Toronto Railway Company
E31996
The Toronto Railway Company was a private streetcar operator that ran Toronto’s electric tram system in the late 19th and early 20th centuries before public transit was municipalized.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Toronto Street Railway | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct company
ⓘ
public transport company ⓘ streetcar operator ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| fareSystem | urban streetcar fares ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Toronto ⓘ |
| industry |
public transportation
ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| modeOfTransport |
streetcar
ⓘ
tram ⓘ |
| municipalizationOutcome | operations taken over by public authority ⓘ |
| operatedBy | private sector ⓘ |
| operatedInCity | Toronto ⓘ |
| operatedInCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| operatedInfrastructure |
electric tram lines in Toronto
ⓘ
streetcar tracks in Toronto ⓘ |
| operatedInProvinceOrState | Ontario ⓘ |
| operatedSystem |
Toronto streetcar system
ⓘ
Toronto streetcar system ⓘ
surface form:
Toronto tramway network
|
| ownership | private company ⓘ |
| powered | electric streetcars ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Toronto Railway Company
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Toronto Street Railway
|
| primaryServiceArea |
Toronto
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Toronto
|
| publicTransitRole | major provider of transit in Toronto ⓘ |
| replaced | horse-drawn streetcars in Toronto ⓘ |
| serviceType |
public transport
ⓘ
urban transit ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Toronto Transit Commission
ⓘ
Toronto Transit Commission ⓘ
surface form:
Toronto Transportation Commission
|
| tractionType | electric ⓘ |
| transitionedTo | municipal public transit system in Toronto ⓘ |
| transportMode | light rail ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Toronto Street Railway