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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.
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 .
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 .
The Toronto subway system's rolling stock consists of 880 subway cars for Line 1 Yonge–University, Line 2 Bloor–Danforth, and Line 4 Sheppard. The rolling stock is owned and maintained by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).
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]
Toronto gauge: Halton County Radial Railway, Toronto streetcar system, and Toronto subway (Lines 1, 2, and 4) [93] 1,520 mm 4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in: Former USSR Also named Russian gauge. See 5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways & Confederate railroads in the American Civil War: 1,522 mm 4 ft 11 + 29 ⁄ 32 in: Finland Helsinki Metro [94] 1,524 mm 5 ...
Before the opening of the subway, there was a temporary interchange track between the Yonge streetcar line and the Davisville Yard on the north side of the Belt Line bridge for the interchange of rail equipment with the streetcar system. [3] In 1953, subway cars 5000 and 5001, after being displayed at the Canadian National Exhibition, were ...
The track on the Toronto streetcar system has characteristics of non-standard gauge, tight curve radii and single-point switches that previous generations of high-floor streetcars were adept at handling. Some of these characteristics were problematic for Bombardier when it adapted its low-floor Flexity Outlook for Toronto's streetcar system.