Runnymede Road

Laying streetcar tracks on Runnymede Road (looking south from St.Clair) to reach the planned
Britannia Division car barn north of St.Clair Avenue West, mostly east of Runnymede.

Looking north from the Runnymede bridge showing never-used TTC tracks. Note TTC Runnymede bus and
the jog to bring street into York Township since the City of Toronto would not pay for it! Yard office at left, out of view.
Toronto Public Library/Salmon Collection

Looking north on Runnymede, showing TTC track curving into the loop and unconnected tracks going under subway towards St.Clair to reach a planned car barn off Britannia Avenue which was never built. However, a government inspector refused to approve its use since an imobile streetcar would block emergency vehicles. These tracks were visible for decades, then paved over and finally removed during construction of the new underpass in 1982. The building at right was once a coal dealer, later a welder's supply. Next to it, out of sight, was once the terminal of Star Transfer, Ontario Northland's truck transport operation. Nearby, just north of the locomotive foreman's office was a small garage for Thibodeau Express, the highway transport arm of Algoma Central. Hume's Transport a local family business had its main terminal on St.Clair across from the roundhouse as well. Toronto Public Library/Salmon Collection