Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Scarborough RT (also known as SRT or the RT and officially 3 Scarborough RT), is a rapid transit line on the Toronto subway and RT system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), which refers to the line as route 3 (formerly route 603). The line has six stations and is 6.4 km (4.0 mi) in length with 0.5 km (0.3 mi) of it underground, connects with the Bloor–Danforth line at Kennedy and terminates at McCowan via Scarborough Centre.Rather than the standard and relatively larger subway cars used by the other lines of the Toronto subway, the Scarborough RT rolling stock consists of a smaller, fully automated, medium-capacity rail transport system using Intermediate Capacity Transit System Mark I vehicles built by the Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC) and powered by linear induction motors. They are the same as those used by the Vancouver SkyTrain and the Detroit People Mover. The TTC is the only system to operate them with a driver on board. The line also uses standard gauge tracks, unlike the rest of the Toronto subway and the Toronto streetcar system which use a unique, wider gauge.The line has been virtually unchanged since its opening in 1985 and has two of the least used stations in the system. Its revitalization and expansion plan, whether to convert the line into using modern light rail vehicles or to close the line and extend the Bloor–Danforth line further into Scarborough, has been debated for over a decade by the municipal government of Toronto. In September 2013, the Government of Ontario, under Premier Kathleen Wynne, announced it would fund the extension of the Bloor-Danforth subway line to Scarborough Centre, thus resulting in the eventual closure of the Scarborough RT.. }
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- Scarborough_RT abstract "The Scarborough RT (also known as SRT or the RT and officially 3 Scarborough RT), is a rapid transit line on the Toronto subway and RT system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), which refers to the line as route 3 (formerly route 603). The line has six stations and is 6.4 km (4.0 mi) in length with 0.5 km (0.3 mi) of it underground, connects with the Bloor–Danforth line at Kennedy and terminates at McCowan via Scarborough Centre.Rather than the standard and relatively larger subway cars used by the other lines of the Toronto subway, the Scarborough RT rolling stock consists of a smaller, fully automated, medium-capacity rail transport system using Intermediate Capacity Transit System Mark I vehicles built by the Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC) and powered by linear induction motors. They are the same as those used by the Vancouver SkyTrain and the Detroit People Mover. The TTC is the only system to operate them with a driver on board. The line also uses standard gauge tracks, unlike the rest of the Toronto subway and the Toronto streetcar system which use a unique, wider gauge.The line has been virtually unchanged since its opening in 1985 and has two of the least used stations in the system. Its revitalization and expansion plan, whether to convert the line into using modern light rail vehicles or to close the line and extend the Bloor–Danforth line further into Scarborough, has been debated for over a decade by the municipal government of Toronto. In September 2013, the Government of Ontario, under Premier Kathleen Wynne, announced it would fund the extension of the Bloor-Danforth subway line to Scarborough Centre, thus resulting in the eventual closure of the Scarborough RT.".