Harbord streetcar line

With the expansion of trolley bus service, the Davenport streetcar was being replaced by the Ossington trolley bus on Ossington Avenue south of College Street, and by the Harbord streetcar north of Bloor Street.

Streetcar service on Hallam Street and Lippin Avenue became redundant because of proximity to the Annette trolley bus line.

[6]: 49 For 10 days starting on November 19, 1956, day-time service on the western end of the Harbord route was cut back from Townsley Loop to a new St. Clarins Loop at St. Clarens Avenue and Davenport Road (south-east corner) under an Ontario Hydro right-of-way.

[2] On January 21, 1957, the western end of the Harbord route was permanently cut back to the St. Clarins Loop.

[2][5] With the removal of tracks from the Davenport railway level crossing in January 1957, the Harbord route entered its final form.

Harbord was one of five streetcar routes abandoned with the opening of the subway; the others were Bloor, Fort (partly replaced by today's 511 Bathurst, Parliament and Coxwell.

Harbord Street was covered by the 94 Wellesley bus which connected to Ossington station.

For this purpose, the Leaside Bridge was built reinforced with extra steel to carry streetcar traffic.

Also, there were short stubs for a double track extension at the north end of Lipton Loop.

[9][8] Circa 1962, the Lipton Loop had to be modified to accommodate construction of Pape station on the Bloor–Danforth subway line.

Streetcars entered from Pape Avenue on the south side of the aforementioned building, turned through a lane on the east side of the building and exited on Gertrude Place to return to Pape Avenue.