501 Queen

501 Queen
Westbound 501 Queen streetcar at Queen and University
Overview
LocaleToronto, Ontario
Termini
Stations
WebsiteOfficial route page
Service
SystemToronto streetcar system
Route number501 (301 overnight)
Operator(s)Toronto Transit Commission
Depot(s)Russell Carhouse[1]
Rolling stockFlexity Outlook
Daily ridership46,116 (2022, weekdays)[2]
History
Opened1875; 149 years ago (1875)
Technical
Line length
Track gauge4 ft 10+78 in (1,495 mm)
Electrification600 V DC overhead
Route map

Transfer stop
Intermediate stop
Carhouse
Route:
Connection  00  Terminus  00 

Long Branch GO Station
Long Branch Loop
 110A/110B 
MiWay: MiWay  5/5B   23 
Browns Line/39th Street ↑
 110A   123 
37th Street
Long Branch Avenue
↓ 31st Street/30th Street ↑
↓ 28th Street/29th Street ↑
↓ 27th Street/26th Street ↑
22nd Street
Kipling Avenue
 44 
15th Street
13th Street
10th Street
Islington Avenue (7th Street)
 110 
5th Street
3rd Street
1st Street
Royal York Road
 76 
↓ Miles Road/Symons Street ↑
Douglas Boulevard
↓ Norris Crescent/Hillside Avenue ↑
Mimico Avenue
 76 
Superior Avenue
Burlington Street
Louisa Street
Legion Road
↓ Marine Parade Drive/Park Lawn Road ↑
 66B   145 
2155 Lake Shore Boulevard West
2111 Lake Shore Boulevard West
Metrolinx Oakville Subdivision
Humber Loop
 66A 
South Kingsway
Windermere Avenue
 77 
Ellis Avenue
Colborne Lodge Drive
Parkside Drive
 80 
Glendale Avenue
The Queensway
Queen Street West
Roncesvalles Carhouse
Roncesvalles Avenue
 504 
King Street West
504 to downtown
Triller Avenue
↓ Beaty Avenue/Sorauren Avenue ↑
↓ Jameson Avenue/Lansdowne Avenue
 47 
↓ Dunn Avenue/O'Hara Avenue ↑
Brock Avenue
Dufferin Street
 29   929 
Metrolinx Galt Subdivision & Weston Subdivision
Gladstone Avenue
↓ Abell Street/Beaconsfield Avenue ↑
Dovercourt Road
Ossington Avenue
 63 
Shaw Street
 63 
Strachan Avenue
↓ Niagara Street/Claremont Street ↑
↓ Tecumseth Street/Palmerston Avenue ↑
Bathurst Street
 145   511 
Augusta Avenue
Spadina Avenue
 510 
↓ Peter Street/Soho Street ↑
John Street
McCaul Street
 502 
St. Patrick Street
University Avenue
 142 
York Street
Bay Street
 6   6A 
Yonge Street
 97B 
Victoria Street
Church Street
Jarvis Street
Sherbourne Street
 75 
Ontario Street
Parliament Street
 65 
Sackville Street
Sumach Street
River Street
arrow for UL King Street East
503 & 504 to downtown
Metrolinx Bala Subdivision
Carroll Street
Broadview Avenue
 504 
Boulton Avenue ↑
Metrolinx Kingston Subdivision
Empire Avenue
Logan Avenue
Carlaw Avenue
 72 
Pape Avenue
 72A 
↓ Caroline Avenue/Brooklyn Avenue ↑
Jones Avenue
 83 
Leslie Street
↓ Laing Street/Alton Avenue ↑
Greenwood Avenue
 31 
Russell Carhouse
Connaught Avenue
Woodfield Road
Coxwell Avenue
 22 
↓ Eastern Avenue/Kingston Road ↑
 22A   502   503 
Woodbine Loop
↓ Sarah Ashbridge Avenue/Lockwood Road ↑
Woodbine Avenue
 92 
↓ Kippendavie Avenue/Elmer Avenue ↑
Bellefair Ave
Wineva Avenue
 64 
Glen Manor Drive
MacLean Avenue
Spruce Hill Road
Beech Avenue
Silver Birch Avenue
Neville Park Boulevard
Neville Park Loop
 143 

501 Queen (301 Queen during overnight periods) is an east–west Toronto streetcar route in Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It stretches from Neville Park Loop (just west of Victoria Park Avenue) in the east, running along Queen Street and in a reserved right-of-way within the median of the Queensway to Humber Loop in the west. In the late evenings, the 501 Queen route is extended west from Humber Loop, running on Lake Shore Boulevard to Long Branch Loop (just west of Browns Line, adjacent to Long Branch GO Station), replacing route 507 Long Branch. This route operates as part of the TTC's Blue Night Network service, operating in the early morning hours as the 301 Queen.[4]

In 2022, with almost 12.8 million annual boardings, 501 Queen was the second busiest streetcar line in Toronto, after 504 King. (In 2019, prior to the drop in ridership due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 22.0 million annual boardings.)[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Service-Summary was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Weekday boardings and service information for surface routes (bus and streetcar), 2022" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 11, 2024.
  3. ^ "Service Summary - March 29, 2020 to May 9, 2020" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2020. 2020 summary shows streetcar route lengths prior to the diversions of 2021–2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference TTC-2023-11-19 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Transit Planning – Annual streetcar boardings by route". Toronto Transit Commission. 2022. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2024.