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Roncesvalles Carhouse
Maintenance building for Flexity Outlook streetcars
General information
Location20 The Queensway
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°38′22″N 79°26′52″W / 43.63944°N 79.44778°W / 43.63944; -79.44778
Operated byToronto Transit Commission
Construction
Structure typeStreetcar carhouse, maintenance and storage facility
History
Opened22 January 1895 (1895-01-22)
Rebuilt1921

The Roncesvalles Carhouse is a storage and maintenance facility for the streetcar network of the Toronto Transit Commission. Located at the northwest corner of the Queensway and Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, west of its downtown core, it is the oldest of the TTC's three active carhouses.[1] The carhouse serves vehicles on routes 501 Queen, 504 King, 505 Dundas, 506 Carlton, 511 Bathurst, and 512 St. Clair.[2]

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