Toronto Suburban Railway

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The Toronto Suburban Railway was an electric railway operator with local routes and interurban routes connecting from Toronto to various points in Southern Ontario.

[edit] Routes

• Toronto-Weston From Keele and Dundas north to Weston.
• Toronto-Davenport Keele and Dundas north to St. Clair, then east, and along Davenport to Bathurst St.
• Toronto-Lambton From Keele and Dundas west on Dundas to Lambton.
• Toronto-Woodbridge From Keele and Dundas north to Weston and Woodbridge.
• Toronto-Cresent Route Short local route west and south from Keele and Dundas. Short-lived.

and later:

• Toronto-Guelph From Keele and Dundas (later Keele and St. Clair) to Guelph.

The railway began in 1894 as Toronto Suburban Street Railway, a merger of the City and Suburban Electric Railway Company and the Davenport Street Railway. In 1900 it changed its name to Toronto Suburban Railway (TSR). It was taken over by Canadian National Railways in 1911. Routes inside the city were taken over by the Toronto Transportation Commission in 1923. Outside the city, the Guelph line and the Woodbridge extension to the Weston Road line were abandoned early. The TTC did upgrade the city routes, and operated Lambton Weston and Davenport lines for some years, connecting them with the St.Clair and Dundas routes.

A small part of the Guelph line's right-of-way is operated as the Halton County Radial Railway museum. Much of the right-of-way between Limehouse and Guelph is maintained as the Guelph Hiking Trail.

A power house on Weston Road is now a lumber store.

[edit] Roster

[edit] See also

• Toronto and York Radial Railway

[edit] References

• Toronto Suburban Railway 24. Edmonton Radial Railway Society. Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
• Wyatt, David A.. History of Regional Transit in Toronto, Ontario. Retrieved on 2007-07-21.