Coxwell streetcar

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A streetcar turning north onto Coxwell, from Queen.

The Toronto Transit Commission operated a Coxwell streetcar route in Toronto, Ontario from Coxwell and Queen to Coxwell and Danforth, from 1921 to 1966.[1][2] In The TTC Story: The First Seventy-Five Years, Mike Filey wrote that the Coxwell route was the Toronto Transportation Commission's first new route.[3]

One of the TTC's Carbarns was built at the corner of Coxwell and Danforth.[4]

In the 1990s, when the TTC embraced the idea of introducing new streetcar lines, and replacing bus routes with restored streetcar routes, they studied the costs of turning some downtown bus routes to streetcar routes.[1] Because portions of Coxwell still retained streetcar tracks, and caternary wires to supply power, the Coxwell route would have been the cheapest to return to using streetcar vehicles. But it was decided ridership would not justify the expense.

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 James Bow. The Coxwell Streetcar (Deceased), Transit Toronto, 2015-06-25. Retrieved on 2017-12-09.
2. ↑ Shawn Micallef. Eroding pavements reveal long-lost streetcar routes throughout Toronto, Toronto Star, 2013-12-13. Retrieved on 2017-12-09. “During the TTC’s abandonment period, streetcar routes along Coxwell St., Rogers Rd., Sherbourne St., Winchester St., and more than a dozen other places ceased operation.”
3. ↑ Mike Filey. The TTC Story: The First Seventy-Five Years, Dundurn Press. Retrieved on 2017-12-09. “Interestingly, the Coxwell route was the first to be established following the TTC takeover in the fall of 1921.”
4. ↑ Lindsay Reid Luminoso. A Journey Back In Time: Taking a Walk on Historic Danforth Avenue, On the Danforth, 2014-03-14. Retrieved on 2017-12-09.