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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 .
On February 26, 1966, the yard went into full service with the opening of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. [2] [6] 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]
The unique gauge has remained to this day because it is easier to adapt new rail vehicles to this gauge than to convert the entire system to standard gauge. The three heavy-rail lines of the Toronto subway also use the unique gauge; however, the former light-metro Line 3 Scarborough and two light rail lines under-construction ( Line 5 Eglinton ...
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.
Structure rehab, leak repair, track welding 2013 Arva Industries: RT 87, 88 Crane car Arva Industries [18] RT 89 Track vacuum car 2017 [19] Arva Industries: RT 90/91 Track inspection vehicle 1996-2001 Bombardier Transportation: T-1 subway cars retired from regular service following a 2008 crash [20] at Wilson Yard, converted to work cars in ...
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 ...