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CTV News
3 days ago
- CTV News
TTC rider scared and upset after finding syringes on subway seat
A TTC rider says seeing syringes on a subway seat Saturday morning left him scared and upset. 'I found it a little disturbing considering kids are getting on and off, people are getting on and off. That's not the first thing you want to see in the morning,' the man, who asked to remain anonymous, told CP24 in an interview Saturday afternoon. He shared with CP24 photos of the syringes on a subway seat. 'I was a little scared. I was a little upset,' he said. The man, who boarded an eastbound train at Royal York Station around 8:30 a.m., said he used the SafeTTC app to report the syringes. The man said he had used the app before to report someone in distress, broken bus shelters, and alcohol bottles on the subway train. When he got off at Christie Station, the man said he approached a staff member to notify them about the syringes. A TTC spokesperson confirmed that the syringes were reported by a customer to a staff member this morning. 'Staff acted quickly to locate the train and safely dispose of the syringes,' Adrian Grundy said in a statement to CP24. 'We treat matters like this, involving the safety of customers and employees, as our top concern. We can assure customers that as soon as something like this is seen, reported, or discovered, we act immediately to do a full cleanup.' Grundy urged customers to speak to any employee, press the yellow strip, or report the incident on the SafeTTC app. He added that subway trains are cleaned regularly throughout the day on both weekdays and weekends. 'Although it does happen in other public places as well, incidents like this are rare on transit, given how many vehicles are in service at any time,' Grundy said. While he has encountered syringes on the TTC before, the man said he felt compelled to report it to the media due to a similar case earlier this month when a syringe was found sticking out from underneath a streetcar seat. Syringe under streetcar seat The TTC says they took the streetcar out of service for cleaning, and safely disposed of the syringe after they learned of it. 'I know there's a lot of funding for fare inspectors, and I feel like some of that money could be used towards keeping the TTC a little cleaner, a little safer for people that are riding it every day,' he said. 'This (subway) car specifically, I felt kind of bad because there were kids travelling on it, and the last thing you want is for some kid to look at these syringes and be like, 'Oh, what's that?''
CTV News
10-06-2025
- CTV News
TTC streetcar briefly taken out of service after syringe was found sticking out from seat
A TTC rider said despite them telling employees about the syringe on the seat, the streetcar remained in service until it was reported on the SafeTTC app.
CTV News
09-06-2025
- CTV News
TTC streetcar briefly taken out of service after syringe was found sticking out from seat
An image of the syringe jutting out from underneath a TTC streetcar seat, seen Saturday morning. A syringe was seen sticking out from underneath a TTC streetcar seat over the weekend, prompting the transit network to take the car out of service to thoroughly clean it. The incident happened at around 11 a.m. Saturday onboard a 501 Queen streetcar heading eastbound, according to a Reddit user. The streetcar rider posted pictures of the syringe, needle pointing outward, underneath the red felt seat. The user, who asked to remain anonymous, told CTV News Toronto that they quickly noticed the syringe after boarding the streetcar with their friend, who was sitting in the seat beside it. Syringe under streetcar seat The TTC says they took the streetcar out of service for cleaning, and safely disposed of the syringe after they learned of it. They said they notified two TTC officials at the time but the streetcar remained operational and the syringe was not disposed in the duration of their trip. The user adds they formally reported the incident hours later via text. A spokesperson for the TTC said the incident was reported through the SafeTTC App. 'The streetcar was immediately taken out of service and returned to the carhouse, where the syringe was safely disposed of and the car thoroughly cleaned,' Stuart Green said, adding they did not receive any reports of physical injury. While incidents like these can be unsettling, Green says they are 'rare' across the transit network 'given how many vehicles are in service at any time.' 'While we don't know how this got there or what it was used for, we can assure customers that as soon as something like this is seen, reported, or discovered, we immediately take the vehicle out of service and do a full cleanup,' Green added. Transit riders are encouraged to notify TTC staff—either in person or through the SafeTTC App—or press the yellow strip if there is something they wish to report.
CBC
09-06-2025
- CBC
Streetcar 'thoroughly cleaned' after syringe spotted poking out under seat, TTC says
The Toronto Transit Committee (TTC) says a streetcar was thoroughly cleaned after a rider spotted a syringe without a cap jutting out from underneath a seat. The incident happened on Saturday around 11 a.m. on a 501 Queen streetcar that was travelling eastbound, according to the user who posted an image of the incident on Reddit, where it received hundreds of comments. The user, who asked to remain anonymous, said they informed two TTC officials who were on the streetcar as soon as they saw the syringe. The syringe was not moved or dealt with at the time, and the streetcar remained operational. The user then later reported the incident online. TTC spokesperson Stuart Green said the incident was reported through the SafeTTC app. "The streetcar was immediately taken out of service and returned to the carhouse, where the syringe was safely disposed of and the car thoroughly cleaned," he said in an email to CBC Toronto on Monday. The TTC has not received any reports of injury related to the incident, he said. Green said incidents like this "are rare on transit given how many vehicles are in service at any time." "While we don't know how this got there or what it was used for, we can assure customers that as soon as something like this is seen, reported or discovered, we immediately take the vehicle out of service and do a full cleanup," he said.
