Toronto Transit Commission streetcars

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Toronto_Transit_Commission_streetcars

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	public transit system component
gptkbp:accessible	low-floor vehicles (Flexity Outlook)
gptkbp:annualRidership	~50 million (pre-pandemic)
gptkbp:beganOperation	1921
gptkbp:depot	gptkb:Greenwood_Yard gptkb:Leslie_Barns gptkb:Roncesvalles_Carhouse gptkb:Russell_Carhouse
gptkbp:features	largest streetcar system in the Americas uses broad gauge all routes operate in mixed traffic except 512 St. Clair
gptkbp:fleetSize	gptkb:ALRV gptkb:CLRV gptkb:Flexity_Outlook gptkb:PCC_streetcar Flexity Outlook (Bombardier)
gptkbp:heritageService	Charter streetcars
gptkbp:historicalName	first electric streetcar in Toronto operated in 1892 CLRV/ALRV retired in 2019 PCC streetcars operated from 1938 to 1995 horse-drawn streetcars operated from 1861 once had over 20 routes system survived 1960s-70s North American streetcar closures
gptkbp:historicalVehicle	gptkb:Peter_Witt_streetcar Horsecar Birney car
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Toronto Transit Commission streetcars
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Toronto,_Ontario,_Canada
gptkbp:maintenance	gptkb:Hillcrest_Complex gptkb:Leslie_Barns gptkb:Roncesvalles_Carhouse gptkb:Russell_Carhouse
gptkbp:notableRoute	gptkb:501_Queen gptkb:504_King gptkb:506_Carlton gptkb:512_St._Clair
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Toronto_Transit_Commission
gptkbp:operator	municipal
gptkbp:powerSource	overhead electric wires
gptkbp:publicTransit	gptkb:railway_station gptkb:Presto_card gptkb:TTC_tokens 10 cash integrated with TTC buses and subway
gptkbp:roadType	gptkb:railway_station
gptkbp:servesArea	gptkb:City_of_Toronto
gptkbp:trackGauge	1495 mm
gptkbp:website	https://www.ttc.ca/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Queen_Street_Viaduct gptkb:CNE_grounds
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8