Flexity Outlook (Toronto)
| Flexity Outlook | |
|---|---|
_(14918534190).jpg) Flexity Outlook #4403 on its first day in service on route 510 Spadina (2014) | |
| Manufacturer | Bombardier Transportation |
| Family name | Bombardier Flexity |
| Replaced | Canadian Light Rail Vehicle (CLRV) Articulated Light Rail Vehicle (ALRV) |
| Constructed | 2014-present |
| Entered service | 31 August 2014 |
| Number in service | 264 |
| Formation | 5 articulated sections |
| Capacity | 70 (seated) 130 maximum |
| Operators | Toronto Transit Commission |
| Lines served | Toronto Streetcar System |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Stainless Steel |
| Train length | 28 m (91 ft 10 in) |
| Width | 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in) |
| Height | 3.84 m (12 ft 7 in) |
| Doors | 4 (right side only) |
| Articulated sections | 5 |
| Maximum speed | 70 km/h (43.5 mph) |
| Weight | 48,200 kg 106,262.81 lb |
| Electric system(s) | 600 V DC |
| Current collector(s) | Pantograph or Trolley Pole |
| UIC classification | bo'+bo'+bo' |
| Track gauge | 1495 mm (58 ft 10 in) |
The Flexity Outlook is a streetcar owned by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Based on the Bombardier Flexity. The streetcars were bought in 2009 and were built by Bombardier in Thunder Bay and Kingston, Ontario.
The TTC replaced all of its older Canadian Light Rail Vehicle (CLRV) and the Articulated Light Rail Vehicle (ALRV) streetcars in 2019.
The Flexity Outlook is the first low-floor streetcar in Toronto. It makes it easy for people with disabilities, older people, and people with small children to use.
It is 28 m (92 ft) long, making it the largest streetcars in the city. It has four doors, air conditioning, bicycle holder, and 70 seats.
The streetcars have two machines where people can pay their fare, and they also have Presto card readers, The TTC started using a proof-of-payment system, which lets people get on and off at any door.
The streetcar has most of its electrical parts on the roof.[1]
Accessibility
The streetcars are accessible for people using wheelchairs.[2][3] There is only one small step at any door and a ramp at the second door, which makes it easier for older people, pregnant women, and people with small children to get on and off.[2][3]
There is a fold-out ramp at the second door for people using wheelchairs or strollers. A passenger can press the blue button inside or outside of the streetcar, to ask the operator to lower the ramp.[1] Greg Ernst, the TTC's chief streetcar engineer, says that each Flexity streetcar uses its ramp about four times a day.[4]
Inside the streetcar, there is one wheelchair area at the second door. It has space for two wheelchairs. There are also three priority seating areas for older people, pregnant women, and people with small children.[3]
Fare collection
In the streetcar, there are six machines that read Presto cards, debit cards, and credit cards, where people can tap their Presto card, debit card, or credit card.[5][6]
You can also pay with coins at one of the two fare machines on the streetcar.[7] From December 1015 to December 2018, people could pay with debit cards and credit cards, but this was removed because the machines often broke.[8]
Warning sounds
The Flexity streetcars have an electric bell and a horn. The streetcars have like horns on buses and cars. You can hear the bell and horn from both ends of the streetcar.
Sign
The Flexity Outlook streetcars have light up signs. The signs are at the front, back, and sides of the streetcar, they show the route number, name, and where it's going. They also have two blue lights on the front to show that they are accessible.
- 1 2 Steve (2011-11-10). "TTC Unveils New Streetcar Design and Mockup (Update 2)". Steve Munro. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- 1 2 "Riding the Streetcar". www.ttc.cahttps. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- 1 2 3 "Riding the Streetcar". www.ttc.cahttps. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
- ↑ Spurr, Ben; Keenan, Edward; Oved, Marco Chown; Poisson, Jayme; Jimenez, Marina; Rider, David. "Not in service: Inside Bombardier's delayed TTC streetcar deliveries". thestar.com. Retrieved 2026-04-19.
- ↑ "Bombardier has 'no comments' on the new questions about TTC streetcar delivery". CBC. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- ↑ "Fares and passes". TTC. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- ↑ "Fares and passes". TTC. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ Reporter, Alexandra Jones Staff (2018-12-05). "Debit/credit pay option to be removed from new streetcars' on-board machines by Dec. 20". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2026-04-19.