Subway delays may continue into Monday

Christmas Day travellers faced service-wide delays on the subway system for more than five hours Sunday. A glitch in the transit computer system created signal problems, according to the Toronto Transit Commission, which resulted in riders waiting 20 minutes and longer on all three subway lines. “Delays happen, unfortunately. Some are beyond our control but something of this length is quite rare so we’re going to have a really close look,” said spokesman Mike DeToma. The height of the problem was between noon and 5 p.m., he said, noting the cause of the glitch still hadn’t been determined Sunday evening. At one point, trains were turning back early on one subway line and shuttle buses were being used. Overnight, after the subway had shut down, technicians were due to look through the system to find out what happened.