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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 .
Newer bored mainline tunnel south of York University station A surface section of Line 1 in the median of Allen Road. The TTC's heavy rail lines – Lines 1, 2, and 4 – are built to the unique Toronto gauge of 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (1,495 mm), which is the same gauge used on the city's streetcar system.
Subway tracks in Toronto were built to 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (1,495 mm), the same gauge used by the TTC's streetcar system. Lines 1, 2 and 4 – the heavy-rail lines – run on tracks built to the Toronto gauge of 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in ( 1,495 mm ), the same gauge used on the Toronto streetcar system .
This is a category for all railways built with a broad track gauge of 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (1,495 mm) Toronto gauge Pages in category "Toronto-gauge railways" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
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.
When it opened, the yard had a railway siding and some four rail, dual gauge (4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in or 1,495 mm and 1,435 mm or 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in standard gauge) track for the delivery of subway cars from the manufacturer. [4] However, circa 2013, the TTC removed the standard gauge track to make more room for subway car storage. [7]
The vast majority of rapid transit systems use 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge.Some of the largest and oldest subway systems in the world use standard gauge in agreement with the country wide dominant usage for track gauge, e.g. London Underground (1863), Chicago "L" (1892), Vienna Metro (1898), Paris Métro (1900), Berlin U-Bahn (1902), New York City Subway (1904), Stockholm ...
Unlike the other Transit City lines, this service would share infrastructure and 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (1,495 mm) track gauge with the streetcar system; the other LRTs would not be compatible with the city's streetcars and use larger LRT vehicles on 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge tracking.