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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 .
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 ...
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 ...
The Flexity Outlook is the latest model of streetcar in the rolling stock of the Toronto streetcar system owned by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Based on the Bombardier Flexity, they were first ordered in 2009 and were built by Bombardier Transportation in Thunder Bay and Kingston, Ontario, with specific modifications for Toronto, such as unidirectional operation and the ability to ...
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.