High Park Loop | |
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General information | |
Location | Toronto, Ontario Canada |
Coordinates | 43°38′52″N79°27′29″W / 43.64778°N 79.45806°W |
Owned by | Toronto Transit Commission |
Line(s) | 506 |
Other information | |
Website | High Park Loop schedule |
History | |
Opened | 1893 [1] |
High Park Loop is a turning loop [1] and the western terminus of the 506 Carlton [2] streetcar line of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in Toronto. Streetcars enter westbound straight from Howard Park Avenue across to the west side of Parkside Drive and into the loop at the east entrance to High Park, [1] turn anticlockwise through the loop, and return eastbound through the intersection.
The building at the loop has facilities that include washrooms for operators and the public, [3] and a sheltering canopy over the platform in front. [4]
High Park Loop opened in 1893 and was rebuilt in 1922 by the newly created Toronto Transportation Commission, which had taken over and amalgamated existing ageing streetcar systems within the city limits. [5] More recently, in 2000, the shelter and track were modernized and rebuilt. [6] [3]
Sometimes called Howard Park Loop, this is one of two TTC loops to have used High Park as the name of the destination, the other being the Bloor streetcar line's Park Loop, on the south side of Bloor Street at High Park Avenue. [7]
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Eastbound these streetcars operate from High Park Loop
Contract P6-5 - High Park Loop - Operators/ Public Washrooms
The platform at High Park Loop which includes a canopy, a payphone and employee washrooms among other things.
In 1920, a Provincial Act created the Toronto Transportation Commission (TTC) and, in 1921, the Commission took over and amalgamated nine existing fare systems within the city limits.
A project to rebuild the track at High Park Loop will require a change to the 506 CARLTON route
HIGH PARK. The Bloor and Carlton streetcars used this destination sign for two different loops: Carlton's High Park loop at Howard Park and Parkside Drive, and Bloor's short turn Park Loop at Bloor and High Park Avenue
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