Toronto’s transit chief is moving over to the MTA to head up the Big Apple’s subway and bus system, the agency announced on Tuesday.

Andy Byford, who is the chief executive officer of the Toronto Transit System, will take over as president of New York City Transit, officials said.

Byford, who is a United Kingdom native and and also spent years as a manager at the London Underground, will come aboard in January.

“New York City’s public transit system has driven New York City to become the bustling, successful metropolis that it is, and it’s an honor to be trusted with the huge responsibility to modernize the system and bring it to the high levels of performance and customer service that New Yorkers truly deserve and rightfully expect,” Byford said.

MTA officials tapped Byford after an extensive search, said MTA Chairman Joe Lhota. Officials were impressed with his efforts to modernize the TTC, and they hope that he will be able to take similar steps at the MTA, which has signals dating back to the 1940s and cars dating back to the 1960s.

“We are thrilled that Andy is going to lead NYC Transit during this time of great change,” said Lhota. “Our transit system is the backbone of the world’s greatest city and having someone of Andy’s caliber to lead it will help immensely, particularly when it comes to implementing the Subway Action Plan that we launched this summer.”