The University line opened in 1963, and the Bloor–Danforth line opened from Keele station in the west to Woodbine station in the east on February 26, 1966. Nine men died during its construction in several incidents. Most of the line was built underground using the cut-and-cover method, with some sections along University Avenue built using shield tunneling with manual excavation of the faceand even a short stretch using the Milan tunneling method ( the Icos–Veder method). Other parts of the line were built above ground in grade-separated rail corridors. The line was long, and ran about north of Bloor Street and Danforth Avenue. The cost of the initial section was $200million ($billion in dollars).
