T-series (Toronto subway car)
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 A T1 subway car at Davisville station |
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| In service | 1995–present |
| Manufacturer | Bombardier Transportation |
| Built at | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Replaced | M-series, H1, H2 |
| Constructed | 1995–2001 [1] |
| Number built | 372 |
| Number in service | 370 [2] |
| Number scrapped | 2 [2] |
| Formation | 2 car mated pairs (operated as 2 or 3 pair (4 or 6 car) trains) |
| Fleet numbers | 5000–5371 [1] |
| Capacity | 66 seated (per car) [1] |
| Operator | Toronto Transit Commission |
| Depot(s) | Wilson Subway Yard Greenwood Subway Yard Davisville Subway Yard |
| Line(s) served | ■ Yonge–University–Spadina line ■ Bloor–Danforth line ■ Sheppard line |
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| Car body construction | Stainless steel |
| Car length | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Width | 3.14 m (10.3 ft) |
| Height | 3.65 m (12.0 ft) |
| Floor height | 1.1 m (3.6 ft) |
| Doors | 8 sets (4 sets per side) per car |
| Maximum speed | 88 km/h (55 mph) |
| Weight | 33,095 kg (72,960 lb) |
| Acceleration | 0.85 m/s2 (1.9 m.p.h.p.s) |
| Deceleration | 1.30 m/s2 (2.9 m.p.h.p.s), 1.38 m/s2 (3.1 m.p.h.p.s) (Emergency) |
| Traction system | ADTranz 1507A |
| Auxiliaries | 120/208 VAC Battery Auxiliary |
| Power supply | 600 V DC |
| Electric system(s) | Third rail |
| Current collection method | Contact shoe |
| Gauge | 1,495 mm (4 ft 10 7⁄8 in) TTC Gauge |
The T-series rapid transit cars (widely known as the T1 as only one production run was made) are a Toronto subway car model, ordered in 1992 and built in 1995–2001. The cars were built by Bombardier Transportation's Thunder Bay Works for the Toronto Transit Commission. The cars were an improvement on previous H-series platform manufactured by Hawker Siddeley Canada and later UTDC.
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[edit] Design advances
The T-series cars incorporated many of the design elements that had been refined throughout the H-series programme. Each model of the H production run improved on the last adding features such as single use controls for both acceleration and braking, air conditioning and regenerative braking. The T1 took all those advancements and integrated new technology and computerized them into a much more operator friendly manner. The T-series were the first TTC cars to use a "T bar control", rather than the previous "chopper control" that was added in the H4-H6 models. There were also improvements in aesthetics and accessibility. Wider doors, flip up seats at wheelchair positions, the removal of vertical stanchions along the car's centre line (as was found in all previous cars), and a brighter and more modern passenger interior were incorporated into the design making them more accessible for people with mobility issues.[3]
[edit] Fleet assignment
Since the completion of the Sheppard line in 2002, the T1 cars are used on all three subway lines and are stored at all three subway yards. As the TTC receives the new Toronto Rocket train sets and begins to retire the older H-series vehicles, the T1s operating on the Yonge–University–Spadina line will be moved to the Bloor–Danforth and Sheppard lines.
[edit] External links
- Page on the T-series cars at Transit Toronto
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Toronto Transit Commission (September 18, 2009). "TTC Service Summary". http://www3.ttc.ca/PDF/Transit_Planning/Service_Summary_2009_10_18.pdf.
- ^ a b Toronto Transit Commission (January 8, 2012). "TTC Service Summary". http://ttc.ca/PDF/Transit_Planning/Service_Summary_2012_01_08.pdf.
- ^ http://www3.ttc.ca/TTC_Accessibility/Accessible_Service/Accessible_vehicles.jsp
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