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When crews started stripping Rosser Avenue, sections of track for the city's streetcar system began to surface. "They're still underneath the pavement in a lot of downtown," said Aly Wowchuk with ...
Travellers along Dupont St. in recent weeks had a rare glimpse of some built-to-last Toronto ruins as the top layer of asphalt was striped away, revealing long-buried streetcar tracks.
Updated on Saturday, August 14, 2021 10:32 AM CDT: Brandon's old streetcar rail system was exposed through the gradual wearing away of the asphalt, not by work being conducted by city crews.
Dan Egan, city manager for cycling infrastructure, says that at a cost of $1.5 million per km, simply tearing up disused streetcar tracks like those on Wychwood is impractical unless done in ...
When that happened on the Esquimalt route, “the passengers, most of whom were sailors, cheerfully helped lift the streetcar back onto the tracks, then resuming their seats to continue the ...
The tracks on Wychwood were out of commission and local councillors and cycling advocates said it made sense to fill in or remove the tracks to prevent future accidents. In total, there are 3.5 ...
Construction work on the Valley Line West light rail transit project recently uncovered a piece of Edmonton's transit history.The uncovering of streetcar tracks near 142nd Street and 102nd Avenue has ...
This work, which will involve the removal and replacement of concrete and old streetcar tracks as well as the restoration of the road and sidewalks where necessary, is part of the city ...
Construction work along a downtown Brandon street has uncovered a lesser-known and short-lived part of the city's history. When crews started stripping Rosser Avenue, sections of track for the ...