Bingham Loop is a station and

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at the eastern terminus of the 503 Kingston Rd streetcar lines of the

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(TTC). It lies between

Victoria Park Avenue Victoria Park Avenue is a major north-south route in eastern Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the western border of Scarborough, separating it from Old Toronto, East York, and North York. The common nickname for it is VP or Vic Park. History Vi ...

and Bingham Avenue, just north of Kingston Road in

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. Streetcars loop anticlockwise from Victoria Park Avenue and stop on the south side of the platform, while buses enter in the other direction from Bingham Avenue and stop on the north side. The island platform is covered by a one-piece long canopy. A small brick building provides facilities for TTC staff.

History

The private

Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company was established in August 1892 to provide street railway service to the Upper Beaches district within the City of Toronto, Ontario and to the neighbouring Township of Scarborough. Exc ...

had operated the single track Scarboro radial line along Kingston Road to West Hill. When the TTC assumed the route between Queen Street and Victoria Park in 1922, they double tracked the line and built the return loop at Bingham. In 1927, the TTC took over operation of the Scarboro radial line, which terminated on the east side of Victoria Park Avenue, and connected it to the Bingham Loop so that radial cars could be stored at

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. In 1928, the TTC extended the double track east to

Birchmount Loop The Birchmount Loop marked the easternmost extension of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) streetcar system. When it was built the old City of Toronto's eastern boundary ended at Victoria Park Avenue, and extending the Kingston Road streetc ...

replacing the Scarboro radial line to that point. The Bingham Loop was rebuilt in 1954, with one track removed to accommodate buses as it is today, and streetcar service east of Victoria Park was discontinued. The tracks at the loop and along Kingston Road were replaced in 2013. The remnants of the old trackage were removed, including a feature which allowed streetcars exiting from Bingham Avenue to turn east on Kingston Road and reenter the loop.

Services

* 12 Kingston Rd - westbound to Victoria Park station (stops eastbound on Kingston Road) * 22A Coxwell - terminus to

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* 302 Kingston Rd - McCowan - terminus to

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and

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via Kingston Road * 322 Coxwell - terminus via

and Cosburn to

Broadview station Broadview is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The entrance to the building is from Broadview Avenue just north of Danforth Avenue. The station, which is the north-eastern terminus of the 504B King and 5 ...

* 324 Victoria Park - terminus to

and

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* 503 Kingston Rd - terminus to

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and King Street

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Bingham Loop, 1927-1928
and Scarboro radial terminal {{TTCstations Toronto streetcar loops Railway stations opened in 1922

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