Transit riders thank TTC staff following Toronto's snowstorm

While many were complaining about transit delays caused by Monday’s winter storm, others took the time to thank TTC drivers.

The storm smashed a previous snowfall record for January 28, set in 2009. A decade ago, 13.4 cm fell across the city, while yesterday, a whopping 26.4 cm landed on Toronto.

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And of course, the snow caused plenty of delays across the transit lines, even resulting in the suspension of Line 3.

But this didn’t stop us from being Canadian.

Many transit users took to Twitter on Monday, and into Tuesday, to thank the TTC staff for getting them to their destinations safely.

Toronto City Councillor Joe Cressy was among the grateful.

“To the TTC bus driver who got me home safe today in this crazy weather, and all the TTC operators doing the same in every neighbourhood, thank you so much,” he tweeted.

To the #TTC bus driver who got me home safe today in this crazy weather, and all the TTC operators doing the same in every neighbourhood, thank you so much.

— Joe Cressy (@joe_cressy) January 29, 2019

And Cressy wasn’t alone.

@TTChelps you are the lifeline of Toronto. A big round of applause for all TTC drivers, operators and staff who helped thousands of people along with me to reach home safely.

— WAQAR AHMED (@WAQAR01) January 29, 2019

TTC driver on bus 8099 Kipling SB express is awesome, this morning she was so accommodating when the world has seem to gone array. Great work driver Id#75291. Due to the snow storm, I left my car at work & took the subway home. Now this morning this Angel, always humanity first!

— Hvirgo (@hsexylus) January 29, 2019

@TTChelps #bus3444route995#AsaluteToTheBusDriverMike
In times like this snow storm, commute time was terrible but despite of all those delays, our bus driver was very nice, kindhearted to the commuters, we thank you for that!👍🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/SVTNEb3CXS

— Mae (@Mae53394424) January 29, 2019

I came from Japan so I’ve never met like a this things so actually I was surprised today’s TTC and bursted into tears. But finally i arrived at home reasons why TTC drivers and staffs had a lot of efforts. Shout out to all the drivers and staffs. Thank u so much:)@TTChelps

— IRENE (@IRENE78471228) January 29, 2019

@TTChelps please send kudos to operator 72194 for safely getting us to the station #route77

— Justin (@_justintoronto) January 28, 2019

Usually use twitter to complain about #TTC, but on a night like tonight, we are beyond the usual problems of our aging system. Instead, I must give a huge shoutout and massive kudos for driving through this storm in the best way they can! Thanks @TTChelps.

— William Ford (@wfordcreative) January 29, 2019

Big thanks to heroic @ttc drivers getting us home on a very messy drive!

— Tom Allen (@TomAllenStories) January 29, 2019

Shout out to the TTC driver for seeing me jay-walk through a snowdrift about 30 m from my bus stop and stopping to pick me up

— Some Bastard (@wtfsck) January 29, 2019

Thank you @TTChelps, knowing how bad the weather is and still being able to run. Really appreciate the service esp the driver on the platform at finch station. He did his best 👍#ttc

— teddydolma (@TenjingD) January 29, 2019

On this very wintery evening in #Toronto, the #TTC gets us home. @TTChelps pic.twitter.com/FwhBBx2r5K

— Pat Perdue (@PatPerdue) January 29, 2019

Huge shout out to all the @TO_WinterOps City workers and @TTChelps TTC workers this morning. Doing their best in difficult conditions on long shifts.#SnowTO

— TorontoSilentFilmFest (@tosilentfilm) January 29, 2019

@TTChelps – but kudos to the driver of the 111 East Mall bus, 7955, who took 3 seconds to let a straggler hop on! #TTC

— The Connectivist (@_Connectivist_) January 29, 2019

So the folks on the road at @TTChelps are the real heroes today 💪💪 Getting to work in this whether is not an easy task to say the least. pic.twitter.com/1JC8USS3aV

— Michael Rogowski (@mrogows) January 28, 2019