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Commuters - many of them new - line up at the GO Transit station on Main St
Commuters - many of them new - line up at the GO Transit station on Main St

Commuters - many of them new - line up at the GO Transit station on Main St

Date9/11/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Commuters - many of them new - line up at the GO Transit station on Main St. and Danforth Ave. as TTC strike starts today
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0016960F
Slow Going: More than 2,000 anxious commuters line up at the Danforth Go station yesterday, hoping to get to work that way as the TTC strike began
Slow Going: More than 2,000 anxious commuters line up at the Danforth Go station yesterday, hoping to get to work that way as the TTC strike began
9/12/1991
When the go trains aren't going, Port Credit commuters line up for buses pressed into service to replace GO trains, not operating because of the strike of 20,000 railwaymen
When the go trains aren't going, Port Credit commuters line up for buses pressed into service to replace GO trains, not operating because of the strike of 20,000 railwaymen
7/26/1973
Commuters lined up outside Union Station yesterday for buses to take them home
Commuters lined up outside Union Station yesterday for buses to take them home
8/20/1973
Worth The Wait? A bored commuter, stranded by the TTC strike, joins the line of people waiting yesterday at Union Station for GO trains to take them home
Worth The Wait? A bored commuter, stranded by the TTC strike, joins the line of people waiting yesterday at Union Station for GO trains to take them home
9/12/1991
Santa Claus (erstwhile TV comic Gene Taylor) tries to brighten commuters' day as they look for rides at corner of Eglinton Ave. and Yonge St
Santa Claus (erstwhile TV comic Gene Taylor) tries to brighten commuters' day as they look for rides at corner of Eglinton Ave. and Yonge St
9/11/1978
A Frustrated commuter shows her feelings about Metro's transit strike as she sits at a curb by Mt
A Frustrated commuter shows her feelings about Metro's transit strike as she sits at a curb by Mt
9/11/1978
Go Transit trains rail yard at Judson St
Go Transit trains rail yard at Judson St
3/18/1995
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Getting their mail away despite the postal strike, people line up patiently in front of express window at bus terminal on Bay St., some of them using (...)
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Striking ambulance drivers and attendants set up picket line at Ambulance Station 16 at Dundas St
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Don jail guards scheduled to go on duty this morning show up instead with placards protesting takeover of jail by Ontario, costing them union membership, benefits
Don jail guards scheduled to go on duty this morning show up instead with placards protesting takeover of jail by Ontario, costing them union membership, benefits
12/30/1967
Go Transit Yard Etobicoke, Brotherhoon of Locomutive Engineers
Go Transit Yard Etobicoke, Brotherhoon of Locomutive Engineers
3/21/1995
The only way to go to work this morning was to drive or hitch a ride as Metro's giant public transit system ground to a halt in the wake of the first (...)
The only way to go to work this morning was to drive or hitch a ride as Metro's giant public transit system ground to a halt in the wake of the first (...)
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