Toronto subway rolling stock

File:Davisville subway trains.jpg

H5 and T1 trains parked at the Davisville Subway Yard

The Toronto subway system's rolling stock consists of 880 subway cars for Line 1 Yonge–University, Line 2 Bloor–Danforth, and Line 4 Sheppard and 28 intermediate-capacity rapid transit cars for Line 3 Scarborough. The rolling stock is owned and maintained by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).

Subway trains

Identifier	Quantity	Year(s) built	Builder & model	Class	Date retired	Notes
5000–5099	100	1953–1954	GRC&W	G1	October 6, 1990	5080–5081 experimentally retrofitted with fluorescent lighting. 5068–5069 converted to service cars RT-36 & RT-37 (grinding train power units) in February 1991; 5066–5067 & 5074–5075 had been held for future conversion to service cars; 5098–5099 preserved by the Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association.
5100–5105	6	1954–1955	GRC&W	G2	October 6, 1990	experimental aluminum train
5200–5227	28	1956	GRC&W	G-3	October 6, 1990	non-driving motor cars permanently coupled with mating G-1 cars (50xx-52yy-52xx-50yy)
5110–5115	6	1958–1959	GRC&W	G-4	October 6, 1990	experimental cars built as an integral train (5110-5111-5112-5113-5114-5115); electro-dynamic braking equipment and motors removed April 1966 through March 1967 (for installation in service cars), and remarshalled as: 5110–5115, 5030-5111-5114-5031.
5300–5335	36	1962–1963	MLW	M-1	May 1, 1999	5300–5301 preserved by the OERHA
5336–5499	164	1965–1966	HSC RTC-75	H-1	November 29, 1999	5374–5375 rebuilt to service cars RT-9 & RT-10; 5388–5391 scrapped due to Christie station fire in October 1976; 5391 rebuilt to service car RT-23 in March 1984.
5500–5575	76	1971	HSC RTC-75	H-2	September 28, 2001	5500–5505 equipped with experimental Hitachi chopper controls and regenerative braking and reclassed as H-3 in 1973; converted back to H-2 between September 1984 and April 1985.
5576–5663	88	1974–1975	HSC RTC-75	H-4	January 27, 2012	Last subway cars outfitted with vinyl orange upholstered seats, also the last of which not outfitted with air-conditioning systems. They also had similar interior design based from the H-2 subway cars, with reduced seating in a 2+2 configuration instead of 2+3 to allow for more standees. Some H-4 subway cars were retired from revenue service between 2000–2002 by the delivery of T-1 class cars. By January 27, 2012, all H-4 cars were retired from revenue service.
5670–5807	138	1976–1979	HSC RTC-75	H-5	June 14, 2013	5755 retired in June 1984 and scrapped November 1985 due to accident in December 1981; 5754 modified in November 1985 for use as A or B unit to substitute for cars out of service for maintenance (can also operate as a single unit for testing); 5796 modified by UTDC in July–December 1990 to become T-1 prototype, which was retired and scrapped in September 2012; first subway cars outfitted with air-conditioning systems, all H-5 trains were retired from service by June 14, 2013, some of which were taken to Buffalo, New York for refurbishment, before being sold to the Lagos Rail Mass Transit, but scrapped by August 2015.
5810–5935	126	1986–1989	UTDC RTC-75	H-6	June 20, 2014	Accessible seating areas were added near the operator's cab and the first set of doors in each car during technological upgrades (like the T-1s) between 2005 and 2008. All H-6 trains were retired from service by June 20, 2014.
5000–5371	372	1995–2001	BT RTC-75	T-1	Active	First cars with AC propulsion, cars 5344–5345 converted to Toronto Rocket T35A08 mock-up cars in June–July 2006. Electronic side destination signs, including automated audible pre-boarding route and destination announcements and closed-circuit television cameras have since been installed on all T1 trains.
5381–6196	480	2009–2015	BT T35A08	Toronto Rocket	Active	76 six-car permanently coupled trains with open gangways being delivered. First train delivered on October 1, 2010. Sets are numbered 5xx1-5xx2-5xx3-5xx4-5xx5-5xx6. In February 2013, set 5461–5466 was retrofitted with additional plastic yellow handholds, and external door chimes, displacing the exterior blue lights on the car. Similarly, another set, 5851–5856 was also modified with the same features as with set 5461–5466 in May 2014. External door chimes, electronic side destination signs, including automated audible pre-boarding route and destination announcements, have since been installed on all TR trains. First subway cars to adopt numbering in the 6000s. Set 5471–5476 was temporarily converted to a four-car train for testing purposes on Line 4 Sheppard, which were converted to full Toronto Rocket operation. After the testing phase, six additional four-car trains were received for use on Line 4, which reduced the original 80 six-car trainset order to 76 six-car trainsets. Unlike the six-car trains, the four-car trains feature two pairs of A (cab) and B (non-cab) cars, numbered 6xx1-6xx2-6xx5-6xx6. All six four-car TR Trains are in service on Line 4 and all seventy-six six-car TR Trains are in service on Line 1.

Builders
BT	Bombardier Transportation
GRC&W	Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co.
HSC	Hawker-Siddeley Canada
MLW	Montreal Locomotive Works
UTDC	Urban Transportation Development Corp.

All TTC subway cars are equipped with flip-up seats located in each car (near the operator's cab), which can accommodate mobility devices such as wheelchairs, strollers, scooters, and bicycles, the new Toronto Rocket trains have two designated areas in each car with automatic flip-up seats, although level boarding platforms allow a degree of access to all trains.

Toronto Rocket

The front of the Toronto Rocket, Toronto's newest subway train, viewed from the side

Main article: Toronto Rocket

The Toronto Rocket (TR) is the newest version of TTC subway trains, which is operated on Lines 1 and 4. Its design deviates from its predecessors, which were formed by building trains from married pairs of identical cars. The trains consist of six cars for Line 1 and four cars for Line 4, both of which are connected with open gangways, similar to Bombardier's Movia family of metro trains. They only have two full-width operator cabs per trainset (as opposed to one on the right-hand corner of every subway car on the older versions), greater accessibility options and the skin of the train is welded rather than the previously used riveting method. The TRs' exterior front and rear destination and train run number signs are outfitted with digital orange LED boards, while all previous TTC train models use back-lit roller signs.

The first of the new TR trains was scheduled to be delivered in late 2009, but in early 2010, TTC officials stated that the new trains would not enter service until late 2010. The first train arrived on TTC property in October 2010, and entered revenue service on July 21, 2011.

Gallery

• The Red Rocket.jpg

  A G-series subway car on 2 track at the Davisville Subway Yard

• G Subway Interior.jpg

  The interior of a G-series car

• TTC M1 Subway Car at Greenwood Yard.jpg

  A M1 subway car at the Greenwood carhouse

• TTC H1.jpg

  An H1 subway train parked at the Davisville Yard

• Interior of Toronto Transit Commission Class H-1 subway car.jpg

  The interior of an H1 car

• Toronto Subway Train Type H4 Interior.jpg

  The interior of an H2/H4 car

• QueensParkStation2.JPG

  An H5 subway train (after seat re-upholstery to velour) at Queen's Park station

• Toronto 518 - Ride The Rocket.jpg

  A T1 subway car northbound on the Yonge line south of Davisville station

• TTC subway Interior.jpg

  The interior of a T1 subway car

• Toronto Rocket Articulation.jpg

  A side profile of the Toronto Rocket's articulated cars that were unique to North America at the time of its introduction

• Toronto Rocket Interior Gangway.jpg

  The interior of the Toronto Rocket, Toronto's newest subway car

• Panoramic-Bombardier-TR-Hawker-Siddeley-H5.jpg

  A panoramic shot of the new Bombardier Toronto Rocket parked next to its much older predecessor, the Hawker-Siddeley H5, at Finch station

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  Front view of the Toronto Rocket

Line 3 Scarborough trains

Identifier	Quantity	Year(s) built	Builder & model	Notes
3000–3027	28	1982–1983, 1986	UTDC ICTS Mark I	All will be retired once line closes circa 2023. 3014 was displayed at the 1983 Canadian National Exhibition. All units have been refurbished. Refurbished cars include, since 2015, electronic side destination signs, including automated exterior audible pre-boarding route and destination announcements, along with closed-circuit television cameras and a new vinyl wrap.
ST-1	1		Niigata Transys	Centre-cab diesel locomotive
ST-2	1		likely Arva Industries	Non-motored crane and rail maintenance car
ST-3	1		Niigata Transys	Non-powered rail grinding truck
ST-4	1		Schmidt	snow blower installed on a non-powered PCC truck
ST-5	1			Non-powered power rail cleaner and de-icer
ST-7	1	2002	Arva Industries snowblower attached to Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 5000 short cab (with crane)
E291	1		New Holland TC 18 tractor	Tractor used to push Line 3 cars where there is no power to operate cars

Gallery

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  A Line 3 train in its typical four-car configuration in its original 1985–2015 livery

• ICTS 3024 Interior.jpg

  An interior view of a Line 3 train

Work vehicles

Most subway work cars are painted yellow with the fleet number as RTXX. The exception are converted subway cars, which are not repainted (strips added) and have the RT fleet number replacing their former fleet number.

Current subway work vehicles

Identifier	Description	Year acquired	Year retired
RT-1	Rail maintenance car	1909 by Toronto Railway Company and rebuilt five times
RT-2	Flat car	1997 by Arva Industries
RT-3	Overhead maintenance car	1922 by Toronto Transportation Commission
RT-5	Tunnel leak repair (grout) car	1997 by Arva Industries
RT-6	Vacuum cleaning car	1922 by Toronto Transportation Commission
RT-7	Diesel locomotive	1998 by Plasser American
RT-8	13 rail delivery articulated bogies	1997 by Plasser American
RT-10	Works Services Car (ex-garbage car unit), ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5374	1965–66 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted 2000 by TTC	Replaced old RT-10, 1968 Tokyo Rose (Nippon Sharyo)
RT-11	Non motored car	2000 by Arva Industries
RT-12 (2nd)	Electric locomotive	2009 by Arva Industries
RT-13	Centre cab crane car	1968 by Nippon Sharyo
RT-14 (2nd)	Mk III snow clearing unit	Arva Industries
RT-15 (2nd)	Mk III snow clearing unit	Arva Industries
RT-16	Tunnel washer – "The Clean Machine"	1996  Arva Industries – used with RT-17
RT-17	Tunnel washer – "Krystal Klean"	1996  Arva Industries – used with RT-16
RT-18	Diesel locomotive	1977 by Anabel Corporation of Houston, Texas
RT-19	Flat car	1980 Niigata Transys Company
RT-20	Crane car	1980 Niigata Transys Company (crane by Arva Industries)
RT-21	Flat car	1980 by Niigata Transys Company
RT-22	Flat car	1973 by Nippon Sharyo	Formerly RT-17 wash car and rebuilt 1996 as flat car
RT-23	Non motored asbestos abatement car, ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5391	1965–66 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC 1984
RT-26	Gauge car	1980 by TTC
RT-27	Beam transporter and crane	1950s Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company bogies and reused 1986 by TTC
RT-28	Flat car with crane	2000 by Arva Industries
RT-29	Flat car	2001 by Arva Industries
RT-38	Ex-garbage car unit, ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5422	1965–66 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted 1997 by TTC
RT-39 (3rd)	Flat car	2011 by Arva Industries
RT-40	Ballast car	1989 by Dynex
RT-41	Tie tamper car	1993 by Plasser American
RT-42	Scaffold car	1999 Arva Industries
RT-43	Asbestos abatement crew car, ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5459	1965–66 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted 2000 by TTC
RT-44	Asbestos abatement crew car, ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5458	1965–66 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted 2000 by TTC
RT-45	Asbestos abatement garbage car, ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5337	1965–66 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted 2000 by TTC
RT-46	Asbestos abatement garbage car, ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5336	1965–66 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted 2000 by TTC
RT-47	Flat car	1999 by Arva Industries
RT-48	Motored snow blower	2001 by Arva Industries
RT-49	Motored snow blower	2001 by Arva Industries
RT-50	Non motored push snow thrower	1999 by Arva Industries
RT-51	Non motored push snow thrower	1999 by Arva Industries
RT-52	Non motored push snow thrower	1999 by Arva Industries
RT-53	Non motored push snow thrower	1999 by Arva Industries
RT-54	Flat car	1973 by Nippon Sharyo	Replaced ex RT-16 or ex RT-17
RT-55	Flat car with crane	2000 by Arva Industries
RT-56	Vacuum rodder car	2004–2005 by Arva Industries
RT-57 (2nd)	General Purpose Rail Flat Car	1999–2000 Arva Industries
RT-58	Works Service Car, ex H4 RTC-75 subway car 5635	1974–75 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC
RT-60	Works Service Car, ex-H4 RTC-75 subway car 5594	1974–75 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC
RT-61	Works Service Car, ex-H4 RTC-75 subway car 5595	1974–75 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC
RT-62	Works Service Car, ex-H4 RTC-75 subway car 5616	1974–75 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC
RT-63	Works Service Car, ex-H4 RTC-75 subway car 5617	1974–75 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC
RT-64	Works Service Car, ex-H4 RTC-75 subway car 5594	1974–75 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC
RT-65	Works Service Car, ex-H4 RTC-75 subway car 5595	1974–75 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC
RT-66	Works Service Car, ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5386	1964–65 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC
RT-67	Works service car, ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5387	1964–65 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC
RT-68	Fibre Optics testing car, ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5408	1964–65 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC
RT-69	Fibre Optics testing car, ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5409	1964–65 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC
RT-70	Flat car	2005 by Arva Industries
RT-71	Tri-Mode Work Locomotive, self-propelled	2006 Arva Industries
LPC-5	Rail grinding train 3 car set	2000s LORAM Maintenance of Way, Inc.-owned L-series grinder on lease/contract

Retired

Identifier	Description	Year acquired	Year retired
Unnumbered (1st) and RT-11 (2nd)	Duncan’s Dragon — test car for 75-foot subway cars (all subway cars since the M1) based on G-car specifications Consists of three sections based on the profile of G-cars connected by long metal box and two bogies.	1964 built by TTC Duncan Shops	Retired 1965? 1st car was built with wood, 2nd car used in 1977 along Spadina line has metallic frame and was located at Greenwood Yard c. 2007
RT-4 (1st)	Garbage Car Unit – ex-Peter Witt 2528	1920s Canadian Car and Foundry and refurbished 1954 by TTC	Retired 1970s
RT-4 (2nd)	Track re-insulation car	1997 by Arva Industries	Retired 2013
RT-9	Works Services Car, ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5350	1965–66 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted by TTC	Destroyed by fire on December 8, 2000
RT-10 – Tokyo Rose	Garbage car unit	1968 by Nippon Sharyo	Retired 2000 and replaced by current RT10; scrapped
RT-12 (1st)	Electric locomotive	1968 by Nippon Sharyo	Retired 2009
RT-34	grinding car ex-G2 5102	1954–55 Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company and converted 1988 by TTC	2003 damaged in accident and stored at Davisville Yard
RT-35	Grinding train, ex-G2 5103	1954–55 Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company and converted 1988 by TTC	Retired and scrapped 2007
RT-14 and R-15	Rail grinder – former PCC A-7 4446 and 4410 MU cars	1949 Canadian Car and Foundry and converted 1970s by TTC	Replaced 1991 by then RT-36 and RT-37 (next row below)
RT-30	Non motored grinding truck	1988 by Ecolaire	Retired 2008
RT-31	Non motored grinding truck	1988 by Ecolaire	Retired 2004
RT-32	Non motored grinding truck	1988 by Ecolaire	Retired 2004
RT-33	Non motored grinding truck	1988 by Ecolaire	Retired 2008
RT-36	Grinding train, ex-G1 5068	1953–54 Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company and converted 1991 by TTC	Retired and scrapped 2007
RT-37	Grinding train, ex-G1 5069	1953–54 Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company and converted 1991 by TTC	Retired and scrapped 2007
RT-38, ex-G2 5100	Garbage cars	1954–55 Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company and converted by TTC G-2 5100 and 5105	Retired and scrapped 1998
RT-39 (1st), ex-G2 5105	Garbage cars	1954–55 Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company and converted by TTC G-2 5100 and 5105	Retired and scrapped 1998
RT-39 (2nd)	ex-Garbage car unit, ex-H1 RTC-75 subway car 5423	1965–66 Hawker Siddeley Canada and converted 1997 by TTC	Retired 1997
RT-14 (ex RT-36)	Tunnel washing cars	1954–55 Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company G-2 and converted 1988 by TTC	Retired 1999
RT-15 (ex RT-37)	Tunnel washing cars	1954–55 Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company G-2 and converted 1988 by TTC	Retired 1999
RT-57 (1st)	Works Service Car ex-H4 5634	1974–75 Hawker Siddeley Canada converted by TTC	Retired and replaced by new RT-57

• Note that RT35 and RT36 are mixed-matched (2004).

Track gauge

The TTC uses two different track gauges:

• 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) – Line 3 Scarborough, which uses standard gauge
• 4 ft 10 ⁷⁄₈ in (1,495 mm) – Subway