Toronto streetcar system
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The Toronto streetcar system is a network of eleven streetcar routes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. It is the third busiest light-rail system in North America
Flexity Outlook streetcar on Spadina Avenue
Horse-drawn Toronto Street Railway streetcars, 1890. By 1894, horse-drawn streetcars were replaced by electric streetcars.
Streetcar and trolley bus routes in October 1965
A Parliament line streetcar at Viaduct Loop. Parliament line was one of several streetcar routes discontinued in the 1960s.
Canadian Light Rail Vehicle
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The Canadian Light Rail Vehicle and Articulated Light Rail Vehicle were types of streetcars used by the Toronto Transit Commission from the late 1970s until they were scrapped in the late 2010s. They
Toronto streetcar system
…by trolley buses was cheaper than replacing the aging tracks. However, the TTC maintained most of its existing network, purchasing new custom-designed Canadian Light Rail Vehicles (CLRV) and Articulated Light Rail Vehicles (ALRV), with the first CLRV entering service in 1979. It also continued to rebuild and maintain the existing…
A 506 Carlton CLRV car crosses the Main Street Bridge in 2008.
Interior of the CLRV
A Queen car pauses at Spadina Avenue
Interior of the ALRV