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Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority was a municipally-run transit agency in the
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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area that had responsibility for
GO Transit
GO Transit is a regional public transit system serving the Greater Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. With its hub at Union Station in Toronto, GO Transit's green-and-white trains and buses serve a population of more than seven millio ...
. It acquired these responsibilities from
Gray Coach
Gray Coach was a Canadian inter-city bus line based in Toronto, Ontario, from 1927 to 1992. It was founded and initially owned by the Toronto Transportation Commission, until sold to Stagecoach in 1990. In 1992 the business was sold to Greyho ...
, which originally operated the GO Transit bus service, and CN Rail, which originally operated the GO Transit train service. It was created on August 7, 1999, when the provincial government of
Premier of Ontario Mike Harris
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downloaded provincial services. It was an arm of the
Greater Toronto Services Board Greater Toronto Services Board (GTSB) was created in 1998 under the Greater Toronto Services Act by the province of Ontario and began sessions in 1999. It was created following the amalgamation of the City of Toronto. In some ways it was seen as a r ...
(GTSB). The downloaded service was disliked by
Greater Toronto Area cities because of its lack of funds to expand or run the service. Opposition quickly mounted, but its elimination had to wait for Harris to leave office.
The agency ceased to exist on January 1, 2002, when GO Transit was returned to the province under the
GO Transit Act, 2001
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.
The TATOA name was displayed on some GO Transit vehicles, but that was short-lived and painted over after the GO Transit Act came into effect.
GO Transit
Transit agencies in Ontario
Transport in Toronto
Organizations established in 1999
1999 establishments in Ontario
2002 disestablishments in Ontario