Yonge streetcar line
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Beginning operation in 1861, the Yonge streetcar line was the first streetcar line in Toronto and the first in Canada. It started off as a horsecar line and closed in 1954 operating two-unit trains of Peter Witt motors pulling a trailer. Under the Toronto Transportation Commission, the Yonge line was the busiest and most congested streetcar line in the city leading to its replacement in 1954 by the Yonge Subway line, also Toronto's first and the first in Canada.
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Status | discontinued |
Locale | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
First service | 1861 |
Last service | 1954 |
Successor | Yonge subway line |
Former operator(s) | Toronto Street Railway (1861-1891) Toronto Railway Company (1891-1921) Toronto Transportation Commission (1921-1954) Radial operators: Metropolitan Street Railway (1885-1904) Toronto and York Radial Railway(1904-1922) Hydro-Electric Railways (1922-1927) Toronto Transportation Commission (1927-1948) |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm) Toronto gauge |
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