TTC chair sorry for poor communication on transit service after World Series Game 7

TORONTO – The Toronto Transit Commission chair has apologized for social-media posts that said transit service would end at 1:30 a.m. after the final World Series game ran late on Saturday night, calling them a “mistake.”

Jamaal Myers said Monday that the last subway train left Union Station around 1:45 a.m. and the TTC had planned to run later trains if necessary, but the communication shared online was poor.

The social-media post that said subway service would end at 1:30 a.m., reposted by the City of Toronto, led to confusion, he said. 

“Reminder: we know the game is running late, but transit won’t wait!” the city said in its post on X about 10 minutes before Game 7 ended with the Toronto Blue Jays losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers. It prompted angry replies.

“The TTC deeply apologizes for this mistake,” Myers said, adding that no one was left stranded by the TTC.

“In the event that the game went into overtime, the TTC was prepared to continue running subway service so that our customers could get home safely,” he said.

“As the game did not run past normal service time, this plan was never activated. Overall, the TTC service that night was strong with minimal disruptions.”

Myers said he is introducing a motion at the TTC board meeting, supported by Mayor Olivia Chow and Coun. Josh Matlow, to “establish predictable late night transit service for major special events.”

Metrolinx also received criticism for not extending GO train and UP Express service after the game. 

Metrolinx spokesperson Andrea Ernesaks said the provincial transit agency is in constant communication with the TTC at all times, especially when major events are held in the city. 

“To suggest there is a disconnect in our communication or partnership with the TTC is deeply misleading,” she said. 

Ernesaks said Metrolinx added additional late-night trips to accommodate fans heading to and from games throughout the Blue Jays’ post-season run, and added additional UP Express and GO trains on the Lakeshore West and East lines, the Barrie line, the Kitchener line and Stouffville line for Game 7.

She said Metrolinx held these trains as long as “operationally possible” after the game ended and every train departed at full capacity.

“We understand that this was a challenging and frustrating weekend for everyone. We always learn lessons from historic events like this one – and we will apply them moving forward,” she said.

“But speculation and finger pointing are not the way to build public confidence.”

Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said that after Game 7, the last GO train arrived at its final destination at 3:30 a.m. and the last GO bus arrived at its final destination at 4 a.m.

“We tried to increase service as much as possible,” he told reporters at Queen’s Park. “We held trains specifically so every single train departed at full capacity.”

He said Metrolinx increased capacity for Blue Jays fans during the World Series.

“Ultimately there’s track constraints because we don’t own those lines,” he said. “So we work with the other parties that own those lines to ensure that we can get as much traffic through them, as much people through them, and that’s what we’ll continue to do.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 3, 2025.

–With files from Liam Casey