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510 Spadina (317 Spadina during overnight periods) is a streetcar route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. ==History== Spadina's streetcar service began in 1891, when a loop route called the Belt Line operated on Bloor Street, Spadina Avenue, Sherbourne Street, and King Street.〔 〕 In a 1923 reconfiguration of the streetcar network, this service was discontinued and Spadina became a separate streetcar route, which was operated until 1948 when it was replaced by buses.〔 〕 The tracks on Spadina between Dundas Street and Harbord Street were still used by the Harbord streetcar route until its discontinuation in 1966.〔 The modern 510 Spadina route began as the 604 Harbourfront LRT route along Queens Quay in 1990. The route was later renamed the 510 Harbourfront. It became the 510 Spadina and replaced the 77 Spadina bus when a new dedicated right-of-way was opened in 1997, which extended the track north along Spadina Avenue from Queens Quay to Spadina station on the Bloor subway line. The term "LRT" ("light-rail transit"), which had been adopted to project an image of modernity, was dropped when it led to residents and newspaper reporters imagining elevated guideways like those of the Scarborough RT running through their streets. It was found that the project was much easier to sell to the public and politicians when it was described as an improvement to the speed and reliability of traditional streetcar service. In 2000, when the Queens Quay streetcar tracks were extended west to Bathurst and Fleet Streets, the name Harbourfront reappeared for a 509 Harbourfront route between Union and Exhibition Loop. The 509 and 510 routes share the trackage that had been used by the 604. In 2005, ''The Globe and Mail'' newspaper published an article with criticisms that the switch to a dedicated right-of-way streetcar had been less beneficial than promised. Based on TTC documents, the author argued that service is about one minute slower (from Queens Quay to Bloor) during afternoon rush hour than in 1990. The author also cited TTC documents which show that the cost-to-revenue ratio of the route has fallen with the switch from buses to streetcars.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAPID TRANSIT? NOT ON SPADINA Summary )〕 Mitch Stambler, the TTC’s manager of service planning, responded by pointing out that streetcars offer a smoother and quieter ride, zero emissions, and economic development.〔 Ridership increased from 26,000 per day on the #77 bus route to 35,000 per day on the Spadina streetcar in 2004 and to over 45,000 per day in 2005-2006〔http://www.lightrailnow.org/news/n_newslog001.htm, http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/pdf/ridership_cost_stats_bus_streetcar_05_06.pdf〕 Streetcars on the Spadina portion run every 2–3 minutes every day. On December 15, 2008, the next vehicle arrival notification system was installed for the 510 streetcar in the Spadina and Union subway stations. The next vehicle arrival notification system includes a display screen that shows the location of the streetcars in "real" time with a delay of one minute.〔(TTC launches next vehicle arrival notification pilot project )〕 On August 31, 2014, the TTC's new Bombardier Transportation Flexity Outlook accessible low-floor streetcars entered service, preceded by a ceremony at 10:00 am. Coinciding with the launch of the new vehicles, this route was switched over to a Proof-of-payment (POP) all-door boarding system. On September 6, 2015, a new overnight service, 317 Spadina, was introduced on this route, as part of the expanded Blue Night Network services via a $95 million investment from Toronto City Council. During overnight periods, streetcars operate approximately every 30 minutes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「510 Spadina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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