A tram (also known as tramcar; and in North America known as streetcar, trolley or trolley car) is a rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets (called street running), and also sometimes on a segregated right of way. The lines or networks operated by tramcars are called tramways. Tramways powered by electricity, the most common type historically, were once called electric street railways. However, trams were widely used in urban areas before the universal adoption of electrification; other methods of powering trams are listed below under "History".
Tram lines may also run between cities and/or towns (for example, interurbans, tram-train), and/or partially grade-separated even in the cities (light rail). Very occasionally, trams also carry freight. Tram vehicles are usually lighter and shorter than conventional trains and rapid transit trains, but the size of trams (particularly light rail vehicles) is rapidly increasing. Some trams (for instance tram-trains) may also run on ordinary railway tracks, a tramway may be upgraded to a light rail or a rapid transit line, two urban tramways may be connected to an interurban, etc. For all these reasons, the differences between the various modes of rail transportation are often indistinct. In the United States, the term tram has sometimes been used for rubber-tired trackless trains, which are not related to the other vehicles covered in this article.
In 2012 the Toronto Transit Commission started to construct the first segment of a new streetcar line beside Cherry Street, from King Street 700 metres south to Lake Shore Boulevard.
This initial segment is projected to cost $90 million CAD.
Original plans called for the line to extend further south into redeveloped portlands.
That extension pushed the budget for the line to $300 million CAD.
Cherry Street is a one-way street in the New York Cityborough of Manhattan. It currently has two sections, mostly running along parks, public housing, co-op buildings, tenements, and crossing underneath the Manhattan Bridge overpass.
Description
Cherry Street's eastern terminus is at the intersection of FDR Drive's southbound service road and Grand Street, where it bends right and turns into Cherry Street. It then runs west for one block, along the north edge of Corlears Hook Park, to Jackson Street. Then it is demapped for approximately two blocks, from Jackson Street to Gouvernour Street and Gouvernour Street to Montgomery Street (with the Vladeck Houses built over demapped section). It continues west, running parallel to the FDR Drive and one block north of it, for three blocks, to Pike Street/Slip. Afterward, it runs west from Pike, under the Manhattan Bridge access ramp, one block to Market Street; Cherry Street then goes one block further west, parallel to and one block north of Water Street. Cherry Street has its western terminus here, at its intersection with Catherine Street/Slip.
In April and May of 2014, the TTC constructed the junction to the Cherry Street line at the corner of King Street East and Sumach Street.
The 2016 budget, released in November, 2015, did not provide funding for regular streetcar service on Cherry Street in 2016. Service for part of 2016 would have cost $800,000; a full year of service would cost $2,100,000.
First TTC Streetcar Tested on new Cherry Street Loop
TTC Engineers breathe a sigh of relief as the new TTC Streetcar succeeds at making it around the new Cherry Street loop.
published: 20 Apr 2016
The Cherry Streetcar - Toronto Streetcar History
In this video I look at the 514 CHERRY Streetcar. This streetcar only operated from 2 years, however it was merely the first step in a much greater plan.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Chapter 1: Origins
7:27 - Chapter 2: TTC Operations
11:48 - Chapter 3: End of the Line
13:14 - Conclusion
Information and photos from: https://transittoronto.ca/streetcar/4137.shtml
Toronto Archives
Maps animated with Adobe After Effects
Video edited with Adobe Premier Pro
published: 09 Jul 2021
TTC Bus Waits for Streetcar to Pickup Passengers in Downtown Toronto. #streetcar #bus
Full Eastbound ride on discontinued Toronto Transit Commission 514 Cherry Streetcar route.
This route traveled between Dufferin Gates (Exhibition) Loop in the west to Distillery (Cherry) Loop in the east.
The route has now been replaced with two separate branches of the 504 King Streetcar. One travels from Broadview Station in the east to Dufferin Gates Loop, the other travels from Dundas West Station to Distillery Loop. The goal is to provide more reliable service on this busy corridor.
The vehicle in this video is Toronto Transit Commission Bombardier Flexity Outlook #4484. This vehicle was delivered in 2018.
published: 07 Oct 2018
TTC Streetcar 504 King Passes by Iconic TD Centre Buildings in Toronto. #streetcar
published: 21 Feb 2023
TTC Bus Meeting Streetcar in Downtown Toronto. #ttcbus #streetcar
published: 23 Feb 2023
TT Shorts - the 514 Cherry Streetcar
Here's a quick history of the 514 Cherry Streetcar, the newest TTC streetcar route and also one of its shortest lived. However, the route may be gone, but the service lives on...
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published: 06 Feb 2023
514 Cherry Street Streetcar entering loop
published: 20 Jun 2016
TTC Streetcars 504 King Meet at King & University in Downtown Toronto Canada. #streetcars #ttc
published: 18 Dec 2022
TTC Streetcar 501 Neville Park Travelling East on Queen St West in Downtown Toronto. #streetcar #ttc
In this video I look at the 514 CHERRY Streetcar. This streetcar only operated from 2 years, however it was merely the first step in a much greater plan.
Chap...
In this video I look at the 514 CHERRY Streetcar. This streetcar only operated from 2 years, however it was merely the first step in a much greater plan.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Chapter 1: Origins
7:27 - Chapter 2: TTC Operations
11:48 - Chapter 3: End of the Line
13:14 - Conclusion
Information and photos from: https://transittoronto.ca/streetcar/4137.shtml
Toronto Archives
Maps animated with Adobe After Effects
Video edited with Adobe Premier Pro
In this video I look at the 514 CHERRY Streetcar. This streetcar only operated from 2 years, however it was merely the first step in a much greater plan.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Chapter 1: Origins
7:27 - Chapter 2: TTC Operations
11:48 - Chapter 3: End of the Line
13:14 - Conclusion
Information and photos from: https://transittoronto.ca/streetcar/4137.shtml
Toronto Archives
Maps animated with Adobe After Effects
Video edited with Adobe Premier Pro
Full Eastbound ride on discontinued Toronto Transit Commission 514 Cherry Streetcar route.
This route traveled between Dufferin Gates (Exhibition) Loop in the w...
Full Eastbound ride on discontinued Toronto Transit Commission 514 Cherry Streetcar route.
This route traveled between Dufferin Gates (Exhibition) Loop in the west to Distillery (Cherry) Loop in the east.
The route has now been replaced with two separate branches of the 504 King Streetcar. One travels from Broadview Station in the east to Dufferin Gates Loop, the other travels from Dundas West Station to Distillery Loop. The goal is to provide more reliable service on this busy corridor.
The vehicle in this video is Toronto Transit Commission Bombardier Flexity Outlook #4484. This vehicle was delivered in 2018.
Full Eastbound ride on discontinued Toronto Transit Commission 514 Cherry Streetcar route.
This route traveled between Dufferin Gates (Exhibition) Loop in the west to Distillery (Cherry) Loop in the east.
The route has now been replaced with two separate branches of the 504 King Streetcar. One travels from Broadview Station in the east to Dufferin Gates Loop, the other travels from Dundas West Station to Distillery Loop. The goal is to provide more reliable service on this busy corridor.
The vehicle in this video is Toronto Transit Commission Bombardier Flexity Outlook #4484. This vehicle was delivered in 2018.
Here's a quick history of the 514 Cherry Streetcar, the newest TTC streetcar route and also one of its shortest lived. However, the route may be gone, but the s...
Here's a quick history of the 514 Cherry Streetcar, the newest TTC streetcar route and also one of its shortest lived. However, the route may be gone, but the service lives on...
Donate to the GoFundMe fundraiser to digitize the remainder of Richard Glaze's archive of 16mm films: https://www.gofundme.com/f/richard-glaze-16mm-film-digitization-project-ii
Visit our main website: https://transittoronto.ca/
Visit our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TransitToronto97/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/transittoronto
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transittoronto
Here's a quick history of the 514 Cherry Streetcar, the newest TTC streetcar route and also one of its shortest lived. However, the route may be gone, but the service lives on...
Donate to the GoFundMe fundraiser to digitize the remainder of Richard Glaze's archive of 16mm films: https://www.gofundme.com/f/richard-glaze-16mm-film-digitization-project-ii
Visit our main website: https://transittoronto.ca/
Visit our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TransitToronto97/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/transittoronto
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transittoronto
In this video I look at the 514 CHERRY Streetcar. This streetcar only operated from 2 years, however it was merely the first step in a much greater plan.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Chapter 1: Origins
7:27 - Chapter 2: TTC Operations
11:48 - Chapter 3: End of the Line
13:14 - Conclusion
Information and photos from: https://transittoronto.ca/streetcar/4137.shtml
Toronto Archives
Maps animated with Adobe After Effects
Video edited with Adobe Premier Pro
Full Eastbound ride on discontinued Toronto Transit Commission 514 Cherry Streetcar route.
This route traveled between Dufferin Gates (Exhibition) Loop in the west to Distillery (Cherry) Loop in the east.
The route has now been replaced with two separate branches of the 504 King Streetcar. One travels from Broadview Station in the east to Dufferin Gates Loop, the other travels from Dundas West Station to Distillery Loop. The goal is to provide more reliable service on this busy corridor.
The vehicle in this video is Toronto Transit Commission Bombardier Flexity Outlook #4484. This vehicle was delivered in 2018.
Here's a quick history of the 514 Cherry Streetcar, the newest TTC streetcar route and also one of its shortest lived. However, the route may be gone, but the service lives on...
Donate to the GoFundMe fundraiser to digitize the remainder of Richard Glaze's archive of 16mm films: https://www.gofundme.com/f/richard-glaze-16mm-film-digitization-project-ii
Visit our main website: https://transittoronto.ca/
Visit our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TransitToronto97/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/transittoronto
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transittoronto
A tram (also known as tramcar; and in North America known as streetcar, trolley or trolley car) is a rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets (called street running), and also sometimes on a segregated right of way. The lines or networks operated by tramcars are called tramways. Tramways powered by electricity, the most common type historically, were once called electric street railways. However, trams were widely used in urban areas before the universal adoption of electrification; other methods of powering trams are listed below under "History".
Tram lines may also run between cities and/or towns (for example, interurbans, tram-train), and/or partially grade-separated even in the cities (light rail). Very occasionally, trams also carry freight. Tram vehicles are usually lighter and shorter than conventional trains and rapid transit trains, but the size of trams (particularly light rail vehicles) is rapidly increasing. Some trams (for instance tram-trains) may also run on ordinary railway tracks, a tramway may be upgraded to a light rail or a rapid transit line, two urban tramways may be connected to an interurban, etc. For all these reasons, the differences between the various modes of rail transportation are often indistinct. In the United States, the term tram has sometimes been used for rubber-tired trackless trains, which are not related to the other vehicles covered in this article.
Down on Cherry Street All the girls are lookin'fine Down on Cherry Street Al the girls are lookin'fine. When they put their hands in your pocket, They ain't feelin'for no dime. Down on Cherry Avenue It'a paradise Down on Cherry Avenue Things are lookin'nice If you need some kinda lovin'boy Don't think twice Down on Cherry Avenue Pickin'up and puttin'in Down on Cherry Avenue Pickin'up and puttin'in That's where the ladies are That's where the boys turn into men. Down on Cherry Street All the girls are lookin'fine Down on Cherry Street All the girls are lookin'fine When they put their hands in your pocket,