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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 community of Long Branch 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. ==History== The companies that operated streetcar service along Lake Shore Boulevard originally operated 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.〔 〕 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. The TTC operated a separate Long Branch line between the Long Branch and Humber Loops up until 1994, and when that line was merged with the ''Beach route'' to form the 501 Queen line, the Long Branch Loop became the terminus of the longest streetcar line in North America.〔 In 2011 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation broadcast a 14-minute semi-autobiographical short film entitled ''Long Branch''.〔 〕 The film shows two strangers, who were about to share a one-night stand have their plans fall apart, as the distance to the Long Branch loop was too far, and they had too much time to talk to one another first. The film-makers were a couple, and one member of the film-making couple did live at the Long Branch loop, and said his partner routinely decline to come home with him, because of the distance. 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''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Long Branch Loop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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