Toronto subway rolling stock

The Toronto subway system's rolling stock consists of 880 subway cars for Line 1 Yonge–University, Line 2 Bloor–Danforth, and Line 4 Sheppard and 28 intermediate-capacity rapid transit cars for Line 3 Scarborough. The rolling stock is owned and maintained by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).

Subway trains

All TTC subway cars are equipped with flip-up seats located in each car (near the operator's cab), which can accommodate mobility devices such as wheelchairs, strollers, scooters, and bicycles, the new Toronto Rocket trains have two designated areas in each car with automatic flip-up seats, although level boarding platforms allow a degree of access to all trains.

Toronto Rocket

The Toronto Rocket (TR) is the newest version of TTC subway trains, which is operated on Lines 1 and 4. Its design deviates from its predecessors, which were formed by building trains from married pairs of identical cars. The trains consist of six cars for Line 1 and four cars for Line 4, both of which are connected with open gangways, similar to Bombardier's Movia family of metro trains. They only have two full-width operator cabs per trainset (as opposed to one on the right-hand corner of every subway car on the older versions), greater accessibility options and the skin of the train is welded rather than the previously used riveting method. The TRs' exterior front and rear destination and train run number signs are outfitted with digital orange LED boards, while all previous TTC train models use back-lit roller signs.

The first of the new TR trains was scheduled to be delivered in late 2009, but in early 2010, TTC officials stated that the new trains would not enter service until late 2010. The first train arrived on TTC property in October 2010, and entered revenue service on July 21, 2011.So what happened to those TTC improvements?
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Gallery

File:The Red Rocket.jpg, A G-series subway car on 2 track at the Davisville Subway Yard
File:G Subway Interior.jpg, The interior of a G-series car
File:TTC M1 Subway Car at Greenwood Yard.jpg, An M1 subway car at the Greenwood carhouse
File:TTC H1.jpg, An H1 subway train parked at the Davisville Yard
File:Interior of Toronto Transit Commission Class H-1 subway car.jpg, The interior of an H1 car
File:Toronto Subway Train Type H4 Interior.jpg, The interior of an H2/H4 car
File:QueensParkStation2.JPG, An H5 subway train (after seat re-upholstery to velour) at Queen's Park station
File:Toronto 518 - Ride The Rocket.jpg, A T1 subway car northbound on the Yonge line south of Davisville station
File:TTC subway Interior.jpg, The interior of a T1 subway car
File:Toronto Rocket Articulation.jpg, A side profile of the Toronto Rocket's articulated cars that were unique to North America at the time of its introduction
File:Toronto Rocket Interior Gangway.jpg, The interior of the Toronto Rocket, Toronto's newest subway car
File:Panoramic-Bombardier-TR-Hawker-Siddeley-H5.jpg, A panoramic shot of the new Bombardier Toronto Rocket parked next to its much older predecessor, the Hawker-Siddeley H5, at Finch station
File:Toronto Rocket.JPG, Front view of the Toronto Rocket

Line 3 Scarborough trains

All units will be retired once line 3 closes circa 2023.

File:TTC UTDC ICTS Mark I 3012.jpg, A Line 3 train in its typical four-car configuration in its original 1985–2015 livery
File:ICTS 3024 Interior.jpg, An interior view of a Line 3 train

Work vehicles

Most subway work cars are painted yellow with the fleet number as ''RTXX''. The exception are converted subway cars, which are not repainted (strips added) and have the RT fleet number replacing their former fleet number.

Current subway work vehicles

Retired

*Note that RT35 and RT36 are mixed-matched (2004).

Track gauge

The TTC uses two different track gauges:

* – Line 3 Scarborough, which uses standard gauge
* – Subway

References

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Rolling stock