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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 ...
In 2021, the City of Toronto was planning the Waterfront East LRT, a new streetcar line to run on its own right-of-way from Union Station to Toronto's Port Lands. At that time, city planners considered three alternative locations for a terminus loop: at Parliament Street and Queens Quay East (a temporary loop), at Distillery Loop or at Polson ...
504 King (304 King during overnight periods) is an east–west Toronto streetcar route in Ontario, Canada.It serves King Street in Downtown Toronto as well as Broadview Avenue on the east end and Roncesvalles Avenue on the west end of the line.
The 502 Downtowner was a streetcar route operated by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.It ran from the Bingham Loop at Victoria Park Avenue and Kingston Road in the Beaches neighbourhood to McCaul Loop in downtown Toronto.
510 Spadina (310 Spadina during overnight periods) is a Toronto streetcar route in Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. The line started operating in 1990 and was extended in 1997; overnight service was reinstated in 2015.
The 508 Lake Shore is an east–west streetcar route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). The route serves the downtown financial district operating between the western limit of the city, and the western edge of Toronto's east end. The route is a weekday rush-hour service.
It was the first new Toronto streetcar route in many years, and the first to employ a dedicated tunnel, approximately 600 metres (2,000 ft) long. The route starts with an underground loop at Union station, runs south along Bay Street to the underground Queens Quay station, then turns west and emerges onto Queens Quay.
In 1928, to relieve the congestion of streetcar operations along Queen Street, the McCaul Loop was constructed on the west side of downtown Toronto, and another on Mutual Street to the east. [ 2 ] The Village by the Grange shopping and residential complex was built in 1976 around and on top of the loop which was now enclosed. [ 2 ]