips-toronto-subway-extension |website=Alstom |access-date=December 16, 2023 |date=December 18, 2017}}</ref> | speed = | elevation = | map = {{switcher | {{maplink-road|from=Line 1 Yonge–University.map}} Line 1 Yonge–University highlighted in red <hr /> | Show interactive map | [[File:Linea 1 Yonge-University.png|275px]] | Show static map | {{Line 1 Yonge–University|inline=yes}} | Show route diagram }} }} '''Line 1 Yonge–University''' is a [[rapid transit]] line of the [[Toronto subway]]. It serves [[Toronto]] and the neighbouring city of [[Vaughan]] in [[Ontario]], Canada. It is operated by the [[Toronto Transit Commission]], has 38 stations<ref>{{cite web |title=Routes and schedules – Line 1 |url=https://www.ttc.ca/routes-and-schedules#/1 |website=Toronto Transit Commission |access-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-date=October 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211030140956/https://www.ttc.ca/routes-and-schedules%23/listroutes/bus#/1 |url-status=live }}</ref> and is {{convert|38.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length, making it the longest line on the subway system.<ref name="Service Summary" /> It opened as the "'''Yonge subway'''" in 1954 as Canada's first underground passenger rail line and was extended multiple times between 1963 and 2017. As of 2010, Line 1 was the busiest [[rapid transit]] line in Canada, and one of the busiest lines in North America.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://torontoist.com/2010/06/rocket_talk_whats_the_plan_for_a_downtown_relief_line/ |title=Rocket Talk: What's the Status of the Downtown Relief Line? |last=Giambrone |first=Adam |date=June 1, 2010 |work=Torontoist |access-date=February 7, 2018 |archive-date=February 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208004443/https://torontoist.com/2010/06/rocket_talk_whats_the_plan_for_a_downtown_relief_line/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, it averaged over 670,000 riders per weekday.<ref name="Toronto subway ridership, 2022" />
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