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==Track<span id="Track"></span>== <!--Linked to from [[Railway electrification system#Five rail system]] That section no longer exists--> Line 3 used 5-rail track, which a TTC document describes as follows: {{blockquote|Track is the 5 rail system on direct fixation and car is powered by an induction or "[[reaction rail]]" situated between the running rails at the same top of rail elevation. There are two side contacting power rails +300V and −300V respectively situated a distance of about 14 in. from the closest gauge line of one running rail.<ref name="TTC-2015-04-28">{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/TTC_Business/Materials_and_procurement/Ads_PandS/PDF%20Files/Request%20for%20Information%20Rail%20Mailing%20Services%20-%20R31CA15135.pdf |title=Request for Information (RFI) For Rail Milling Services RFI No. R31CA15135 |publisher=[[Toronto Transit Commission]] |date=April 28, 2015 |access-date=June 8, 2017 |archive-date=October 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014083958/https://www.ttc.ca/TTC_Business/Materials_and_procurement/Ads_PandS/PDF%20Files/Request%20for%20Information%20Rail%20Mailing%20Services%20-%20R31CA15135.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>}} The two power rails of 300 volts positive DC and the other of 300 volts negative DC together produced 600 volts.<ref name="TT-5107">{{cite web |url=http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5107.shtml |title=The Scarborough Rapid Transit Line |website=Transit Toronto |first=James |last=Bow |date=June 3, 2017 |access-date=June 8, 2017 |archive-date=March 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327183229/http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5107.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> Line 3 tracks used standard gauge rather than the broader [[Toronto gauge]]<!--Don't bypass redirect per [[WP:NOTBROKEN]]--> used on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth, as the ICTS design for the line would not allow for the interchange of rail equipment between lines 2 and 3 even if they were both the same gauge.<ref name="tt-4002">{{cite web |url=http://transit.toronto.on.ca/streetcar/4002.shtml |title=Frequently Asked Questions About Toronto's Streetcars |work=Transit Toronto |access-date=May 4, 2014 |archive-date=July 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711194448/http://transit.toronto.on.ca/streetcar/4002.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref>
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