
New Year’s may be all about looking ahead, but there’s something undeniably nostalgic in partaking in some sort of tradition.
And for one Toronto man, that includes visiting every TTC subway station on New Year’s Eve.
This year on the 31st, David Burkholder, who is an avid transit enthusiast, announced on Twitter that he was going to visit all 75 subway stations.
Burkholder says 12 years ago, he visited the previous 69 TTC stations in one go and this year to celebrate “day 365 and one year of the York extension” he was going to visit all 75 stations.
While Toronto might not have a subway system that’s as complex as other world-class cities such as New York City or Paris, visiting every TTC subway station still took Burkholder over nine hours to complete.
12 years ago I went to all 69 @TTChelps stations and got a transfer from each. Today to celebrate day 365 and one year of the York extension on, I’m going to all 75 and getting a transfer! #allthestations pic.twitter.com/rnkKiH74bO
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
Burkholder began his mission just before 8 am at Spadina Station and made it to his final stop, Vaughan Metro Station, just before 5:30 pm.
And for all the transit enthusiasts out there, he documented his excursion on social media.
9/75 – High Park, the only station where you can go both up and down from the platform #allthestations pic.twitter.com/oqoBvhxr1a
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
15/75 – Made it to my first terminus! Only 60 more @TTChelps transfers to go! #TTC #ALLTHESTATIONS pic.twitter.com/wZ1lenp33W
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
18/75 What a view! pic.twitter.com/50nrOkukUP
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
20/75 Chester station – only station to have no surface connections pic.twitter.com/DRujNh3bxO
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
29/75 – Done line 2 ✅ on to line 3! pic.twitter.com/bM5J06FHto
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
31/75 – Ellesmere station, least used station on the whole system! No one got on/off, and I was alone on the platform #allthestations #leastused pic.twitter.com/IvvLrImeBW
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
34/75 Line 3 ✅ pic.twitter.com/r5vlqUkOjm
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
35/75 – Bloor/Yonge Station, busiest TTC station pic.twitter.com/663a5yfqoR
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
47/75 – Line 4 ✅ pic.twitter.com/ztu9EI8SWv
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
52/75 – Dundas Station, Fastest transfer yet! pic.twitter.com/zhSBfPJBkl
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
60/75 – Museum Station is still the coolest station around pic.twitter.com/Wxzi3BDu9m
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
67/75 – Yorkdale seems to be the last station with original turnstiles. @TTCsue why the delay on the upgrades? pic.twitter.com/JCFziRVNDa
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
69/75 – in 2006 I would have been done… Here I come Spadina Extension!!! pic.twitter.com/Rqqn04mk9w
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
75/75 @TTChelps stations and transfers done! #allthestations pic.twitter.com/8qwVTRq51S
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) December 31, 2018
And after 9.5 hours, here’s the final result of Burkholder’s adventure.
After 9.5 hours, here is the results of my #TTC #allthestations NYE adventure! @TTChelps @TTCsue @ttcdesign @blogTO pic.twitter.com/OjnYCz3Sff
— David Burkholder (@DavidBurkholder) January 2, 2019