denfromoakvillemilton
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You don't realise how special Toronto is. 5 min off peak is unique to this city.Well this exchange was 3-years ago, and the poster has been banned (though I'm sure he's still here under another user id). But I can't resist setting the story straight now that the facts have changed.
This gets back to the debate back then of how can Montreal's subway system carry more passengers a day than Toronto's, even though both systems are about the same size, but the Montreal trains are smaller and less frequent.
The answer appears to be that it doesn't. While a typical APTA repot from 2010 shows that Montreal ridership is a bit higher - http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Documents/Ridership/2010_q1_ridership_APTA.pdf
A recent APTA report from 2012 shows Montreal ridership is about half what was previously reported. http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Documents/Ridership/2012-q3-ridership-APTA.pdf
I guess the construction industry in Montreal wasn't the only one that was corrupt. This should teach people to not take "facts" blindly that don't make sense.