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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.
The gauge is unique to the Greater Toronto Area and is currently used on the Toronto streetcar system and the Toronto subway (three heavy-rail lines), both operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. Several now-defunct interurban rail systems (called radial railways in southern Ontario) [ 1 ] : 7 also once used this gauge.
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 ...
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 .
Former G-2 subway car; converted to RT-15 (2nd); permanently coupled to RT-36 RT-37 (2nd) Grinding train control car 1953–1954/1991 TTC: 2007 Former G-1 subway car 5069; permanently coupled to RT-36 RT-38 (1st) Garbage cars 1954–1955/1988 Gloucester/TTC: 1998 Former G-2 subway car 5100; permanently coupled to RT-39 RT-38 (2nd) Former ...
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 Toronto subway (heavy-rail lines only) and streetcar system use Toronto gauge of 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (1,495 mm). However, standard gauge is used on light metro lines (existing and proposed) and light-rail lines (under construction), all of which are considered part of the Toronto subway system.
The tracks conform to the TTC's track gauge of 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (1,495 mm), which is 60 mm (2 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) wider than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge. Vehicles from other systems must be altered to accommodate the tracks, and cars intended for third-rail power must be reconfigured for use with overhead wire .