TTC yards, garages, and facilities
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Toronto Transit Commission facilities are bus garages, carhouses, and subway yards for fleet and rolling stock of the Toronto Transit Commission
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, Orion VII hybrid and Nova RTS buses
. During peak periods approximately 230 buses from the garage are in revenue service.
. It was built and opened on June 1, 1956 and is the oldest active garage the TTC has. During peak periods approximately 165 buses from the garage are in revenue service.
Davisville Subway Yard was opened with the Yonge Subway in 1954. This facility is used to store trains and other non-revenue rail equipment. The carhouse performs light maintenance and repairs on the trains. Until the Wilson Complex was opened as part of the Spadina extension in 1978, Davisville was the only yard on the line.
The property is also home to:
The Eglinton Bus Garage is located at Comstock Rd & Lebovic Rd. The current garage opened in 2002, replacing the old Eglinton Garage located at Yonge and Eglinton, now used as a permanent bus terminal for Eglinton Station, and the Danforth Garage.
The garage services the TTC's Orion VIIs
. The facility is sometimes referred to as "Comstock Garage" or "New Eglinton Garage" as prior to being officially named "Eglinton" the working name was "Comstock". During peak periods approximately 250 buses from the garage are in revenue service.
The Greenwood Complex is a subway yard and subway maintenance shop on the Bloor-Danforth line. Maintenance and storage of trains for the Bloor-Danforth subway are done at Greenwood Carhouse. Equipment repairs and overhauls of subway cars are done at the Greenwood Shops, as well as maintenance of revenue service equipment (turnstiles, etc.)
Hillcrest Complex is the TTC's largest facility and is responsible for most of the maintenance work on the system's surface vehicles, including heavy overhauls, repairs and repainting. It is located adjacent to the intersection of Bathurst Street and Davenport Road. The site is also home to the TTC's Transit Control Centre, but the operational headquarters of the organization remain at the McBrien Building
at 1900 Yonge Street.
Hillcrest Complex was opened in 1924 by the TTC to replace smaller facilities inherited from the Toronto Railway Company
and Toronto Civic Railways
.
Malvern Garage is a bus garage servicing vehicles in the Malvern Division. It services a large fleet of lift-equipped Orion Vs and Orion VII
hybrid buses. During peak periods approximately 240 buses from the garage are in revenue service.
Most maintenance on RT vehicles is done at the facility, but some work is done at Hillcrest Complex and Greenwood Subway Yard
.
New Looks
, GM/MCI Classics (which is now restricted to Toronto Island use), and Orion VII Hybrids
. During peak periods approximately 240 buses from the garage are in revenue service.
D40LF and Orion VIIs
. During peak periods approximately 130 buses from the garage are in revenue service.
The Roncesvalles Carhouse houses approximately half the TTC's streetcars. The facility is located west of the City's downtown core and services half the system's streetcar routes.
The Russell Carhouse houses approximately half the TTC's streetcars. The facility is located is located on Queen Street East near the intersection with Greenwood Ave. and services half the system's streetcar routes.
Vincent Yard (sometimes known as Keele) is the smallest subway yard in the subway system. The yard consists of a short four-track section of track and tunnels to store cars, and is located between the Dundas West
and Keele
Stations on the Bloor-Danforth line. The capacity of the yard is eight (6 car) train sets: one in the tunnel and one outdoors on each of the four tracks. Three of the tracks are closed off.
Although it may have been sometimes referred to as Keele Yard, the official name used by the TTC is Vincent after a long lost street of the same name that once ran in the area.
The Wilson Complex is the largest bus facility and second largest subway yard in the system. The garage serviced the TTC fleet of natural gas powered buses before they were scrapped or converted to Diesel operation. Wilson services lift-equipped Orion Vs, Orion VIIs
, GM
New Looks
and Orion VII hybrid buses. Like Arrow Road, it operates many of the largest routes throughout North York, North Toronto York, eastern portion of Central Toronto, and few in Scarborough.
Toronto Transit Commission
-Island Ferry:The ferry service to the Toronto Islands was operated by the TTC from 1927 until 1962, when it was transferred to the Metro Parks and Culture department. Since 1998, the ferry service is run by Toronto Parks and Recreation.-Gray Coach:...
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Arrow Road Bus Garage
Arrow Road Garage operates a number of routes throughout North York and Etobicoke, and services mainly Orion VIIOrion Bus Industries
Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States, is a bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and established by the Government of Ontario in 1975...
, Orion VII hybrid and Nova RTS buses
Nova Bus
Nova Bus is a Canadian bus manufacturer in North America, owned by Volvo Buses, and headquartered in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada.- History :The factory was originally a General Motors plant for building city transit buses intended for the Canadian market...
. During peak periods approximately 230 buses from the garage are in revenue service.
- Address: 700 Arrow Road
- Location: Arrow Road south of Finch Avenue West
- Coordinates:43°44′45"N 79°31′56"W
- Opened: 1988
- Facility: Bus garage
- Status: active
- Buildings: Yes
Birchmount Bus Garage
Birchmount Garage is one of three bus facilities in Scarborough and is located at Birchmount & Danforth Roads. The garage operates many routes in East York, Toronto and in the west end of Scarborough. It services Orion VIIsOrion Bus Industries
Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States, is a bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and established by the Government of Ontario in 1975...
. It was built and opened on June 1, 1956 and is the oldest active garage the TTC has. During peak periods approximately 165 buses from the garage are in revenue service.
- Address: 400 Danforth Road
- Location: Birchmount Road and Danforth Road
- Coordinates:43°42′22"N 79°16′13"W
- Opened: 1956
- Facilities: A 89500 square feet (8,314.8 m²) garage, 2 wash racks, 2 fueling stations, 4 inspection pit stations, 10 40 feet (12.192 m) hoists, and 1 UWE heating system for storage outdoors.
- Status: Active
Davisville Subway Yard
- Location: Yonge Street south of Chaplin Crescent (west of Yonge)
- Opened: 1954
- Facility: Subway yard
- Status: Active
- Buildings: Yes
- Transit Toronto - Davisville Yard
The property is also home to:
- 1900 Yonge - TTC Administrative Building (McBrien BuildingWilliam McBrien BuildingWilliam McBrien Building is the administrative headquarters of the Toronto Transit Commission. Designed by Charles B. Dolphin and opened in 1958, the 7-storey building is located at 1900 Yonge Street above the Davisville subway station. The building is named for former TTC Chairman William C...
) - Davisville Subway StationDavisville (TTC)Davisville is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1900 Yonge Street at Chaplin Crescent/Davisville Avenue...
Eglinton Bus Garage
The garage services the TTC's Orion VIIs
Orion Bus Industries
Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States, is a bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and established by the Government of Ontario in 1975...
. The facility is sometimes referred to as "Comstock Garage" or "New Eglinton Garage" as prior to being officially named "Eglinton" the working name was "Comstock". During peak periods approximately 250 buses from the garage are in revenue service.
- Address: 38 Comstock Road
- Coordinates:43°43′17"N 79°17′25"W
- Opened: 2002
- Facility: Bus garage
- Status: Active
Greenwood Subway Yard
- Address: 400 Greenwood Avenue
- Opened: 1965
- Division: Danforth Subway
- Facility: subway yard, subway carhouse, maintenance shops
- Status: active
- Buildings: Yes
- Transit Toronto - Greenwood Yard
Hillcrest Complex
William McBrien Building
William McBrien Building is the administrative headquarters of the Toronto Transit Commission. Designed by Charles B. Dolphin and opened in 1958, the 7-storey building is located at 1900 Yonge Street above the Davisville subway station. The building is named for former TTC Chairman William C...
at 1900 Yonge Street.
Hillcrest Complex was opened in 1924 by the TTC to replace smaller facilities inherited from the Toronto Railway Company
Toronto Railway Company
The Toronto Railway Company was the first operator of horseless streetcars in Toronto.Formed by a partnership between James Ross and William Mackenzie, a 30-year franchise was granted in 1891 to modernize transit operations after a previous 30 year franchise that saw horse car service from the...
and Toronto Civic Railways
Toronto Civic Railways
Toronto Civic Railways was an agency created and owned by the City of Toronto, Canada, to run streetcars in newly annexed areas of the city that the private operator Toronto Railway Company refused to serve...
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- Address: 1138 Bathurst Street
- Facility: streetcar and bus garage; maintenance shops; administration offices; Transit Control Centre
- Status: active
- Buildings: The complex consists of several buildings built at various times including:
- D.W. HarveyD. W. HarveyDavid William Harvey, B.A.Sc., M.E.I.C. was a Canadian engineer and transportation manager. He was a key player in the early development of the Toronto Transportation Commission and served as the transit operator's second General Manager, from 1924 until his death in 1938.He was born in London,...
Shops - Streetcar maintenance facility - W.E.P. DuncanW. E. P. DuncanWilfrid E.P. Duncan B.Sc. was one of legendary figures in the early period of the Toronto Transit Commission's history....
Shops - Heavy bus maintenance facility - David L. GunnDavid L. GunnDavid L. Gunn is a transportation system administrator who has headed several significant railroads and transit systems in North America....
Building - Transit Control Centre - H.C. PattenH. C. PattenHenry C. Patten was General Manager of the Toronto Transportation Commission from 1939 until 1952.He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1908 with a degree in electrical engineering. He served in the U.S...
Building - RSEM (Revenue) building - J.G. InglisJohn G. InglisJohn Gordon Inglis B.A.Sc. was a Canadian electrical engineer and transit manager.He was born in Atwood, Ontario, and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto in 1923...
Building - Administrative offices, employment office, etc. - Davenport Building
- Support Services Building
- Subway Operations Building
- D.W. Harvey
Lakeshore Bus Garage
Lakeshore Garage supports the TTC Wheel-Trans fleet of ELF and Orion II Community buses. Lakeshore opened in 1980 as the main garage for Gray Coach Lines, which moved out in 1991 following the sale of Gray Coach Lines to Stagecoach Holdings. From 1991 onwards the facility has been occupied by Wheel-Trans.- Address: 580 Commissioners Street
- Coordinates:43°39′20"N 79°19′49"W
- Opened: 1980
- Facility: bus garage
- Status: Active
- Buildings: Garage and repair shop, secondary storage garage
Malvern Bus Garage
Orion Bus Industries
Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States, is a bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and established by the Government of Ontario in 1975...
hybrid buses. During peak periods approximately 240 buses from the garage are in revenue service.
- Address: 5050 Sheppard Avenue East
- Coordinates:43°47′39"N 79°14′37"W
- Opened: 1983
- Facility: bus garage
- Status: active
- Buildings: Yes
- Malvern Garage
McCowan RT Yard
McCowan Yard was opened in 1985 to service the Scarborough RT.Most maintenance on RT vehicles is done at the facility, but some work is done at Hillcrest Complex and Greenwood Subway Yard
Greenwood Subway Yard
Greenwood Yard is a rail yard and support buildings that service subway vehicles on the Bloor–Danforth line of the Toronto subway system. It is located at 400 Greenwood Avenue, on the west side of Greenwood south of Danforth Avenue...
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- Address: 1720 Ellesmere Road
- Coordinates:43°46′28"N 79°14′50"W
- Opened: 1985
- Facility: RT carhouse
- Status: active
- Buildings: Yes
- Location: north of McCowan Road and Ellesmere Road
- The TTC's McCowan Yards (Transit Toronto)
Mount Dennis Bus Garage
Mount Dennis Garage, the newest of the TTC's garages, opened on 23 November 2008 (after sitting empty for a year). The facility covers routes for west and central Toronto. It services GMGeneral Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
New Looks
TTC GM New Look Bus
The TTC GM New Look Bus have been the work horse of the Toronto Transit Commission bus fleet. First purchased from General Motors in 1959 and the last one acquired in 1983, they remain in the current fleet....
, GM/MCI Classics (which is now restricted to Toronto Island use), and Orion VII Hybrids
Orion Bus Industries
Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States, is a bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and established by the Government of Ontario in 1975...
. During peak periods approximately 240 buses from the garage are in revenue service.
- Address: 121 Industry Street
- Coordinates:43°41′34"N 79°29′41"W
- Opened: 2008
- Facility: bus garage
- Status: active
- Buildings: Yes
- Location: Industry Road in the Eglinton Avenue West & Weston Road area.
Queensway Bus Garage
Queensway Garage is the major facility for Etobicoke and services New FlyerNew Flyer Industries
New Flyer Industries Inc. is a bus manufacturer in North America, headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It also has factories in Crookston and St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA.-History:...
D40LF and Orion VIIs
Orion Bus Industries
Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States, is a bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and established by the Government of Ontario in 1975...
. During peak periods approximately 130 buses from the garage are in revenue service.
- Address: 400 Evans Avenue
- Coordinates:43°36′58"N 79°31′42"W
- Opened: 1966
- Facility: bus garage
- Status: active
- Buildings: Yes
- Location: Evans Ave west of Kipling Ave
- Queensway Garage
Roncesvalles Carhouse
- Address: 20 The Queensway
- Coordinates:43°38′22"N 79°26′52"W
- Opened: 1921 (as a TTC facility), originally opened 1895
- Facility: Streetcar carhouse
- Status: active
- Buildings: Yes
- Location: Queen Street WestQueen Street WestQueen Street West describes both the western branch of Queen Street, a major east-west thoroughfare, and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts, situated west of Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Queen Street begins in the west at the intersection of King Street, The...
and Roncesvalles AvenueRoncesvalles AvenueRoncesvalles Avenue is a north-south arterial street in Toronto, Canada. It connects Queen Street West, King Street West and runs north to Dundas Street West. Roncesvalles Avenue takes its name from the Battle of Roncesvalles, which took place in the Roncesvalles gorge in Spain in 1813...
Russell Carhouse
- Address: 1433 Queen Street East
- Coordinates:43°39′51"N 79°19′22"W
- Opened: 1921 (as a TTC facility)
- Facility: Streetcar carhouse
- Status: active
- Buildings: Yes
Vincent Subway Yard
Dundas West (TTC)
Dundas West is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Canada. It now ranks as the 29th busiest station in the system. Its postal address is 1525 Bloor Street West; the main entrance, however, is on Dundas Street, at the corner of Edna Avenue...
and Keele
Keele (TTC)
Keele is a station on the Bloor–Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is located at 1733 Bloor Street West at Keele Street/Parkside Drive...
Stations on the Bloor-Danforth line. The capacity of the yard is eight (6 car) train sets: one in the tunnel and one outdoors on each of the four tracks. Three of the tracks are closed off.
Although it may have been sometimes referred to as Keele Yard, the official name used by the TTC is Vincent after a long lost street of the same name that once ran in the area.
- Coordinates:43°39′23"N 79°27′19"W
- Opened: 1966
- Closed: 1978
- Facility: subway yard
- Status: work trains only
- Buildings: No (tunnels only)
Wilson Bus Garage and Subway Yard
The Wilson Complex is the largest bus facility and second largest subway yard in the system. The garage serviced the TTC fleet of natural gas powered buses before they were scrapped or converted to Diesel operation. Wilson services lift-equipped Orion Vs, Orion VIIs
Orion Bus Industries
Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States, is a bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and established by the Government of Ontario in 1975...
, GM
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
New Looks
TTC GM New Look Bus
The TTC GM New Look Bus have been the work horse of the Toronto Transit Commission bus fleet. First purchased from General Motors in 1959 and the last one acquired in 1983, they remain in the current fleet....
and Orion VII hybrid buses. Like Arrow Road, it operates many of the largest routes throughout North York, North Toronto York, eastern portion of Central Toronto, and few in Scarborough.
- Address: 160 Transit Road
- Coordinates:43°44′21"N 79°27′16"W
- Opened: 1976-1978
- Division: Wilson
- Facility: bus garage, subway carhouse, subway station
- Status: active
- Buildings: Yes
- Transit Toronto - Wilson Complex
Historic
- Danforth Carhouse and Bus Garage (1921–2002) - converted to storage and office space
- Davenport Bus Garage (1930–1992) - demolished
- Eglinton Carhouse and Bus Garage (1921–2002) - bus garage converted to a (temporary) bus terminal at Eglinton stationEglinton (TTC)Eglinton is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is at 2190 Yonge Street at Eglinton Avenue. It is one of the larger stations of the Toronto Transit Commission , with several shops located on the concourse level...
- Lansdowne Carhouse and Bus Garage (1921–1996) - demolished
- Parkdale Bus Garage (1947–1980) - demolished
- Sherbourne Bus Garage (1930–1980) - demolished
- St. Clair Carhouse (1921–1992) - partially demolished and converted to Wychwood BarnsWychwood BarnsWychwood Barns is a park in midtown Toronto. It contains housing for artists, public green space, a greenhouse, a farmer's market, a beach volleyball court, and office space for many local community groups...
- Woodbine Bus Garage (1954–1956) - demolished