511 Bathurst

511 Bathurst

Streetcar 4199 heading south on Bathurst St.
Overview
Type Streetcar Route
Locale Toronto, Ontario
Termini Bathurst (North)
Exhibition Loop (South)
Daily ridership 17,600 (2011)[1]
Operation
Operator(s) Toronto Transit Commission
Depot(s) Leslie Barns, Roncesvalles, Russell [2]
Rolling stock CLRV, ALRV, Flexity Outlook
Technical
Line length 6.47 km (4.02 mi) [2]
Track gauge 4 ft 10 7⁄8 in (1,495 mm) - TTC Gauge
Electrification 600 VDC Overhead
Route number 511
Route map
Legend
Legend
 Route: Connection  00  Terminus  00 

Bloor–Danforth line

 Bathurst Station  7 
Lennox Street
 Harbord Street  94 
 Ulster Street

College Street  506 
 Nassau Street

Dundas Street West  505 
 Robinson Street/Eden Place
 Wolseley Loop

Queen Street West  501 

King Street West  504   514 
 Wellington Street West

CN Oakville sub. & CP MacTier sub.
 Fort York Boulevard
509 to Union Station

Fleet & Bathurst
Bathurst Street
Fleet Street
 Bastion Street(Lake Shore Boulevard)
 Fleet Loop
 Fort York Boulevard
 Strachan Avenue
Fleet Street
Private Right-of-Way
 Exhibition Loop  29   509 
A map of the 511 Bathurst route along with connecting services.

The 511 Bathurst is a streetcar route operated by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Route

The 511 Bathurst begins at a loop above Bathurst station, where it interchanges with the Bloor-Danforth line, and rounds south along Bathurst Street as far as Fleet Street, westwards along Fleet to Strachan Avenue, and then north-west on a private right-of-way, the latter two segments shared with the 509 Harbourfront, to Exhibition Loop, where it interchanges with GO Transit's Exhibition station on the Lakeshore West line.[3]

Late at night, the 511 Bathurst is replaced by the 307 Bathurst Blue Night bus, which also includes the route of the 7 Bathurst bus route, running further north on Bathurst to Steeles Avenue.

Operation

Route 511 is primarily operated with CLRVs. However, during special events at Exhibition Place, such as the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), additional service is provided using ALRVs. Most recently, such as during the 2015 Pan American, Parapan American Games at the "CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Park" sporting events as well as the 2015 CNE, the route was partially operated with the TTC's new accessible Flexity Outlook low-floor vehicles, on which during these times all 511 Bathurst vehicles operated on a Proof-of-payment (POP) all door boarding system.

On December 14, 2015, POP and all-door boarding was restored to the 511 Bathurst route, along with the entire TTC streetcar network which also became fully Presto enabled that day. [4] This is in advance of the full rollout of Flexity vehicles on the line, which was expected to begin in mid-2016 but this may have been pushed back due to the intention to launch the 514 Cherry route on King Street with the new vehicles first.

Due to a shortage of streetcars caused by late delivery of the new wheelchair accessible Flexity Outlook streetcars, as of November 20, 2016, the route has been operated using supplementary buses rather than streetcars. [5]

See also

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 (October 18, 2009). "TTC Service Summary" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "511 Bathurst". TTC. Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Proof-of-Payment (POP)". Fares & Passes. Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ↑ 511 Bathurst - Temporary bus replacement

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