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Track configurations become more complicated where lines meet (at the Spadina–St. George–Museum–Bay–Yonge junction and at Sheppard–Yonge), and at the entrances to subway yards. On the heavy rail lines (1, 2 and 4), tracks usually continue for roughly the length of a train beyond the last station on a line; these are known as tail tracks.
There are three operating rapid transit lines in Toronto: Line 1 Yonge–University is the longest and busiest rapid transit line in the system. It opened as the Yonge subway in 1954 with a length of 7.4 kilometres (4.6 mi), [9] and since then has grown to a length of 38.8 kilometres
The Toronto subway is the only such system in Canada. ... making it Canada's longest rapid transit system by track length, at 79.6 kilometres (49.5 mi).
Toronto-gauge railways are tram and rapid transit lines built to Toronto gauge, a broad gauge of 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (1,495 mm).This is 2 + 3 ⁄ 8 in (60 mm) wider than standard gauge of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) which is by far the most common track gauge in Canada.
Track gauge in Canada is standard gauge of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm), except for Toronto transit systems and the White Pass and Yukon Route. Rail lines built during the 19th century with a broad gauge of 5 ft 6 in ( 1,676 mm ) were converted to standard gauge.
Line 1 Yonge–University is a rapid transit line of the Toronto subway.It serves Toronto and the neighbouring city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada.It is operated by the Toronto Transit Commission, has 38 stations [5] and is 38.4 km (23.9 mi) in length, making it the longest line on the subway system. [3]
Line 4 Sheppard is the newest and shortest rapid transit line of the Toronto subway system, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). [2] It opened on November 22, 2002, and has five stations along 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) of track, which is built without any open sections in the district of North York along Sheppard Avenue East between Yonge Street and Don Mills Road. [3]
Line 3 Scarborough, originally known as Scarborough RT (SRT), is a defunct medium-capacity rapid transit line that was part of the Toronto subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [4] [5] The line ran entirely within the eastern district of Scarborough, encompassing six stations and 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) of mostly elevated track.