Mimico - Port Credit streetcar
Early in the 20th Century there was a Mimico - Port Credit streetcar.[1][2][3] The line ran from the west bank of the Humber River to the east bank of the Credit River. It was originally planned to run all the way to Hamilton, Ontario.
The Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company was incorporated to build and operate the line to serve lakeshore communities west of Toronto.[1] It secured the passage of Provincial and County statutes to expropriate land for stations and rights of way. Construction started in 1891, but by 1893 the route had only been built from Queen Street and Roncesvalles Avenue to Humber Bay, before its funds were exhausted. The Company ws then acquired by William MacKenzie, and construction continued westward, through Mimico, New Toronto, reaching Long Branch in 1895.
In 1903 the Company was authorized to expand further west, and connect with other railways.[1] It changed its gauge from the unique Toronto broad gauge to standard gauge. It reached an agreement with the Hamilton Radial Electric Railway to connect Hamilton and Toronto
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 James Bow (2012-04-03). "Route 507 - The Long Branch Streetcar (Deceased)". Transit Toronto. Archived from the original on 2013-02-26. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftransit.toronto.on.ca%2Fstreetcar%2F4111.shtml&date=2013-02-26. "In 1903, the Toronto and Mimico railroad received permission to extend its operation further west, to Hamilton, and to connect with other railways."
- ↑ John F. Bromley, Jack May (1973). "Fifty years of progressive transit: a history of the Toronto Transit Commission". Electric Railroaders' Association. p. 41-42,56. http://books.google.ca/books?ei=X3YqUaDFO4msqAHssIHgAQ&id=rug6AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22long+branch%22+streetcar+loop&q=%22long+branch%22+#search_anchor. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
- ↑ "Midwest Railroader". Midwest Railroader. 1957. p. lxxxiv. http://books.google.ca/books?ei=X3YqUaDFO4msqAHssIHgAQ&id=5G4lAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22long+branch%22+streetcar+loop&q=%22port+credit%22#search_anchor. Retrieved 2013-02-26. "At Humber Loop Queen cars connect with Long Branch cars which continue on through suburban Mimico and Long Branch almost to Port Credit 12 miles out."
- ↑ Terry Miller (2010-04-23). "A streetcar to Port Credit: An old idea is new again" (in English). Brampton Guardian. Archived from the original on 2013-02-26. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bramptonguardian.com%2Fopinion%2Fcolumns%2Farticle%2F804688--a-streetcar-to-port-credit-an-old-idea-is-new-again&date=2013-02-26. Retrieved 2012-11-.
