505 Dundas

505 Dundas
A westbound 505 Dundas streetcar at the intersection of Dundas and Dufferin Street
Overview
Type	Streetcar Route
Locale	Toronto, Ontario
Termini	Broadview Station (East) Dundas West Station (West)
Stations	Dundas, St. Patrick, Dundas West, Broadview
Daily ridership	31,900 (2011)[1]
Operation
Operator(s)	Toronto Transit Commission
Depot(s)	Russell, Roncesvalles[2]
Rolling stock	CLRV
Technical
Line length	10.735 km (6.67 mi) [2]
Track gauge	4 ft 10 7⁄8 in (1,495 mm) - TTC Gauge
Electrification	600 VDC Overhead
Route number	505
Route map Legend Transfer stop Sunday-only stop Carhouse Route:Connection  00  Terminus  00  Bloor–Danforth to Kennedy Station Dundas West Station  40   168   504  Edna Avenue Bloor Street  504  Roncesvalles Avenue504 to Broadview Station  504  ↓ Howard Park Avenue/Morrow Avenue ↑506 to High Park  506  Sorauren Avenue CP MacTier Subdivision Sterling Road CN Weston Subdivision St. Helens Avenue  506  College Street 506 to Main Station Lansdowne Avenue  47  St. Clarens Avenue(St. Helen Church) Brock Avenue Sheridan Avenue Dufferin Street  29  Gladstone Avenue ↓ Lisgar Street/Rusholme Road ↑ Dovercourt Road Ossington Avenue  63  Shaw Street Crawford Street Grace Street Bellwoods Avenue Euclid Avenue Bathurst Street  145   511  Denison Avenue Spadina Avenue  510  Huron Street Beverley Street McCaul Street University AvenueSt. Patrick Station  142  Chestnut Street Bay Street  6  Yonge StreetDundas Station  97  Victoria Street Bond Street(Church of St. George) Church Street Jarvis Street  141  Sherbourne Street  75  Ontario Street Parliament Street  65  Sackville Street Sumach Street River Street CN Kingston Subdivision CP Bala Subdivision Don River Don Valley Parkway Munro Street 504 to Dundas West Station Dundas Street & Broadview Avenue  504  Mt. Stephen Street Gerrard Street East  506  Jack Layton Way - Bridgepoint Active Healthcare Langley Avenue Withrow Avenue Bain Avenue Millbrook Crescent Wolfrey Avenue Danforth Avenue Broadview Avenue Broadview Station  8   62   87   100   504  Bloor–Danforth to Kipling Station

The 505 Dundas is a streetcar line run by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It runs on two parallel pairs of tracks laid in the same lanes used by car traffic. Two 600 volt direct current overhead cables supply the electrical power to the streetcars. The route was previously un-numbered and was named Dundas.

The route starts at Dundas West subway station on the Bloor-Danforth line and goes south along Dundas Street West. The street curves southeast and passes Howard Park. Here it briefly merges with the 506 Carlton line as it passes over a bridge for the main Canadian National Railways line that runs down to Union Station. To the east of the bridge past Lansdowne Avenue it continues on its own again. At Ossington Avenue, it turns eastward and passes through Toronto's original Chinatown and goes by the Art Gallery of Ontario before meeting up with the St. Patrick subway station at University Avenue.

Shortly after that it crosses Yonge Street and passes by the Dundas subway station. It continues east towards Broadview Avenue where it turns north and merges with the 504 King streetcar line. Both streetcars end their journey at Broadview subway station on the Bloor-Danforth line.

The route operates seven days a week from early morning to after midnight. During weekday rush hours, day time and early evenings, average service frequency is 5–7 minutes. Saturday daytime services have an average frequency of 5–7 minutes with Sunday daytime service frequency averaging 6–8 minutes.

See also

• Toronto streetcar system
• Toronto Transit Commission

References

1. ↑ "Ridership and cost statistics for bus and streetcar routes, 2011" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. April 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012. 
2. 1 2 Toronto Transit Commission (September 18, 2009). "TTC Service Summary" (PDF). 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 505 Dundas.

• 505 Dundas Route (Transit Toronto)
• 505 Dundas map

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