The Toronto subway system's rolling stock consists of 880 subway cars for Line 1 Yonge–University, Line 2 Bloor–Danforth, and Line 4 Sheppard. The rolling stock is owned and maintained by the Toronto Transit Commission.

Subway trains Identifier Quantity Year(s) built Builder & model Class Date retired Notes 5000–5099 100 1953–1954 GRC&W G-1 5080–5081 experimentally retrofitted with fluorescent lighting. 5068–5069 converted to service cars RT 36 & RT 37 (grinding train power units) in February 1991; 5066–5067 & 5074–5075 had been held for future conversion to service cars; 5098–5099 preserved by the Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association. 5100–5105 6 1954–1955 GRC&W G-2 Experimental aluminum train 5200–5227 28 1956 GRC&W G-3 Non-driving motor cars permanently coupled with mating G-1 cars (50xx-52yy-52xx-50yy) 5110–5115 6 1958–1959 GRC&W G-4 Experimental cars built as an integral train (5110-5111-5112-5113-5114-5115); electro-dynamic braking equipment and motors removed April 1966 through March 1967 (for installation in service cars), and remarshalled as: 5110–5115, 5030-5111-5114-5031. 5300–5335 36 1962–1963 MLW M-1 5300–5301 preserved by the OERHA 5336–5499 164 1965–1966 HSC RTC-75 H-1 5374–5375 rebuilt to service cars RT 9 & RT 10; 5388–5391 scrapped due to Christie station fire in October 1976; 5391 rebuilt to service car RT 23 in March 1984. 5500–5575 76 1971 HSC RTC-75 H-2 5500–5505 equipped with experimental Hitachi chopper controls and regenerative braking and reclassed as H-3 in 1973; converted back to H-2 between September 1984 and April 1985. 5576–5663 88 1974–1975 HSC RTC-75 H-4 Last subway cars outfitted with vinyl orange upholstered seats, also the last without air conditioning. They also had an interior design similar to the H-2 cars, with reduced seating in a 2+2 configuration (instead of 2+3) to allow for more standees. Some H-4 subway cars were retired from revenue service between 2000–2002 by the delivery of T-1 class cars. By January 27, 2012, all H-4 cars were retired from revenue service.Long-running subway car takes final journey Toronto Star, published January 27, 2012. 5670–5807 138 1976–1979 HSC RTC-75 H-5 5755 was retired in June 1984 and scrapped November 1985 due to accident in December 1981; 5754 modified in November 1985 for use as A or B unit to substitute for cars out of service for maintenance (can also operate as a single unit for testing); 5796 modified by UTDC in July–December 1990 to become T-1 prototype, which was retired and scrapped in September 2012; first subway cars outfitted with air-conditioning systems, all H-5 trains were retired from service by June 14, 2013, some of which were taken to Buffalo, New York for refurbishment, before being sold to the Lagos Rail Mass Transit, but scrapped by August 2015. 5810–5935 126 1986–1989 UTDC RTC-75 H-6 Accessible seating areas were added near the operator's cab and the first set of doors in each car during technological upgrades (like the T-1s) between 2005 and 2008. All H-6 trains were retired from service by June 20, 2014. 5000–5371 372 1995–2001 BT RTC-75 T-1 Active First cars with AC propulsion, cars 5344–5345 converted to Toronto Rocket T35A08 mock-up cars in June–July 2006. Electronic side destination signs, including automated audible pre-boarding route and destination announcements and closed-circuit television cameras have since been installed on all T1 trains. 5381–5386⋮6131–61366141/2/5/6⋮6191/2/5/6 480 2009–2015 BT T35A08 Toronto Rocket Active 76 six-car permanently coupled trains with open gangways being delivered. First train delivered on October 1, 2010. Sets are numbered 5xx1-5xx2-5xx3-5xx4-5xx5-5xx6. In February 2013, set 5461–5466 was retrofitted with additional plastic yellow handholds, and external door chimes, displacing the exterior blue lights on the car. Similarly, another set, 5851–5856 was also modified with the same features as with set 5461–5466 in May 2014. External door chimes, electronic side destination signs, including automated audible pre-boarding route and destination announcements, have since been installed on all TR trains. First subway cars to adopt numbering in the 6000s. Set 5471–5476 was temporarily converted to a four-car train for testing purposes on Line 4 Sheppard, which was converted to full Toronto Rocket operation. After the testing phase, six additional four-car trains were received for use on Line 4, which reduced the original 80 six-car trainset order to 76 six-car trainsets. Unlike the six-car trains, the four-car trains feature two pairs of A (cab) and B (non-cab) cars, numbered 61x1-61x2-61x5-61x6. All six four-car TR Trains are in service on Line 4 and all seventy-six six-car TR Trains are in service on Line 1.

Builders BT Bombardier Transportation GRC&W Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. HSC Hawker-Siddeley Canada MLW Montreal Locomotive Works UTDC Urban Transportation Development Corp.

All active Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway cars are equipped with flip-up seats located in each car (near the operator's cab), which can accommodate mobility devices such as wheelchairs, strollers, scooters, and bicycles. The new Toronto Rocket trains have two designated areas in each car with automatic flip-up seats, and high-level platforms allow access to all cars.

Toronto Rocket

the Toronto Rocket (TR) is the newest version of TTC subway trains and operate on Lines 1 and 4.globeandmail.com: Technology Its design differs from its predecessors, which were formed by coupling sets of married pairs of identical cars. The trains consist of six cars for Line 1 and four cars for Line 4, both of which are connected with open gangways, similar to Bombardier's Movia family of metro trains. They only have two full-width operator cabs per trainset (as opposed to one on the right-hand corner of every subway car on the older versions), greater accessibility options and the skin of the train is welded rather than the previously used riveting method. The TRs' exterior front and rear destination and train run number signs are outfitted with digital orange LED boards, while all previous TTC train models use back-lit roller signs.

The first of the new TR trains was scheduled to be delivered in late 2009, but in early 2010, TTC officials stated that the new trains would not enter service until late 2010.(as of December 2008) http://www3.ttc.ca/PDF/About_the_TTC/yonge_subway_extension_recommended_concept_project_issues_de.pdf(media article on other topic suggests trains will not enter service until 2010, as of Dec 18 there are no TR trains in TTC's possession) The first train arrived on TTC property in October 2010, and entered revenue service on July 21, 2011.So what happened to those TTC improvements? Toronto Star

Next-generation cars By 2022, the TTC had decided that the next generation of subway cars would have a design different from the T1 and TR fleets. Like the TR fleet, riders would be able to walk the full length of the interior of the new trains. Like the T1 trains and unlike the TR fleet, the new trains would consist of three coupled pairs. Only the two end cars of the new trains would have cabs; cab-less cars would have hostler controls to allow the independent movement of cab-less pairs within workshop areas.

In April 2024, a TTC staff report recommended ordering 80 new trains, 55 to replace the T1 fleet on Line 2 and 25 for Line 1. The estimated cost of the new trains was at $3.23billion with the earliest delivery being in 2030, four years after the lifespan of the T1 fleet.

In July 2024, TTC CEO Rick Leary reported that the TTC would launch procurement for 70 new trains, pending funding from the federal government.

By March 2025, the federal government had signed an agreement for $2.3 billion in funding for the new trains. In August 2025, it was announced that the competitive procurement process which had been underway had been cancelled and that all new trains would be built at the Alstom Thunder Bay plant in a single-sourced contract. The decision was made to keep most of the work to build the new trains in Canada in the face of U.S. tariffs and economic uncertainty. All three levels of government agreed to equally share the cost of the Alstom contract, which would be subject to an independent cost estimate. The initial order was for 70 Alstom Metropolis 6-car train sets: 55 to replace the T-1 fleet plus 15 to support the Scarborough extension on Line 2 and the Yonge North extension on Line 1, with the option to procure more trains from Alstom in the future.

Former Line 3 Scarborough trains All units were retired in July 2023 at the time of the line's closure. Numbers Year(s) built Builder & model NotesEquipment Engineering, "Vehicle List No. 2", Toronto Transit Commission, June 30, 1991. 3000–23, 3024–27 , 1986 UTDC ICTS Mark I 3014 was displayed at the 1983 Canadian National Exhibition. All units have been refurbished. Refurbished cars include, since 2015, electronic side destination signs, including automated exterior audible pre-boarding route and destination announcements, along with closed-circuit television cameras and a new vinyl wrap. ST-1 1984 Niigata Transys Centre-cab diesel locomotive ST-2 1984 (likely) Arva Industries Non-motored rail maintenance car with Wajax hydraulic crane ST-3 1984 Niigata Transys Non-motored rail grinding truck ST-4 1986 Schmidt & TTC Snow-blower installed on a non-powered PCC truck ST-5 1987 TTC Non-motored power rail cleaner and de-icer ST-6 1987 General Crane and Hoist Non-motored rail grinding truck ST-7 2002 Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 5000 short cab Equipped with crane and Arva Industries snowblower E291 New Holland TC 18 Tractor used to push cars where there is no traction power

Work vehicles

Work vehicles are used for infrastructure maintenance within the subway. Most work vehicles are painted yellow, with the exception of retired passenger cars, which retain their natural aluminum exterior with added yellow accents.

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