Wilson Bus Garage and Subway Yard
The Wilson Bus Garage and Subway Yard (also known as the Wilson Complex) Coordinates: 43°44′21″N 79°27′16″W / 43.73917°N 79.45444°W is the largest of the Toronto Transit Commission's three subway yards and bus garage. The subway yard services subway cars on the Yonge–University–Spadina line. The facility is located on Transit Rd. north of Wilson Ave.
The 60-acre (240,000 m2) yard was completed in 1976 and began operations in 1977. The facility also houses a bus barn and maintenance facilities for subway cars.
Construction of a new training building and simulator and modifications to the car house and yard are currently being made to accommodate the new Toronto Rocket trains, with some already arrived and the rest that are on order.[1]
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[edit] Subway division facilities
- marshalling yard
- indoor storage facility
- outdoor storage facility
[edit] Rolling stock
Wilson Yard is home to approximately half the commission's fleet of trains and work cars [2]. The yard regularly houses:
- Approximately half the fleet of T1 subway cars
- 136 H5 subway cars
- Several new Toronto Rocket subway cars.
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- Once more of the new TR trains are delivered and enter service, Wilson Yard will then shift its T1 subway cars to Greenwood as the older H-Series cars are decommissioned.
[edit] Bus division facilities
- The 230,000-square-foot (21,000 m2) garage
- 2 wash racks, 2 fuelling stations for diesel, 1 fuelling station for CNG
- a Eurovac system
- 11 40-foot hoists, 3 60-foot hoists
- 4 inspection pit stations
[edit] See also
Toronto Transit Commission facilities
[edit] References
- ^ http://www3.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commission_reports_and_information/Commission_meetings/2008/Jul_10_2008/Supplementary_Reports/Wilson_Carhouse_Expa.pdf
- ^ http://www3.ttc.ca/PDF/Transit_Planning/Service_Summary_2010_03_28.pdf
