Gunns Loop

Gunns Loop
Location	St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates
Owned by	Toronto Transit Commission
Connections	TTC buses
History
Opened	27 July 1981 (1981-07-27)
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Terminus 512 St. Clair St. Clair West toward St. Clair

Gunns Loop is a station and turning loop at the western terminus of the 512 St. Clair streetcar line of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It is located at the northwest corner of St. Clair Avenue West and Gunns Road, a block west of Keele Street, in Toronto.

History

File:A PCC streetcar in Toronto in 1969 -a.jpg

PCC streetcar coming from the Keele Loop and turning eastbound

Prior to construction of the dedicated right-of-way, the terminus of the 512 St. Clair route had been at the Keele Loop, just north of St. Clair Avenue where Weston Road merges with Keele Street.

The old loop was closed and service began to the new loop in 1981. Signs on westbound 512 St. Clair streetcars still indicate Keele as the destination, when they are actually coming to Gunns.

Services

A small building provides facilities for TTC operators. There is a platform and upgraded new design shelter for people waiting for streetcars, while bus passengers have a regular bus shelter.

As well as being the terminus for the 512 St. Clair streetcar, the loop is the easterly terminus of bus route 71A Runnymede which provides service farther west along St. Clair Avenue and down to Runnymede Station.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Extend the 512 Streetcar to Jane Street