The TTC will be closing its third rapid transit route - the SRT or  Scarborough Rapid Transit, after approximately 40 years.  The route was the first to use a model of vehicle propelled by a linear induction motor.  The Vancouver SkyTrain was the second place these vehicles were used, and they were celebrated as a great success there.
<p>They were, however, an orphan stepchild in Toronto.  They were originally developed by a Provincial Corporation, and, since the Province contributed a big share of the funding of the new route, they were able to insist on the use of these vehicles.  The TTC wanted to use streetcar style vehicles.
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I made an excursion to Scarborough to take pictures at every station, prior to the closure.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/55289779@N00">Geo Swan</a> from Toronto, Canada
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/booledozer/52444671578/">Beside the TTC's original Midland station</a>