Actually, you can now buy a Presto Card from machines. There are no more change collectors! And there are absolutely no more tokens. They just transitioned.
I'd encourage anyone down-voting this to suggest why the TTC Subway 'change collectors' who sell tokens to enter the subway (essentially their only function) - do not also sell 'presto cards'.
And why you have to line up, pay, enter the station, and buy 'presto card' passes ... from the newstand in most cases ? ...
Astonishingly, the 'change collectors', who only sell tokens don't sell Presto cards.
Yet another mind-blowing bit of incompetence.
In Montreal, not only can you buy temporary cards (with money or visa), but you can also put rides on them in a fully automated way.
I will admit that the situation in Toronto may be temporary, but it's still utterly ridiculous.