McCaul Loop is a
turning loop
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Bal ...
and was the western terminus of the
502 Downtowner
The 502 Downtowner was a streetcar route operated by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It ran from the Bingham Loop at Victoria Park Avenue and Kingston Road in the Beaches neighbourhood to McCaul Loop in downtown Tor ...
until it's abolition in 2020. It is located on the east side of McCaul Street north of
Queen Street West at the Village by the Grange
mixed-use development
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, across the street from
OCAD University.
Streetcars can only enter northbound from Queen Street and exit one way to return southbound. Passengers cannot access vehicles within the loop and must use a stop outside at Stephanie Street.
History
In 1928, to relieve the congestion of streetcar operations along Queen Street, the McCaul Loop was constructed on the west side of downtown Toronto, and another on Mutual Street to the east.
The Village by the Grange shopping and residential complex was built in 1976 around and on top of the loop which was now enclosed.
Two
Peter Witt streetcars were placed within the loop to serve as a theme restaurant, which did not succeed and went out of business.
The space is now shared with OCAD University.
Tracks on McCaul Street, including the loop, were reconstructed in 2012.
Services
As well as being the terminus for 502 Downtowner streetcars coming from
Bingham Loop
Bingham Loop is a station and turning loop at the eastern terminus of the 503 Kingston Rd streetcar lines of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It lies between Victoria Park Avenue and Bingham Avenue, just north of Kingston Road in Toronto.
...
, the loop continues to be used to
short turn
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Short turns are practical in scheduling when t ...
streetcar service in both directions on the
501 Queen
501 Queen (301 Queen during overnight periods) is an east–west Toronto streetcar route in Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).
At long, it is one of the longest surface routes operated by the TTC, the longest ...
route.
McCaul Street is not used for any other revenue service, but the connecting tracks between Queen Street,
Dundas Street
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and
College Street College Street may refer to:
*College Street (Kolkata)
*College Street (Toronto)
* College Street (Sydney)
*College Street (York)
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History
The green lies within the historic pr ...
enables
505 Dundas
The 505 Dundas is a Toronto streetcar route run by the Toronto Transit Commission in Ontario, Canada. The route is roughly U-shaped running mainly along Dundas Street between Dundas West and Broadview stations several blocks south of the Line ...
and
506 Carlton
506 Carlton (306 Carlton during overnight periods) is a Toronto streetcar route run by the Toronto Transit Commission in Ontario, Canada. It runs from Main Street station on subway Line 2 Bloor–Danforth along Gerrard, Carlton and College Str ...
streetcars to short turn and briefly
layover
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In scheduled transportation, a layover (also waypoint, way ...
on the street, without entering the loop.
References
External links
Village by the Grange, M.T.C.C. 607
{{TTCstations
Toronto streetcar loops