thumb|right|240px|A subway train about to enter Greenwood yard as seen from above the Greenwood Portal

thumb|240px|A work car parked inside the Greenwood Shop

thumb|240px|TTC's Greenwood Shop located at the complex

The Greenwood Yard (also known as the Greenwood Complex) is a rail yard with support buildings that service subway vehicles on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway.

Greenwood is one of two subway yards on Line 2, the other being the much smaller Keele Subway Yard.

Site

Spanning , the Greenwood Yard is located at 400 Greenwood Avenue, on the west side of Greenwood south of Danforth Avenue. The site is bordered on the west, north and east sides by residential areas, and on the south side by a railway line.

The yard contains five buildings, two of which are the General Overhaul and Repair Shop (a.k.a. Greenwood Shop) with a floor space of , and the carhouse for inspection, minor repairs and washing.

The Greenwood Yard also performed heavy maintenance on the S series ICTS cars from Line 3 Scarborough that could not be completed at the McCowan Yard. As the gauge and technology differed between lines 2 and 3, ICTS cars had to be transported by truck to Greenwood for major maintenance work.

Greenwood Yard, like other active Toronto Transit Commission yards, operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Yard activity is minimal during the peak service periods when many trains are in revenue service. The yard is particularly busy in the evening and early morning hours to service and maintain the subway fleet after which the trains are put into position to go into service in the morning.

In May 1965, the Greenwood Yard was put into partial service for some repair work. Heavy maintenance of subway bogies was transferred from the Hillcrest Complex to Greenwood.

When it opened, the yard had a railway siding and some four rail, dual gauge ( and ) track for the delivery of subway cars from the manufacturer. By 2016, the standard gauge siding had been severed from both the yard and the railway mainline.

Future

Plans for the current yard to be used for the Relief Line involved T1 cars being moved to the new Kipling Yard.

References

  • - 2015 video published by TTC