508 Lake Shore

The 508 Lake Shore is an east-west streetcar route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. The route serves the downtown financial district from the western limit of the city, and operates as a rush hour service only. The route shares much of its track with the 501 Queen and 504 King routes, following in the path of the 501 from the Long Branch Loop along Lake Shore Boulevard West and The Queensway as far as Roncesvalles Avenue, where it turns from Queen Street on to 504 King Street tracks. The route terminates at Parliament St in the morning and in the afternoon returns from Church Street.

There are only three eastbound trips during the morning rush hour and four westbound trips in the afternoon rush hour from Monday to Friday; all other service on Lake Shore Boulevard is provided by 501 Queen. To get to the start of the afternoon route, 508 streetcars operate eastward on King Street from the Roncesvalles carhouse to Church Street, where they loop on the streets to commence the scheduled westbound service.

The western terminus at the Long Branch Loop is adjacent to Long Branch GO Station which is served by GO Transit’s Lakeshore West line. Connections can also be made at the loop with MiWay services.