THE GS TRAM SITE

TORONTO

ONTARIO, CANADA

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30 March 1954

The Toronto system at the opening of the Yonge subway on 30 March 1954.

VIDEOS

Toronto PCC streetcar video Toronto Peter Witt streetcar video Toronto old subway video
Above: YouTubeCA video - Toronto Streetcar Documentary 1988 : The PCC Era , Toronto's Red Rockets TTC - Length: 58:50 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - TTC Peter Witt Streetcars - Circa 1960 - Length: 3:45 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Original Toronto Subway Cars in the 1980s - Length: 43:39 mins.

PHOTOS

Toronto PCC streetcar Toronto Peter Witt streetcar Toronto subway train

MAPS

Toronto-1954 tram map

INSET: CENTRAL TORONTO

Toronto downtown tram map 1954

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

CA Coxwell Av. MC McCaul Loop
CH City Hall Loop MS Main Street
KR Kingston Rd. RR Runnymede Rd.
LL Luttrell Loop WB Woodbine Av.


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Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.


DISCONTINUATION DATES OF STREETCAR TRACKS BETWEEN 30 MARCH 1954 AND 27 FEB. 1963 (affected route indicators in parantheses):


ROUTES

Operator: Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)

Note: The lettered route designations are of an indicative nature only, they were never used as such. The official names of the routes are given in the second column in capitals.

STREETCAR ROUTES

B BLOOR Jane & Bloor - Bloor St. - Danforth Ave. - Luttrell Loop
BA BATHURST Church Loop - Adelaide St. - Bathurst St. - Bathurst & St. Clair
C CARLTON High Park Loop - College St. - Carlton St. - Parliament St. - Gerrard St. - Main St. - Danforth Ave. - Luttrell Loop
CH Church Church & Danforth - Church St. - Scott & Front
CX COXWELL Coxwell & Danforth - Coxwell Ave. - Coxwell & Queen
D DUNDAS City Hall Loop - Bay St. - Dundas St. - Runnymede & Dundas
DT Danforth Tripper Bedford Loop - Bloor St. - Danforth Ave. - Coxwell & Danforth
DU DUPONT York Loop - Queens Quay - Bay St. - Dupont St. - Christie Loop (Christie & Dupont)
E EARLSCOURT Lansdowne & St. Clair - St Clair Ave. - Yonge & St. Clair
F FORT (Exhibition -) Fleet Loop - Bathurst St. - Wolseley Loop
H HARBORD Davenport & St. Clair & (Townsley Loop) - Davenport Rd. - Dovercourt Rd. - Bloor St. - Ossington Av. - Harbord St. - Spadina Ave. - Dundas St. - Broadview Av. - Gerrard St. - Pape Ave. - Pape & Danforth
K KING Dundas W & Bloor - Roncesvalles Ave. - King St. - Queen St. - Broadview Ave. - Broadview & Danforth
KR KINGSTON ROAD McCaul Loop - Queen St. - Kingston Rd. - Birchmount Loop
LB LONG BRANCH Roncesvalles Loop - Lake Shore Blvd. - Long Branch
O OAKWOOD Gilbert Loop - Eglinton Av. - Oakwood Ave. - Oakwood & St. Clair
P PARLIAMENT Parliament & Bloor - Parliament St. - Parliament & King
Q QUEEN Parkside Loop - Lake Shore Blvd. - Queen St. - Neville Park
R ROGERS ROAD Bicknell & Rogers Road - Rogers Road - Oakwood Ave. - Oakwood & St. Clair
SC ST. CLAIR (Avon Loop - Weston Rd. -) Keele & St. Clair - St. Clair Ave. - Mt. Pleasant Rd. - Mt. Pleasant & Eglinton

SUBWAY ROUTE

Y YONGE Eglinton - Yonge - Union Station

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