Toronto Subway expansion plan, 1985 Size:18x24 This is what the city's

This is what the city's streetcar system looked like

This conversion is the "Step Two" depicted here

which requires passengers to go downtown to transfer

Green Line extension to Somerville

But it was not to last: the streetcar network had suffered from poor maintenance

Toronto Subway expansion plan, 1985 Size:18x24 This is what the city'sToronto's subway system expansion stalled in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Money was short, the densest parts of the Greater Toronto Area were adequately served by the Yonge and Bloor subways, and the Toronto Transit Commission was experimenting with maglev lines to satisfy the rapid transit needs of the suburbs. (The result of the ultimately unsuccessful maglev was the Scarborough RT, now known as Line 3.) After maglev petered out, the Progressive