Toronto Suburban Railway

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

Routes

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, by the City of Toronto in 1923, and by the Toronto Transportation Commission in 1927. It was later abandoned as the TTC focused on operations within Toronto city limits.

A small part of the railway'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.

Roster

Product list and details (date information from TTC)
 Make/Model   Description   Fleet size   Year acquired   Year retired   Notes 
Preston Car and Coach electric streetcar N/A N/A N/A Car 24 was later operated as CNR car in Fort William, Ontario

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