G series (Toronto subway)

what is it?

The G series was the first rolling stock of rapid transit cars used on the Toronto subway, built 1953–1959 by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company of Gloucester, England, for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) of Toronto, Canada. As the only Toronto subway cars to be manufactured outside of Canada, its design was mainly influenced by the Q38 and R stocks of the London Underground. Since the TTC's original concept for the subway system foresaw the use of rapid transit cars derived from the Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) design of its streetcar network, the cars were also equipped with bulls-eye incandescent lighting similar to that of a PCC, and a small operator's cabin located in the front left corner of each car.

who runs it

Toronto Transit Commission

base stats

• power 51 kWpower output
• weight 38.1 tin working order
• seats 62passengers
• built 140made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 72 years ago, in 1954.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏17 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 36 years (1954–1990).

metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.

spec sheet

built

1954

in service from

1954

retired

1990

status

retired

number built

140

kind

metro

traction

electric

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company

operators

Toronto Transit Commission

top speed

—

power

51 kW

gauge

1,495 mm broad gauge

length

17 m

weight

38.1 t

capacity

62 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.