Dufferin Gate Loop
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Dufferin Gate Loop
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| Location |
Dufferin Street Toronto, Ontario Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°38′04″N 79°25′33″W / 43.63444°N 79.42583°WCoordinates: 43°38′04″N 79°25′33″W / 43.63444°N 79.42583°W |
| Owned by | Toronto Transit Commission |
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 501L  514
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| Tracks | 1 |
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TTC buses
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| Construction | |
| Structure type | terminal building with dispatcher's tower; staff facility added at west entrance in 2013 |
| Parking | buses only |
| History | |
| Opened | 1922 |
| Rebuilt | 1960-1961, 2013, 2016 (poles replacement) |
Dufferin Gate Loop is a Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus station and turning loop for streetcars near the southern end of Dufferin Street in Toronto. During the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) this becomes a primary access point for visitors entering Exhibition Place via the Dufferin Gates. This west entrance to the CNE can be reached by the Dufferin Street bridges across the Lakeshore West railway corridor and Gardiner Expressway.
Southbound streetcars on Dufferin Street run anticlockwise through the loop; west on Springhurst Avenue; south on Fort Rouille Street; enter the station eastbound; and exit back onto Dufferin Street northbound. Buses on layover park at the west end of the station, south of the tracks.
The loop was constructed in 1922 by the newly created Toronto Transportation Commission, which had taken over and amalgamated existing ageing streetcar systems within the city limits. The original wood frame structure has been rebuilt and renovated after 1960. The current structure has a small semi enclosed waiting area, gates and office space with a dispatcher tower. The most recent renewal of the streetcar tracks was in 2013.
It was proposed that a new loop be built at Dufferin on an extension of the Harbourfront LRT from Exhibition Loop, as part of the Waterfront West Light Rail Transit project, which was cancelled in 2013.
To process the large number of people at the time of the CNE the loading platform is operated as a fare-paid area and the ticket booths, turnstiles and dispatcher control tower come into use, allowing passengers to board streetcars and buses by any door.
29 Dufferin from Wilson station via Dufferin station is the only regular TTC bus route, which has additional frequent service terminating here during the CNE.
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