What TTC Stations Have PRESTO?

Since I make the trek to York Region once a week, I ordered a PRESTO card online. PRESTO is the Government of Ontario’s ‘smart card’ for transit systems in Ontario (mainly the GTA) – including GO Transit. You can fill up your card online and have it auto-refill as well so there’s never any worry for lack of fare money. Also, it’s a simple tap and you’ve paid (a la London, Stockholm, and I’m sure a zillion other transit systems in the world). The one GTA transit system that isn’t on board completely yet is the TTC. However, I noticed there are some TTC stations that *do* let you use your PRESTO card. I did a bit of research online and the list appears to be as follows (as of this posting date):

» Bloor-Yonge
» College
» Don Mills
» Downsview
» Dundas
» Finch
» Islington
» Kipling
» Queen’s Park
» St. George
» St. Patrick
» Union

Since the TTC is all one fare zone there is no need to ‘tap out’ as you leave a station or vehicle. However, on services such as GO Transit you must ‘tap out’ at your destination so the proper fare is calculated. If you take the same trip every time, you can have that trip set to be the default on your card and then there’s no need to ‘tap out’.