Toronto streetcar system

Toronto streetcar system
Flexity Outlook streetcars on King Street West
Overview
Locale	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Transit type	Streetcar Light rail
Number of lines	11[1]
Number of stations	685 stops[2]
Daily ridership	223,300 (weekdays, Q3 2024)[3]
Annual ridership	69,106,000 (2023)[4]
Operation
Began operation	1861; 163 years ago (1861)[5] 1892; 132 years ago (1892)[5] (catenary electrification)[5]
Operator(s)	Toronto Transit Commission
Character	Street running
Technical
System length	83 km (52 mi)[6]
Track gauge	4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm)
Minimum radius of curvature	36 ft 0 in (10,973 mm)[7]
Electrification	Overhead line, 600 V DC
System map

The Toronto streetcar system is a network of eleven streetcar routes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It is the third busiest light-rail system in North America. The network is concentrated primarily in Downtown Toronto and in proximity to the city's waterfront. Much of the streetcar route network dates from the second half of the 19th century. Three streetcar routes operate in their own right-of-way, one in a partial right-of-way, and six operate on street trackage shared with vehicular traffic with streetcars stopping on demand at frequent stops like buses. Since 2019, the network has used low-floor streetcars, making it fully accessible.

Toronto's streetcars provide most of the downtown core's surface transit service. Four of the TTC's five most heavily used surface routes are streetcar routes. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 69,106,000, or about 223,300 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.