[PRCo] Re: Inbound // Outbound

[Bill Robb]

Actually before the Yonge subway, Yonge was the heaviest route, with Bay also carrying heavy traffic from St. Clair and Lansdowne.  Bloor was probably the second busiest route, but it wasn't cut all the way through from Jane to Luttrell until about 1933. There were also several tripper car routes along Bloor and Danforth that headed downtown.
Bill




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From: Schneider Fred 

Interesting ... I wonder if TTC did that because Bloor might have  
been the heaviest route and it was ran away from the lake?




On Feb 28, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Bill Robb wrote:

> In Toronto all transfers, except those from subway stations, have a  
> U or D in the extreme right column as printed.  Subway transfers  
> have the issuing station name on them.  When the transfer is issued  
> to a passenger, there are two notchs created by a stub on the  
> transfer cutter.  One notch is the departure time from the  
> terminal. The U and D indicate trip direction, either up and down.  
> An 'up' trip is a north or westbound trip, and a 'down' trip is a  
> south or eastbound trip.
> Here are some photos from the Toronto Archives dating to the early  
> 30s.  Basically the same design is in use today.
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> http://gencat.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/systems/toronto.arch/ 
> resource/ser71%5Cs0071_it9295.jpg
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> http://gencat.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/systems/toronto.arch/ 
> resource/ser71%5Cs0071_it9697.jpg
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> http://gencat.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/systems/toronto.arch/ 
> resource/ser71%5Cs0071_it9984.jpg
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> Bill
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> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Inbound // Outbound
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> Mr.Robb;
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> Could you please expand on this?  Does it include 'right' and 'left?'
> Internal machinations can be quite innovative can't they.
> I am just interested in direction relative to Interurbans.
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> Phil
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>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 1:03:56 PM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Inbound // Outbound
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>> It's not just inbound/outbound. Most companies designated a  
>> direction "up" or
>> "down" as internal working policy. Transfers on some properties  
>> showed the
>> direction of travel as up or down, marking the direction of travel  
>> without the
>> public knowing what was going on.
>> Bill
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>> This is a  'curiosity'  item -- trivia question -- even  'nit- 
>> picking'
>> inquiry.  Direction
>> of trolleys on  'city routes'  generally inbound heading to  
>> downtown hub and
>> outbound
>> heading away from the same.  What about Interurbans?  By  
>> definition they travel
>> between at least two  'cities'  don't they so direction could be  
>> considered
>> 'relative to'
>> any one of them.  Bottom line would find the Interurbans based in  
>> one city so
>> direction
>> could be considered relative to it -- i.e., the PRC Washington  
>> Interurban would
>> be
>> 'Inbound'  heading to Pgh. because that is where the interurban is  
>> based.
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>> Is there any  'official'  protocol for designating interurban  
>> direction?
>> Is compass direction preferred for interurbans?
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>>
>> Phil
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