Long Branch Loop
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Long Branch Loop
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| Location |
Lake Shore Boulevard West, Toronto, Ontario Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°35′30″N 79°32′40″W / 43.59167°N 79.54444°WCoordinates: 43°35′30″N 79°32′40″W / 43.59167°N 79.54444°W |
| Owned by | Toronto Transit Commission |
| Line(s) |
 501
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| Connections |
 TTC buses MiWay buses  Long Branch GO Station
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| History | |
| Opened | December 28, 1928 |
| Rebuilt | 1950s |
Long Branch Loop is the westernmost stop on the longest Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) streetcar route, the 501 Queen line. It is located in the Long Branch neighbourhood in southwestern Toronto, close to the boundary with Mississauga.
Westbound streetcars enter the turning loop from Lake Shore Boulevard and turn counter clockwise to face east on the north side of the platform. Bus bays are on the opposite south side of the platform with a shelter building in the centre, which once provided washrooms and a waiting room for the public.
The Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company operated radial railway service along Lake Shore Boulevard originally as a single track line, with sidings to allow vehicles going in opposite directions to pass one another. The TTC double-tracked the route, and first operated a loop at Long Branch on December 28, 1928.
The TTC has used the loop as an interchange point with buses since at least 1935, when the widening of Lake Shore Boulevard west of Etobicoke Creek required the removal of the single-track service to Port Credit. The TTC replaced the streetcar route with the 74 Port Credit bus route, which ran until 1976, when the service was taken over by the newly created Mississauga Transit. Other historic TTC bus routes that terminated at the Long Branch loop included 69 Queensway and 87 West Mall.
In 1967, Long Branch GO Station was opened on the adjacent Lakeshore West railway line; service is available as far west as Hamilton or east to the downtown Union Station hub.
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