Extended Sunday subway service could soon arrive in the city, Toronto’s top politician said during an interview Wednesday night.

During his monthly sit down with CP24’s Stephen LeDrew, Mayor John Tory said that he and TTC CEO Andy Byford have been examining possibilities for how subway service can be extended, specifically with regards to an earlier start on Sunday mornings.

“I’ve been talking with Mr. Byford about that – I think he’s tired of hearing me raise it – but I’ve said look, in 2015 there are a lot of people that want to go to work, they want to go to church, they want to go on the train from Union Station,” Tory said.

Currently, trains beginning running at around 6 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, and 9 a.m. on Sundays. Operations cease every night at around 1:30 a.m.

The off-hours of operation are required for crews to preform maintenance work, such as routine signal and track repairs, Tory said.

“Right now they need to do maintenance and the only time they can do is it obviously when the trains aren’t running,” he said.

“They’re working right now on trying to shorten that window up.” 

During this summer’s Pan American Games, subway service began at 6 a.m. on Sundays. 

“I said to (Byford) you’ve done well at that, it’s fantastic, now let’s do it all the time,” Tory said of the earlier service start.

“We can’t get there right away, but we’re going to make progress.”