The 514 Cherry is a tram route from Toronto's tram system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 514 operates through the financial district and downtown Toronto between Dufferin Gate Loop and Loop Distillery. This route completes King 504 services along King Street, in particular to densely populated areas in Liberty Village, the Canary District, and the Distillery District. "King Street Visioning Study" The city of Toronto proposes transit and pedestrian corridors through which this route will operate.
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History
In November 2015, as part of a proposal to revise services in Cherry Street and Queens Quay East areas, the TTC proposed a new 514 tram road route that would run from Streetcar's streetcar circle on Cherry Street via King Street to the Dufferin Gate Loop. This is primarily to increase the capacity to easily serve increasing passengers along the corridor of King 504, and accessibility concerns. It is also proposed to walk all day, every day, while maintaining 504 King tramway service. Transportation bottlenecks have become so bad that UberHop launches a rush hour service for the corridor in December 2015.
The service initiatives under TTC Early 2016 Operating Budgets call for specific resources to implement new services with operating costs in 2016 of $ 0.8 million and $ 2.1 million annually thereafter. No additional funds are provided in the 2016 budget. The TTC proposes no change in operating costs to operate the 514 route because it will reallocate existing services along the 504 King Streetcar route.
On March 23, 2016, the TTC approved a new route, and service began on June 19, 2016. This coincided with the conversion of the 2015 Village Games Athletes Village to the apartment and the opening of the residence of George Brown University students.
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Route
On March 23, 2016, James Bow, writing on Transit Toronto , reprinted several maps, showing pre-proposed alignments. An alignment under consideration in 2008 has a 514 western terminus on Spadina Avenue, having turned south in Parliament, where it will turn east on Front Street, into Cherry. But instead of ending up on the railway embankment, the route through the embankment, across the Keating Channel, and turning east on Commissary Street, ends in Commissioners and Leslie.
The eastern cars begin their journey on the Dufferin Gate Loop, then continue north along Dufferin Street to King Street, then turn east and continue along King through downtown to Sumach Street where they turn south into the circle at Cherry Street south of Mill Street. The Westbound cars begin their journey at Loop Distillery, then continue north along Cherry and Sumach Streets to King Street where they turn west. The cars run along King through downtown to Dufferin Street where they go south and pass through Springhurst Avenue and Fort Rouille Street to end their journey on the Dufferin Gate Loop.
Since the route number on it and destination signs on the older TTC tram on the CLRV are not available for this route, they often use blank signs, but sometimes they use signs supplied from the King 504 tram lines such as " 504 Dufferin "for a car that leads westward to the Dufferin Gate Loop and" 504 Parliament "for cars heading east to the Distillery Loop respectively. Thus, the TTC uses signs of improvised magnetic dashboard routes (often placed on short swivel flaps under the windshield of the vehicle) - "514 Dufferin Gate" and/or "514 Distillery" respectively.
Cherry Street tramway
Most of Cherry's 514 runs in mixed traffic. However, the eastern part of the walking route on the right-of-way is separated via a tramway line, dubbed Street Tram line. From the intersection on King Street East and Sumach Street, branch lines stretch south along Sumach Street and Cherry Street to end at the Distillery Loop. The branch line is about 700 meters long, and has three stops each with a platform. Both tram tracks run on the east side of the road with a median tree separating them from two car lanes and bike lanes on either side of them. The overall width is 32.5 meters, including 5 meter wide sidewalk.
The branch line was built by Waterfront Toronto, in collaboration with the Toronto Transit Commission, to serve the West Don Lands neighborhood and District Distillery. The new West Don Lands neighborhood is expected to have 6,000 units once opened. The branch line was built by Waterfront Toronto, in collaboration with the Toronto Transit Commission, to serve the West Don Lands neighborhood and District Distillery. The new West Don Lands neighborhood is expected to have 6,000 units once opened. The projected cost of the branch line is $ 90 million CAD.
In 2007, plans for the Street Street tram line were completed. Construction begins south of King Street in 2012. In April and May 2014, the TTC builds a crossroads on the corner of King Street East and Sumach Street. Completion and opening of branches will be postponed until after Pan American Games 2015; a new tram line crosses the athlete's village security zone.
Distillery Loop
The Distillery Loop, the eastern end of 514 Cherry and the southern end of the Street Tram line, is located south of Mill Street north of the railway bridge on the east side of Cherry Street. It is across the street from Distillery Lane in the Distillery District.
The circle goes counterclockwise. With intersections on Sumach Street and King Street, the loop can turn the tram that comes from both directions along King Street.
Decorative features in the loop include paving blocks, small clumps of young trees, and small flower beds between tracks and trails. At the railway bridge on the south side of the circle stands the Cherry Street Tower used the Toronto Terminal Railway to control the east approach to Union Station.
The Southbound Approach to Distillery Loop has a greaser wheel that is automatically activated by a GPS; however, the greaser can only work with the Street Flexi tram.
Services
The service runs every 8 to 9 minutes in peak hours and every 15 minutes outside rush hour. The line is projected to attract 51,000 new riders annually and can provide up to 15 percent more capacity along King Street where 504 and 514 routes will overlap. The busiest part of King 504 route is between Bathurst Street and John Street carrying 40,000 of 65,000 daily riders. The new tram line allows the TTC to move some of the 17 buses in the morning and nine afternoons that have been used to accommodate 504 throngs during rush hours. Service 514 opens with a mix of old high floor CLRV and the new Flexity low-floor streetcar.
Some problems are reported within months after channel opening. Traffic light is less timed at intersection at Cherry & amp; Front Street and Cherry Road & amp; Eastern Avenue. As happens along Queens Quay, the painted strips are not clear enough to prevent motorists from accidentally climbing onto the streetcar and then being trapped there. Due to complaints of wheeling wheels at the corner of Sumach and King Street and at the Distillery Loop, the tram was replaced by an overnight bus along the Cherry Street line. The late night tram service was restored on July 15, 2017 as TTC motorists found the transfer between night bus and tram to be uncomfortable. To resolve the reported issue, TTC:
- Adds additional alerts to prevent riders from driving on the track.
- Apply a maximum speed of 10 km/h in Sumach and King.
- Use only Street trams that have wheeled lubrication systems on wheels.
- Fixed the on-board wheel lubrication system for higher lubricant output.
Future
As part of the framework for the redevelopment of Port Lands Toronto, the city aims to own 55% of all travel by public transport. As part of this, it has been recommended that tram services along Cherry Street will be extended south from the Distillery Loop to the Ship Channel, in a special lane on the east side of the road in the same way as the 514 is. service. This will make Cherry Street the main north-south transit route in western Port Lands, and will include stops at Queens Quay and Commissioner Street parallel.
References
External links
Route map : Google
- Map of proposed TTC service changes
- 514 Cherry map
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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