H series (Toronto subway)
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The H series is the third series of rapid transit rolling stock used in the subway system of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were built in six production sets, named H-1 to H-6, from 1965 to 1990 in Th
An H-6 train at St. George station
Interior of an H-4 subway car. The H-4s had an interior design similar to that of the H-2 subway cars but had less seating to allow for more passengers. The H-4s were the last H-series cars to have large padded bench seats. The H-2 and H-4 cars had beige doors, yellow panels, orange padded seats, dark brown walls and light brown floors. These were the last Toronto subway car models not equipped with air-conditioning systems.
Interior of an H-6 subway car with individual vinyl orange covered seats.
G series (Toronto subway)
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The G series was the first rolling stock of rapid transit cars used on the Toronto subway, built 1953–1959 by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company of Gloucester, England, for the Toronto
H series (Toronto subway)
…UTDC), which then took over production. They operated alongside their predecessor models, the M series, while the H-6 trains replaced the last remaining G-series trains in 1990. All H-series cars were manufactured in a facility Hawker Siddeley inherited from Canadian Car & Foundry, which had earlier produced PCC…
A G-series train heads south at Rosedale station circa 1971
The interior of a G-1 car, one of two where the original incandescent lighting was experimentally replaced with fluorescent