Toronto’s first modern light rail transit system enters service with signalling technology developed in Toronto, delivering more frequent trains and a reliable service for transit riders.
• Finch West LRT has successfully completed the 30-day Revenue Service Demonstration and entered full passenger service on December 7
• The new LRT will serve more than 51,000 passengers each weekday across the busy corridor with trains every six and a half minutes during rush hours
• Hitachi Rail was selected to provide the cutting-edge signalling system that controls the vehicles, providing TTC customers with more frequent, reliable, and comfortable journeys
• Hitachi Rail’s SelTrac™ Communications-Based Train Control system is a world-leading signalling technology developed in Toronto. This represents the first deployment of this latest generation technology
Toronto – The Finch West LRT entered service on December 7th after successfully completing its 30-day Revenue Service Demonstration in a double milestone for Toronto. As well as being the city’s first modern light rail transit (LRT) line, the trains are controlled by Hitachi Rail’s cutting-edge SelTrac™ Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling technology, developed in Toronto. This world-leading signalling technology controls the train’s speed, spacing and provides a reliable journey on Toronto’s newest transit line.
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