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The first PCC delivery, class PC-1 (later renamed to A-1) cars 4001 and 4002, arrived at the Hillcrest Complex. [31] 24 September 1938 The St. Clair route (today's 512 St. Clair) became the first route in Toronto to have PCC service. [31] 18 July 1939 The Carton route (today's 506 Carlton) was converted to all-PCC operation. [32] 1 December 1939
TTC PCC #4500 in April 2012. Toronto; started 1938; number in service: 2. The first PCC cars in Canada were operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in 1938. [77] By 1954, Toronto had the largest PCC fleet in the world, including many purchased second-hand from U.S. cities that abandoned streetcar service following the Second World War.
The Toronto Transportation Commission inherited 830 streetcars from the Toronto Railway Company. However, the TTC found that only 351 of them were worth retaining; thus, the TTC disposed of the remaining 479 by 1924. (Two of the disposed cars were relics – horsecar 64, built in 1879, and streetcar 306, built in 1892.
The Toronto streetcar system is a network of eleven streetcar routes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It is the third busiest light-rail system in North America. The network is concentrated primarily in Downtown Toronto and in proximity to the city's waterfront. Much of the streetcar route network ...
Toronto continued their program of purchasing PCC cars, running the world's largest fleet, including many obtained second-hand from U.S. cities that abandoned streetcar service. With the creation of Metro Toronto in 1954 and the building of the Yonge subway line, the Toronto Transportation Commission was renamed the Toronto Transit Commission.
Many Toronto citizens, and especially a group known as "Streetcars for Toronto" led by transit advocate Steve Munro, had fought successfully against the TTC's plan to convert the remaining streetcar lines to buses, which necessitated a new streetcar model to replace the aging PCCs. The "Canadian Light Rail Vehicle" was an attempt at a new ...
A PCC streetcar enters the first Luttrell Loop in 1954. The bus in this image is an intercity bus. An A11-class PCC waits at the platform of the second Luttrell Loop in 1966. The Toronto Transit Commission's Luttrell Loop was the eastern terminus of the Bloor streetcar line.
The 512 St. Clair (312 St. Clair during overnight periods) is an east–west streetcar route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It operates on St. Clair Avenue between St. Clair station on the Line 1 Yonge–University subway and Gunns Road, just west of Keele Street.