Toronto Streetcars

Toronto, Canada's commercial capital and largest city, has the most extensive trolley car system in North America. Electric trolley car service began in Toronto in 1892 replacing horse drawn service by 1894. The city has been consistently noted for obtaining modern trolley cars such as the streamlined Presidents' Conference Committee trolley cars that were introduced in 1938 followed by the modern Canadian light rail vehicles and Canadian articulated light rail vehicles for its well maintained system. This book is a photographic essay documenting Toronto's extensive trolley car system that during 2012 on an average Monday to Friday work day carried an average of 285,000 passengers with its 11 routes, 671 stops, and 247 cars. From the urban residential area of Kingston Road to the commercial district of Spadina Avenue where between King and Bloor Streets there is a trolley car in peak periods every 2 to 3 minutes, this book provides an insight to an amazing trolley car system.