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Website. prestocard .ca. The Presto card (stylized as PRESTO) is a contactless smart card automated fare collection system used on participating public transit systems in the province of Ontario, Canada, specifically in Greater Toronto, Hamilton, and Ottawa. Presto card readers were implemented on a trial basis from 25 June 2007 to 30 September ...
The Hamilton Street Railway ( HSR) is the public transport agency for Hamilton, Ontario. The name is a legacy of the company's early period, when public transit in Hamilton was primarily served by streetcars. Although streetcars are no longer used in the city today, the HSR operates bus and paratransit services, with a ridership of 21 million ...
Early high-speed rail in Canada. CN Rail created some early hopes with the UAC TurboTrain, in its Toronto–Montreal route during the 1960s. The TurboTrain was a true HST, achieving speeds as high as 201 km/h (125 mph) in regular service. The Turbo went 225 km/h (140 mph) in a speed run April 26, 1976 [ 7] and may have attained even higher ...
It is located between the villages of Rockwood and Campbellville in Milton, Ontario, Canada, along part of the Toronto Suburban Railway's former right-of-way. The tracks conform to the TTC's track gauge of 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in ( 1,495 mm ), which is 60 mm ( 2 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) wider than 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge .
99 Cents Only Store in Dallas. 99 Cents Only Stores LLC (also branded as The 99 Store[ 1]) was a price-point retailer chain based in Commerce, California, United States of America. It offered "a combination of closeout branded merchandise, general merchandise and fresh foods." The store initially offered all products for 99¢ or less. [ 2]
In 1996, three of the four Atlantic provinces—New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia—entered into an agreement with the Government of Canada to implement what was initially termed the "blended sales tax" (renamed to "harmonized sales tax") which would combine the 7% federal GST with the provincial sales taxes of those provinces; as part of this project, the PST portion ...
The Ontario Deposit Return Program (ODRP), also simply known as Bag it Back, is a regulation of the province of Ontario, Canada.Its purpose is to divert recyclable materials from landfill or low-quality recycling uses by charging a fee for each alcoholic beverage container sold in the province, and processing the material for re-use or other recycling activities once the containers are ...
The HSR continued to operate service on Aberdeen Avenue until 1947. Unused H&D track along Aberdeen Avenue between West Hamilton and Longwood Road was removed in 1944. In 1927, the TH&B purchased the 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) of H&D track that it used for freight service in Dundas and made it a TH&B branch, [1] which was abandoned in 1987.