Turn-of-Century Tracks Block Yonge Street Construction

Workers carrying out the improvements to Yonge Street unearthed a bit of local history Tuesday when they ran into railway tracks dating back to the days when trolley cars ran through town.

Traffic was down to one lane northbound at Crosby Avenue Tuesday while crews dug out the heavy iron rails which carried trains through Richmond Hill between York Mills and Sutton.

The workers were laying the conduit for the new traffic signals at Crosby Avenue when "without any warning they ran smack into the old railway tracks," transit co-ordinator Bud Newton said.

Mr. Newton noted that there are several more sidestreets where conduits will have to be laid across the road, but he hoped they wouldn't hit any more tracks. He noted that there were no tracks at the corner of Wright and Dunlop streets.

The Liberal,August 24, 1988