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TTC: Other Items (catch all)

Jonny5 said:
My memory is fuzzy here, but was there not a physical store selling merch on the concourse level of Union subway station for several years, maybe starting in 2008 or so?
Maybe it closed down for the station renovation and they never brought it back? But I definitely remember there used to be something there where you could buy a variety of TTC branded stuff like mugs, or t-shirts with the subway map on them, etc. and maybe some other City of Toronto branded items.

Also I recall it was kind of sad looking and slapped together with cardboard signs, etc.
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I was just thinking that. I don't think it did very well so the TTC switched to online only.
 
EastYorkTTCFan said:
I was just thinking that. I don't think it did very well so the TTC switched to online only.
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Oh I found it did exist.

It was given the very creative name of "TTC Transit Stuff", though the merchandise and operations were fully outsourced to some third party.
The TTC didn't have any direct involvement other than collecting the royalties.

It looks like it shutdown in late 2010 or early 2011.

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Jonny5 said:
Oh I found it did exist.

It was given the very creative name of "TTC Transit Stuff"

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I think the main problem with it is that it's a very niche market with primarily transit enthusiasts who would want to buy transit merchandise. The location where it was is now the information both/ central location for calls from the help stations located on the platform where the DWA's were for line 1 all calls go to the one at Union and for line 2 all the calls go to the one at Kipling.
 
Jonny5 said:
Oh I found it did exist.

It was given the very creative name of "TTC Transit Stuff", though the merchandise and operations were fully outsourced to some third party.
The TTC didn't have any direct involvement other than collecting the royalties.

It looks like it shutdown in late 2010 or early 2011.

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I bought a really bad t-shirt from here in 2007 and the graphic started peeling within weeks.
 
chrisw said:
Google Maps Boarding locations for faster transfers and exits on Line 1 and 2, you won't always get a recommendation.

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On a similar topic I do hope the new subway trains for Line 2 and the OL will have displays showing where each car is relative to the exits on the platforms. This has probably been brought up before on the forum and hopefully at the TTC as well.
 
JSF-1 said:
On a similar topic I do hope the new subway trains for Line 2 and the OL will have displays showing where each car is relative to the exits on the platforms. This has probably been brought up before on the forum and hopefully at the TTC as well.
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I highly, highly doubt that will ever become a thing here.

We cant even get next stop displays right in this city, so having the info that you're proposing is akin to asking the TTC to get a spaceship blasted over to Mars.
 
JSF-1 said:
On a similar topic I do hope the new subway trains for Line 2 and the OL will have displays showing where each car is relative to the exits on the platforms. This has probably been brought up before on the forum and hopefully at the TTC as well.
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Do other transit systems do this? Are you able to share any photos/videos as examples?
 
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