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Meet halfway in Toronto

For a group meeting in Toronto, the fairest points are usually Bloor-Yonge, St George, Spadina or Union - the four stations where the TTC's subway lines actually cross, so most of the city reaches them without more than one change. Which one is fairest depends on where everyone starts: togather compares real door-to-door times per person and returns the spots that keep the trip even.

  • TTC subway
  • Streetcars
  • GO Transit
  • Buses
  • Cycling
  • Walking
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Where groups actually meet in Toronto

Interchanges that work as a fair midpoint for most groups. togather will not always land on one of these - it answers for your actual starting points - but they are the ones that come up again and again.

  1. Bloor-Yonge

    Line 1 Yonge-University and Line 2 Bloor-Danforth

    The busiest interchange in the city and the eastern point where the two main lines cross, which makes it the default fair answer for a group spread along both the Yonge corridor and the Danforth.

  2. St George

    Line 1 Yonge-University and Line 2 Bloor-Danforth

    The western crossing of the same two lines, so it is fairer than Bloor-Yonge for anyone weighted towards the Annex, Dupont or the west end - and it is noticeably calmer at rush hour.

  3. Spadina

    Line 1 and Line 2, plus the 510 Spadina streetcar

    The one interchange that adds a major streetcar route to both subway lines, which makes it the practical pick when part of the group is coming up from Chinatown, Kensington or the waterfront.

  4. Union

    Line 1, plus GO Transit, the UP Express and waterfront streetcars

    Where everyone arriving from outside the city lands, so it becomes the fair point the moment one person is starting in Mississauga, Scarborough or anywhere on the GO network.

  5. Sheppard-Yonge

    Line 1 Yonge-University and Line 4 Sheppard

    The fair answer for a group spread across North York rather than the core - it saves everyone the long ride down Yonge Street and back up again.

  6. Kennedy

    Line 2 Bloor-Danforth, plus GO Transit and Scarborough bus routes

    The eastern end of Line 2 and the main transfer point for Scarborough, which makes it the fairest option for an east-weighted group instead of dragging everyone downtown.

  7. Dundas West / Bloor GO

    Line 2, the 505 and 504 streetcars, plus GO and the UP Express

    A west-end hub where the subway, two streetcar routes and the GO line all meet, so it works for a group across Roncesvalles, Junction and Bloordale without a trip to the centre.

How to pick a fair meeting point in Toronto

Toronto’s rapid transit is essentially two lines in a cross, and that shape decides everything. Line 1 runs north-south in a U; Line 2 runs east-west along Bloor and Danforth. They meet in exactly two places - Bloor-Yonge and St George - which is why those two stations answer so many group meeting questions on their own.

The catch is what happens when your group is not near the cross. The geographic midpoint between, say, Scarborough and Etobicoke sits nowhere useful; reaching it means a bus at one or both ends, and everyone loses time to a leg that never appears on a map.

Let the group’s centre of gravity move the answer

A north-weighted group is better served by Sheppard-Yonge than by anything downtown, and an east-weighted one by Kennedy. The moment somebody starts outside the city the fair point shifts again, onto Union and the GO network, because that is where they actually arrive.

Streetcars and bikes complicate it further in the best way. A streetcar rider on Spadina and a cyclist on the waterfront trail are on different networks from a subway rider, and averaging their positions cannot express that. togather times each person on the network they actually use and returns the spots that keep the trip even across the whole group.

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Meeting halfway in Toronto - questions

Where is a fair place to meet halfway in Toronto?
Usually one of the four stations where the subway lines cross - Bloor-Yonge, St George, Spadina or Union. Which is fairest depends on everyone's starting point and travel mode, which is what togather calculates rather than guessing.
Why is the geographic midpoint usually wrong in Toronto?
Because the subway is essentially two lines in a cross. If your group is not near where they intersect, the middle of the map can easily be a long bus ride from any station, and everyone ends up with a transfer they did not need.
Does it work if someone is coming in on GO Transit?
Yes, and it usually changes the answer. A starting point outside the city pulls the fair meeting spot towards Union or another GO station rather than leaving it in the middle of the subway network.
What about streetcars and cycling?
Both are handled per person. Streetcar routes are part of the transit network here, and a cyclist on the Martin Goodman Trail or a bike lane can beat a transit rider across the west end - so their fair point is often different.

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