Toronto Civic Railways

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Toronto Civic Railways (TCR) was an agency created and owned by the City of Toronto, Canada, to run streetcars in areas that the private operator Toronto Railway Company refused to serve. When the Toronto Railway Company's franchise expired in 1921, its services were combined with those of the Toronto Civic Railways, and assumed by the new Toronto Transportation Commission.

1 Routes
2 Facilities
3 Fleet
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Routes

The routes of the Toronto Civic Railways included:

Danforth Division (service began in 1913) (now served by the Bloor-Danforth subway)
Gerrard (service began in 1912)
Bloor West Division (service began in 1915) (now served by the Bloor-Danforth subway)
St. Clair Division (service began in 1913) (now served by the 512 St. Clair streetcar)
Lansdowne (service began in 1917)

[edit] Facilities

Facilities of the TCR:

St Clair Carhouse (St. Clair and Christie)
T&YRR Deer Park Carhouse
Station Street Carhouse
GTR Davenport Station
Danforth Carhouse (1915)
Hanson Street Yard (Hanson and Coxwell)
Gerrard Street Yard and Carhouse
T&YRR Walter Station and Carhouse
Indian Road Carhouse

Management of the TCR:

Ronald Caldwell Harris, GM 1912-1921

[edit] Fleet

Like those of the Toronto Railway Company, the streetcars were all made of wood.

**Product list and details (date information from TTC)**
Make/Model	Description	Fleet size	Year acquired	Year retired	Notes
McGuire-Cummings Manufacturing Company (Paris, Illinois) DE DT M	double end double truck closed electric streetcar	N/A	N/A	N/A	later reclassified as 1-4 Group A (later TTC Class I)
Niles Car and Manufacturing Company (Niles, Ohio) DE DT M	double end double truck closed electric streetcar	# 110-119	N/A	N/A	later classified as Group B (later TTC Class H, H1, H3)
Preston Car Company (Preston, Ontario) DE-DT-M	double end double truck closed electric streetcar	N/A	N/A	N/A	later reclassified as 50-57 Group D (later TTC Class F)
James Crossan-Cobourg Car Works (Cobourg, Ontario) Birney	double end single truck closed streetcar	(60-84)	N/A	N/A	later acquired by the Toronto Transportation Commission