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Line 1 Yonge–University is the oldest and busiest subway line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is operated by the Toronto Transit Commission, has 32 stations〔 and is in length.〔 It opened as the Yonge subway in 1954. Various extensions were completed between 1963 and 1996. Averaging nearly 732,000 riders per weekday, the Yonge–University line is the second busiest rapid transit line in North America, after the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.〔The New York City Subway uses the term "line" differently from the rest of the world's metro systems, as its nomenclature is different. As the IRT Lexington hosts several subway "services"—the —the Yonge–University Line can be considered to be the busiest ''service'' in North America.〕 == Name == The line's name has been changed as it was extended. Following its opening in 1954, it was called "the subway" (Yonge subway is its retronym). In 1963, it was extended along University Avenue to St. George station and renamed the "Yonge–University Line". Briefly in 1966, the Yonge–University subway ran in two branches: one west along Bloor to Keele (Yonge–University–Bloor), the other east along Bloor and Danforth to Woodbine (Yonge–University–Danforth). In 1978, the "Spadina" section was opened and the line became the "Yonge–University–Spadina Line" (YUS). Although only two stations are on Spadina Road, a larger portion of the line was planned to follow the Spadina Expressway. The built portion part of the expressway was renamed William R. Allen Road, but the name of the subway line was not changed until the mid-2010s. The subway also had an additional internal route number; route 602.〔Toronto Transit Commission, (Scheduled Service Summary ), Board Period Commencing Sunday, July 21, 1991〕 Unofficially, subway lines were already numbered, but in October 2013, the TTC announced plans to publicly display line numbers to help riders to navigate the system. The Yonge–University line would be numbered as Line 1.〔http://www.citynews.ca/2013/10/23/ttc-considers-numbering-subway-lines/〕 This process began in March 2014, when new numerical signs referring to subway routes as Line 1 for the Yonge–University line and Line 2 for the Bloor–Danforth line were phased in on signs and maps at Bloor-Yonge and St. George stations. The line numbers have been rolled out on rapid transit maps at all subway stations in the system. Similarly, as of summer 2015, the line's new Toronto Rocket subway trains, some of which, also adopted the new numerical system for the interchange station announcements, such as "Change for Line 2" and "Change for Line 4" respectively instead of "This station connects with the Bloor-Danforth subway" and "This station connects with the Sheppard subway".〔()〕 Its official name is ''1 Yonge–University Subway''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TTC Subway/RT )〕 In 2015, the Spadina part was dropped from the name to become just Yonge–University again. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Line 1 Yonge–University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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