High Park Loop

High Park Loop
Location Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°38′52″N 79°27′29″W / 43.64778°N 79.45806°WCoordinates: 43°38′52″N 79°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 back 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]

History

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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "High Park Loop (Toronto, Ont.)". TTC name authority cards. City of Toronto Archives. High Park Loop was opened in 1893. Used to describe records and published works dealing with loop located near High Park. A streetcar loop acts as a turnaround or end of a streetcar line. The High Park loop is located on Howard Park Ave. at the entrance to High Park.
  2. ↑ "TTC description of 506 Carlton". Toronto Transit Commission. Eastbound these streetcars operate from High Park Loop
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "High Park Street Car Loop". Certificate of Completion. Daily Commercial News. 2000-01-20. Retrieved September 2014. Contract P6-5 - High Park Loop - Operators/ Public Washrooms
  4. ↑ "High Park Loop". Streetcar Route/Loop of the Month Archive. ttc-page.hostei.com. October 2009. Retrieved September 2014. The platform at High Park Loop which includes a canopy, a payphone and employee washrooms among other things.
  5. ↑ "Looking Back". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved August 2014. 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.
  6. ↑ "506 CARLTON temporary route change" (PDF). TTC. September 3, 2000. Retrieved September 2014. A project to rebuild the track at High Park Loop will require a change to the 506 CARLTON route
  7. ↑ "The Toronto Streetcar Page Trivia". Transit Toronto. Retrieved September 2014. 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

External links

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