Russell Carhouse
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Russell Carhouse
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| Location | 1433 Queen Street East Toronto, Ontario Canada |
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| Operated by | Toronto Transit Commission |
| Tracks | 21 |
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| Structure type | Maintenance and storage facility |
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| Opened | 1913 |
| Rebuilt | 1924 |
The Russell Carhouse, located at Queen Street East and Connaught Avenue just east of Greenwood Avenue in Toronto, is the Toronto Transit Commission’s second oldest carhouse.
History
Russell Carhouse was built in 1913 by the Toronto Railway Company as a paint shop. When the King Carhouse burnt down in 1916, the Russell was rapidly turned into a carhouse. After the TTC took over and amalgamated all the existing streetcar systems within the city limits in 1920,[1] they found that the foundations were faulty and the facility was sinking. They called for tenders for its demolition and the construction of a new carhouse which opened on December 13th, 1924.[2]
The carhouse is named for T.A. (Tommy Alexander) Russell (founder of Russell Motor Car Company) and friend of Robert John Fleming a former Mayor of Toronto and general manager of the Toronto Railway Company.
The facility services half of the system's streetcars; exclusively for the 502 Downtowner and 503 Kingston Road routes, and sharing with Roncesvalles Carhouse for the 501 Queen, 504 King, 505 Dundas, 506 Carlton, 509 Harbourfront and 510 Spadina routes.[3]
The carhouse will be modified to accommodate the new Flexity Outlook[4] low floor articulated streetcars.
References
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Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- riverdaler at Doors Open Toronto at the Russell Carhouse May 27, 2014
- Barraclou.com page for TTC Russell Carhouse, Toronto, Ontario
- Signs and labels at TTC Russell Carhouse
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