Toronto Railway Company
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The Toronto Railway Company was the first operator of horseless streetcars in Toronto. The franchise was granted in 1891 and help modernize transit operations after years of sub-standard service from the Toronto Street Railways. However, the City fought with the TRC to establish routes beyond the then city limits. Despite the establishment on the city owned Toronto Civic Railways, the TRC continue to be the main transit operator until the Toronto Transportation Commission was created in 1921.
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[edit] Subway
The TRC had a proposal for a subway like line under Queen Street using streetcars, but the idea died after a city vote rejected the proposal in 1910.
The proposed system consisted of three underground routes:
- Queen Street
- Roncesvalles Avenue
- Landsdowne Avenue
- Dufferin Street
- Dundas Street
- Bathurst Street
- Yonge Street
- Sherbourne Avenue
- Broadview Avenue
- Pape Avenue
- Coxwell Avenue
- Bloor Street
- Roncesvalles Avenue
- Dovercourt
- Bathurst Street
- Yonge Street
- Sherbourne Avenue
- Broadview Avenue
- Yonge Street (Rapid Transit Subway)
- Front Street
- City Hall
- Dundas Street
- Bloor Street
- station south of Davenport
- station north of Davenport
- station south of St. Clair Avenue
- St. Clair Avenue
These routes would connect with surface streetcar routes and radial railways.
The TRC planned had surface routes would connect between the subway routes.
[edit] Routes
- Queen-High Park
- Church
- Carlton-College
- Yonge
- Belt Line
- Bloor-McCaul
- Avenue Road
- Dundas
- College-Yonge
- Bathurst
- Wincester
- Parliament
- Broadview
[edit] Roster
The TRC streetcars were made of wood and earlier cars were likely built in house at their car works at Front and Frederick Streets:
- TRC SE-ST-T
- James Crossan-Cobourg Car Works (Cobourg ON) SE-ST-M
- TRC DE-DT-T
- TRC SE-DT-M
- Preston Car Company Birney Car
- St. Louis Car Company Preston car - later as Toronto Transportation Commission W28 Rail Grinder
