TTC streetcar announcements temporarily offline

For the first time in years, Toronto streetcar riders will hear the voice of their driver, as automated stop announcements are temporarily offline.

The TTC tells CityNews the issue is related to the Global Positioning System (GPS) used to inform the stop announcements and is affecting a majority of streetcar routes.

Work to correct the problem is ongoing, but there is no estimate on when the system will be back online.

Until then, drivers will manually call out all stops like they did pre-2008, when automated announcements were first introduced on the now retired CLRV fleet.