[PRCo] Re: Inbound // Outbound

[Schneider Fred]

Right.   I meant Yonge.

On Feb 28, 2009, at 8:04 PM, Bill Robb wrote:

> 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
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> Interesting ... I wonder if TTC did that because Bloor might have
> been the heaviest route and it was ran away from the lake?
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> On Feb 28, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Bill Robb wrote:
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>> 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
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Is there any  'official'  protocol for designating interurban
>>> direction?
>>> Is compass direction preferred for interurbans?
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>>>
>>> Phil
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