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503 Kingston Rd
A 503 Kingston Rd car proceeds east along
King Street, bound for Victoria Park Avenue
Overview
LocaleToronto, Ontario
Termini
Stations King
Service
TypeStreetcar Route
Route number503
Operator(s)Toronto Transit Commission
Depot(s)Russell[1]
Rolling stockCLRV
Technical
Line length8.97 km (5.57 mi) [1]
Track gauge4 ft 10+78 in (1,495 mm) - TTC Gauge
Route map
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The 503 Kingston Rd is an east-west streetcar route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. The 503 Kingston Rd travels on a route to the downtown financial district from the Bingham Loop and operates in the rush hour only with a 12-minute service frequency. The route shares much of its track with the 504 King and the 502 Downtowner.

Route

Starting at the Bingham Loop on Victoria Park Avenue, the 503 runs southwest on Kingston Road then turns west along Queen Street. At the bridge over the Don River, it then turns southwest going along King Street and continues west to Church Street. It then goes south again to Wellington Street where it continues west to York Street. It then turns north and returns east along King Street, Queen Street and Kingston Road.

The Kingston Road line only travels over a short section of Kingston Road and does not extend into Scarborough, but used to extend as far as the Birchmount Loop, on Birchmount Road.[2]

Since January 3, 2016, this route has operated using buses because the TTC does not have enough streetcars during peak hours. [3]

Sites along the line (from east to west)

References

  1. ^ a b Toronto Transit Commission (September 18, 2009). "TTC Service Summary" (PDF).
  2. ^ James Bow (2013-08-24). "Remembering Birchmount Loop". Transit Toronto. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2014-02-18. The easternmost streetcar loop in the TTC's history is Birchmount Loop, located at the Kingston Road / Birchmount Avenue intersection inside the old City of Scarborough. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ http://stevemunro.ca/2015/12/04/ttc-service-changes-effective-january-3-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-46681