Toronto Street Railways

Toronto Street Railways

After the Williams Omnibus Bus Line had become heavily loaded in 1861, the city of Toronto issued a transit franchise (Resolution 14, By-law 353) for a street railway. The winner was Alexander Easton's Toronto Street Railways which opened the first street railway line in Canada on September 11, 1861, operating from Yorkville Town Hall to the St. Lawrence Market. The second line was on Queen Street. On other routes, the TSR continued to operate omnibuses. By 1868 the railway passed into the hands of the bondholders, and in 1869 the company was sold. In 1873 a new act of incorporation was obtained under the old name.

In 1874 extensions were made, and new cars were ordered. New lines were added until the 30-year franchise expired on March 26, 1891. The City operated the system briefly, but soon elected to pass on the rights to a new company, the Toronto Railway Company on September 1, 1891 for another thirty years.

Under the TRC, the first electric cars were run on August 15, 1892, and horsecars were last operated August 31, 1894. [cite journal|last=Pursley|first=Louis H.|title=Street Railways of Toronto, 1861-1921|pages=15|journal=Interurbans|volume=25|year=1958]

Routes

* St Lawrence Hall-Yorkville
* Yonge
* Queen
* Front
* Sherbourne
* Carlton
* St Lawrence Market-Woodbine
* Dovercourt-McCaul
* North Toronto-Union Station
* King
* Bloor
* Spadina

Roster

As for the cars, they were built mostly in-house or by carriage makers of their day. In the first year the TSR had only 11 horse cars on roster. Before the end of the franchise, the TSR had 262 cars, 100 omnibuses, 100 sleighs and 1,356 horses:

tables/Carhouse

* 165 Front Street East (near St Lawrence Market) stables - now a Young People's Theatre 1886-1887

* Yorkville Stables
* 132 Front Street East 1880; demolished 1979

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