Davisville Subway Yard
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The Davisville Subway Yard is a rail yard
on the Toronto Transit Commission
's Yonge subway line.
The yard is located adjoining the Davisville Station
, between Eglinton
and St. Clair Stations
. When the subway line first opened in 1954, this was the only yard on the subway system, as there was only service between Union and Eglinton stations. The yard is next to the TTC headquarters at 1900 Yonge Street. This yard now houses all the trains that service the Sheppard line.
and T1
subway cars are based out of Davisville, although for maintenance record purposes Davisville has no cars allocated to it.
Rail yard
A rail yard, or railroad yard, is a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading/unloading, railroad cars and/or locomotives. Railroad yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock stored off the mainline, so that they do not obstruct the flow of traffic....
on the Toronto Transit Commission
Toronto Transit Commission
-Island Ferry:The ferry service to the Toronto Islands was operated by the TTC from 1927 until 1962, when it was transferred to the Metro Parks and Culture department. Since 1998, the ferry service is run by Toronto Parks and Recreation.-Gray Coach:...
's Yonge subway line.
The yard is located adjoining the Davisville Station
Davisville (TTC)
Davisville is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1900 Yonge Street at Chaplin Crescent/Davisville Avenue...
, between Eglinton
Eglinton (TTC)
Eglinton is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is at 2190 Yonge Street at Eglinton Avenue. It is one of the larger stations of the Toronto Transit Commission , with several shops located on the concourse level...
and St. Clair Stations
St. Clair (TTC)
St. Clair is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its address is 1441 Yonge Street, at the intersection with St. Clair Avenue East, but its street entrances are on St. Clair and on Pleasant Boulevard. The station's site has no frontage on...
. When the subway line first opened in 1954, this was the only yard on the subway system, as there was only service between Union and Eglinton stations. The yard is next to the TTC headquarters at 1900 Yonge Street. This yard now houses all the trains that service the Sheppard line.
Rolling stock
Davisville Yard is home to a small portion of the TTC's revenue rolling stock and some of the Commission's work cars. Approximately 50 H5H-series (Toronto Subway car)
The H-series rapid transit cars are a subway car model built from 1965 to 1990 for the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From 1965 to 1975, the cars were built by Hawker Siddeley Canada and later by its new owner the Urban Transportation Development Corporation...
and T1
T-series (Toronto Subway car)
The T-series rapid transit cars are a Toronto subway car model, ordered in 1992 and built in 1995-2001. The cars were built by Bombardier Transportation's Thunder Bay Works for the Toronto Transit Commission...
subway cars are based out of Davisville, although for maintenance record purposes Davisville has no cars allocated to it.
See also
- Greenwood Subway YardGreenwood Subway YardGreenwood Yard is a rail yard and support buildings that service subway vehicles on the Bloor–Danforth line of the Toronto subway system. It is located at 400 Greenwood Avenue, on the west side of Greenwood south of Danforth Avenue...
- services the Bloor-Danforth line - Wilson Subway YardWilson Subway YardThe Wilson Bus Garage and Subway Yard is the largest of the Toronto Transit Commission's three subway yards and bus garage. The subway yard services subway cars on the Yonge–University–Spadina line. The facility is located on Transit Rd. north of Wilson Ave.The yard was completed in 1976 and...
- services the Spadina and University lines - McCowan RT Yard - services the Scarborough RT line
- Vincent Subway Yard - inactive