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Size matters: What Berlin's rapid transit would look like in Toronto

Young, Leslie
http://globalnews.ca/news/1498993/size-matters-what-berlins-rapid-transit-would-look-like-in-toronto/

Publisher:  Global News
Date Written:  08/08/2014
Year Published:  2014  
Resource Type:  Article

Young contrasts her experiences using the transit systems in Berlin and Toronto so as to offer ideas for improving the TTC's comparatively underwhelming service.

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The biggest difference is the size. Berlin has about 600,000 more people than Toronto and encompasses about 250 more square kilometers, so it's reasonable to expect there to be more subway lines. But not this many: Berlin has 25 subway and urban rail lines; Toronto has three -- four, if you include the Scarborough RT.

That's 403 kilometres of track in Berlin, compared to Toronto's 68.3 km.

What this means is that the subway can take you almost anywhere. Like Toronto, a network of street-level tram cars and buses covers much of the rest of town.

When you buy your ticket at the station in Berlin, you can ride on both the largely-underground U-Bahn system as well as the elevated S-Bahn, which runs through the city and into the suburbs. Transferring between the two is seamless: Your fare covers both systems, they share stations and together make up the urban rail network.

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