Toronto and York Radial Railway
Electric interurban railway in Toronto, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Toronto and York Radial Railway was a transit operator providing services to the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was a subsidiary of the Toronto Railway Company.[1] The company was created by merging four Toronto-area interurban operations. The company was part of the empire of railway entrepreneurs Sir William Mackenzie and Donald Mann which included the Canadian Northern Railway and the parent Toronto Railway Company. The line was abandoned by the TTC in 1948.
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Headquarters | Toronto |
Locale | Toronto |
Dates of operation | 1904–1921 (T&YRR) 1922–1927 (HER) 1927–1948 (TTC) |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm) 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Electrification | Trolley wire, 550-600 V DC |
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