510 Spadina

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.