[PRCo] Fwd: Toronto 1966

[Fred Schneider]

John:



The Pittsburgh Railways web site has gone national in the last  
month.   One person protested but that didn't really have much  
affect.     It all started when Herb Brannon posted something about  
Cleveland claiming that was not far from Pittsburgh.   Then Jim  
Holland posted PCCs from all over the U. S. and it just went wild  
from there.   And I guess I did my share over the last few years to  
push the envelope beyond Pittsburgh.   Thought you might like what  
Bill Robb posted today.    Actually, once in a great while we do  
mention Pittsburgh.   It has just become a group of friends talking  
to each other.

Looking at the night service map made me realize just how  
comprehensive the night routes were ... just about everything had  
night service except for Rogers Road.

When were the last Witts used?   Did a few of them run Kingston Road  
trippers until the 1966 mass conversions or were they retired earlier?

Fred3



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
> Date: February 25, 2007 8:04:11 PM EST
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Toronto 1966
> Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>
> Pittsburgh wasn't the only place loosing streetcar lines in the  
> 1960s.  Today marks 41 years since the TTC cleared out half the  
> system in one day.
>
> Today,  February 25 marks the 41st anniversary of the last day for  
> the Bloor, Danforth, Fort, Harbord, Coxwell, Kingston Rd.-Coxwell,  
> Bathurst-Downtown, Parliament, St. Clair-Avon Loop (rush hour only)  
> streetcar lines and the King/Church and King/York trippers.   
> Danforth and Lansdowne carhouses closed on the same date.
>
> Last cars were:
>
> Harbord 4010
> Fort 4496
> Bathurst/Downtown 4528
> Coxwell 4158
> Kingston Rd/Coxwell 4326
> Bloor 4428
> Parliament 4213
> Danforth Tripper 4182
> King/Church Tripper 4368
> King/York Tripper 4112
>
> Over 200 out of service PCCs were stored at Danforth, Lansdowne and  
> St. Clair carhouses.
>
> With the opening of the Bloor-Danforth subway February 26, 1966  
> much of the diversity of the system was gone.
>
> February 26, 1966 was the first day for Dundas cars to Broadview  
> Station, Bathurst cars to Bathurst Station only and the first day  
> of revenue service for Keele, Dundas West, Bathurst, Broadview  and  
> Woodbine Station streetcar loops.
>
> Night Cars
>
> The streetcar network of the early 1960s included all night service  
> on eight streetcar lines: Bathurst, Bloor, Carlton, Dupont, King,  
> Kingston Road-Coxwell, Queen, and St. Clair.
>
> http://www.transitstop.net/Ride%20Guides/Aug1960%20Night.jpg
>
> When Dupont was replaced with the Bay buses in February 1963 all  
> night service was dropped on that route.
>
> Today only Queen and Carlton continue to have all night streetcar  
> service.
>
> In additon to streetcar lines abandoned Febraury 25, 1966, the  
> summer of 1965 was the last season for some seasonal streetcar  
> services.
>
> Ferry Docks
>
> The last Dundas-Docks cars ran August 15, 1965 just before the 1965  
> Exhitibition opened.  Service to the ferry docks dated back to 1928  
> when Dundas and Bathurst cars first served the ferry boat docks.   
> Until March 30, 1954 there also was all day service to the Docks  
> provided by Bay cars.
> After 1 PM March 30,1954, Dupont cars were routed full time to the  
> Docks Loop.  The last summer of Dupont service to the Ferry Docks  
> was 1962. When the University Avenue subway (which was considered  
> phase 1 of the crosstown subway) opened February 28, 1963 Dupont  
> cars were replaced with Bay buses.
>
> Streetcar service to the Ferry Docks did not return until 1990.
>
> Exhbition Cars
>
> The 1965 Exhibition was the last summer of city wide 'Direct-To-The- 
> Ex' trunk streetcar service.
>
> King-Exhibition cars operated from Hillingdon Loop near Coxwell and  
> Danforth via Danforth, Parliament (Broadview until 1946), King,  
> Bathurst and Fleet to the Eastern Exhibition loop.
> Bathurst cars operated from Vaughan Loop via Vaughan, Bathurst and  
> Fleet to the Eastern Exhibition Loop.
>
> Kingston Road-Exhibition cars operated from Bingham Loop via  
> Bingham, Kingston Road, Queen, Dufferin, Sprinhurst and Fort  
> Rouille to the Dufferin Loop.  Dundas Exhibition cars operated from  
> Runnymede Loop via Dundas, Roncesvalles, King, Dufferin, Sprinhurst  
> and Fort Rouille to the Dufferin Loop.
>
> Streetcars continued to run to the Exhibition in the years after  
> the Bloor-Danforth subway opened but the lines quickly became high  
> density feeders to the subway. King Exhibition and Kingston Road- 
> Exhibition were essentially combined into a single service to the  
> Eastern Exhibition Loop, while Bathurst cars only operated as far  
> as Bathurst Station and Dundas-Exhibition cars continued as  
> before.  The Dufferin bus quickly became a key feeder to and from  
> the subway.
>
> Bill Robb
>
>
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