Tags: Public Transit System.
The Toronto Railway Company (TRC) was the first operator of horseless streetcars in Toronto.Formed by a partnership between James Ross and William Mackenzie a 30-year franchise was granted in 1891 to modernize transit operations after a previous 30 year franchise that saw horse car service from the Toronto Street Railways (TSR). At the end of the TSR franchise the city ran the railway for eight months but ended up granting another 30-year franchise to a private operator the TRC.
