page_title: Leslie Barns
section_title: Connecting track
hierarchical_section_title: Leslie Barns / Connecting track
caption_attribution_description: English: Tracks to Leslie Barns under construction turning into the yard
context_page_description: Leslie Barns is a streetcar maintenance and storage facility at the southeast corner of Leslie Street and Lake Shore Boulevard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has been built to house and service the majority of Toronto Transit Commission's fleet of Flexity Outlook light rail vehicles.
context_section_description: The Leslie Barns has a double-track, non-revenue streetcar line connecting the facility to the rest of the streetcar network. The line runs about 800 metres (2,600 ft) along Leslie Street from Queen Street East south to North Service Road where the facility entrance is located.
  The track on Leslie Street is specially designed to minimize noise and vibration. The track is laid within a concrete channel or "tub" which has vertical concrete wings along a concrete base. This tub will contain a rubber-like substance that will provide vibration isolation between the track and the roadbed.
  Before City Council approved the Leslie Street connection, there were community concerns about introducing streetcar traffic on that street which is residential between Queen Street and Mosley Street. Thus, an alternative was suggested to run the connecting track further east through the Russell Carhouse and via the industrial Knox Street to Lake Shore Boulevard. The TTC rejected this proposal because of lower storage capacity at the Russell Carhouse, extra street and bicycle path crossings, extra time for streetcars to enter and leave service and project delays to switch plans.
  As of April 2016, most streetcars enter service via Leslie Street at about 7:25 a.m. and return to the carhouse around 9 p.m.
caption: Tracks under construction
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