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Toronto Railway Company Belt Line
The Toronto Railway Company Belt Line was a streetcar route that operated in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The route was created by the Toronto Railway Company in 1891 and taken over by the Toronto Transportation Commission in 1921, which cancelled the route in 1923 as part of its reorganization of streetcar routes. The Belt Line operated on a rectangular route over four streets: King Street, Spadina Avenue, Bloor Street and Sherbourne Street. Belt Line streetcars operated in both directions over this circular route, which had no terminals. Timeline On November 16, 1891, the Belt Line began operation as a horsecar line. The Toronto Railway Company created the route by amalgamating pre-existing horsecar services operating along Spadina Avenue, Bloor Street and Sherbourne Street. The new route was popular: it operated late at night and often required extra trips. There was still a separate Bloor route that operated west of Spadina Avenue, and entered downtown via Spadina Avenue, Que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Belt Line Railway And The Belt Line Streetcar Route
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
