This article is about the broad-gauge streetcar system in Toronto. For standard-gauge light rail transit in Toronto, see Toronto subway.
Toronto streetcar system
Flexity Outlook streetcars
Overview
Locale
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Transit type
Streetcar
Number of lines
11[1]
Number of stations
685 stops[2]
Daily ridership
237,300 (weekdays, Q1 2024)[3]
Annual ridership
69,106,000 (2023)[4]
Operation
Began operation
1861; 163 years ago (1861)[5]
1892; 132 years ago (1892)[5] (catenary electrification)[5]
Operator(s)
Toronto Transit Commission
Character
Street running
Technical
System length
83 km (52 mi)[6]
Track gauge
4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm)
Minimum radius of curvature
36 ft 0 in (10,973 mm)[7]
Electrification
Overhead line, 600 V DC
System map
The Toronto streetcar system is a network of eleven streetcar routes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It is the third busiest light-rail system in North America. The network is concentrated primarily in Downtown Toronto and in proximity to the city's waterfront. Much of the streetcar route network dates from the 19th century. Three streetcar routes operate in their own right-of-way, one in a partial right-of-way, and six operate on street trackage shared with vehicular traffic with streetcars stopping on demand at frequent stops like buses. Since 2019, the network has used low-floor streetcars, making it fully accessible.
Toronto's streetcars provide most of the downtown core's surface transit service. Four of the TTC's five most heavily used surface routes are streetcar routes. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 69,106,000, or about 237,300 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024.
^"TTC Streetcars". TTC. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
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^"Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^"Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
^ abc"Toronto's Streetcar Network – Past to Present – History". 2013. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
^"UrbanRail.Net > North America > Canada > Ontario > Toronto Streetcar (Tram)".
^The Canadian Light Rail Vehicles – Transit Toronto
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