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Is the cherubic “TTC Leprechaun” back riding the rails?

The notorious commuter — or his doppelganger — whose off-the-charts obnoxiousness made him a local celebrity, was spotted on an eastbound subway last Tuesday by a Toronto Sun reporter.

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The hat was there, the beard, the earrings and the glasses.

But at that point on the Bloor-Danforth line around Sherbourne station, he was minding his manners reading a book.

The city was appalled when the sleazy rider made his first appearance in September 2014 and became the focus of a GTA-wide social media manhunt.

A TTC rider posted a detailed account of a man who took up two seats on a crowded bus and shoved her when she objected.

The transit terror’s name was derived from his distinctive appearance: A bowler hat, tuft of a beard and bright green shirt.

“Leave me alone, I don’t talk to airheads,” he told the woman with a wave of his hand.

She replied: “What kind of a real man are you, you can’t let a woman sit down?”