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commuter railway to connect these new suburban areas to the city. A pamphlet by the Toronto Belt Land Corporation described the railway's mission as: "to economize time by rapid transit, and to carry men, women and children with comfort, safety and speed beyond the cramped and crowded city to the airy uplands; whence having enjoyed the rest and refreshment of commodious homes and spacious grounds, they can return on the morrow to renew, with quickened energies, the task of life." The railway was to support a suburban lifestyle.
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country was experiencing a financial depression in the 1890s. The success of the enterprise depended on the rapid development of suburban properties and a monopoly of transportation service to the developing areas. The drive to develop the new communities was blunted by the depression of 1893, and it took longer to open up the new neighbourhoods than the developers had hoped. Also, electric streetcars of the
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In 1910, the Grand Trunk Railway rebuilt the portion of the Don Loop between Fairbank Junction and Mount Pleasant Road for freight service to support the delivery of fuel and building supplies by rail for use in residential areas neighbouring the eastern end of the spur. The tracks on the steep grade
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By 1891, 90 workers were building the Don Loop east of Yonge Street and 140 workers to the west. Passenger service first began on July 30, 1892 under the full control of the Grand Trunk Railway. Six trains per day (reduced to three per day in July 1894) were operated in both directions on each of the
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The service east of Yonge Street bridge was terminated in the 1960s, when that bridge was closed. The last commercial organization to use the spur east of Yonge Street was Dominion Coal, whose coal silos were built in 1928. The switch connecting the spur to the unloading siding was removed when the
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The railway ceased on November 17, 1894, after 870 days of passenger service. The railway had never made a profit. There were a number of reasons: the fare prices were too high at the time (5 cents per station to a maximum fare of 25 cents), there were insufficient population and ridership, and the
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In the 1970s, CNR tried to sell the right-of-way of the former Don Loop for housing since the land was quite valuable. Most homeowners adjacent to the line wished to buy the land to extend their backyards. A local citizen, Esther Carin, successfully lobbied city council to turn the section east of
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The cost of railway construction was $ 462,000, much higher than investors had expected. There were also lawsuits over land acquisitions and difficult negotiations with the City over access through the Don Valley. The real estate boom busted before the railway could be completed, which resulted in
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lines to promote and service new suburban neighbourhoods outside of the then city limits. Both lines were laid as loops. The longer Don Loop ran north of the city limits, and the shorter Humber Loop ran west of the city limits. The railway was never profitable and ran for only two years. Today, as
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As a result of a booming real estate market in the late 1880s, two related companies were founded. The Toronto Belt Land Corporation was incorporated on July 16, 1889 to subdivide and sell land in the new suburbs, and the Toronto Belt Line Railway Company was founded on March 23, 1889 to build a
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The party first inspected the beautiful new passenger coaches. These cars are modelled upon those in use in the elevated railway in New York, with some improvements. ... The rich rolling landscape stretched all the way to Yonge street, and the pioneer passengers were carried past Forest Hill,
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A 1921 engineering report noted that few sections of the Humber Loop had good track in place. Wooden bridges had deteriorated. Adjacent homeowners had extended their back yards onto the right-of-way. There were municipal seizures because of defaulting on tax payments.
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led a group of investors to develop suburban lands and build a railway to service these proposed suburban residential developments. The company would promote properties in Moore Park, Forest Hill, Fairbank and Fairbank Junction, areas along the Belt Line.
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According to Lyman B. Jackes, there was a spur line north of St. Clair Avenue to link the two loops so that Belt Line trains could operate from one loop to the other. However, according to R.L. Kennedy, such a connection was proposed but never built.
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between 1925 and 1931. The Canadian National Railway used part of the Humber Loop, which became the Lambton Spur, to service local industries until about 1960-1970, with the final segment from Weston Road to Symes Road closing on February 26, 1980.
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had a large station that was more ornate than the others. John T. Moore, a vice-president of the railway and an owner of property adjacent to the station, paid $ 300 for the extra ornamentation. Moore Park Station was demolished by
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with railway running beneath the bridge over the ravine. The wooden bridge was condemned as unsafe by 1951 and has since been replaced. A newer steel truss pedestrian bridge now crosses the ravine.
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two loops. The heaviest usage was excursion travel on Sundays. The line used five 4-4-2 tank steam locomotives built at the GTR's Point St. Charles shops. According to an August 1892 article in
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After passenger trains had stopped operating, parts of the Don Loop sat unused for several years. In 1906, the relatively short section in the Don Valley south of Winchester St. (across from
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Eglinton avenue and new Upper canada College, which has a neat little station for itself. The massive masonry supporting the steel girder over Yonge street was highly approved of...
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All the stations listed below were used by the Belt Line, but those marked "(TBL)" (and perhaps a few others along other GTR lines) were used exclusively by Belt Line trains.
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However, a severe real estate downturn doomed the project. A pay-by-distance-traveled fare system, which increased by five cents for every station passed, didn't help.
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St. Clair (TBL) - large station located west of Jane Street at the point north of St. Clair Avenue where the line bends entering/leaving the Humber River valley.
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The stations built for Belt Line passengers were of a standard design with two variations, large and small size. The station size if known is indicated.
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The location of Yonge station does not show clearly on this copy of the map from the City of Toronto archives; look for the word fragment "ION".
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The smaller Humber Loop headed west along the northwest rail corridor of the Grand Trunk Railway through Parkdale. It turned west just north of
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Figure 4 in the book show a Belt Line railway station at the bridge under Eglinton Avenue between today's Spadina Road and Chaplin Crescent.
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Don Station (TBL) - a small station located at the south side of Queen Street on the east side of the tracks; not the same building as the
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Opened in 1892, the railway lasted only two years as the expected residential development in the north of the city didn't materialize.
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opened at Yonge Street. The Belt Line spur was used to deliver new subway cars on flat cars to the upper Davisville Yard until the
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Here is a list of stations along the Don Loop listed in counterclockwise order. None of the Belt Line stations exists today.
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Rosedale Station (TBL) - located near today's Bayview Avenue interchange to the Don Valley Parkway and Bloor Street.
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into a walking trail. The land was purchased by the city in 1972 as part of a land swap with CN that included the
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West. There, it turned west again before returning to Union Station via the Grand Trunk Railway line (today's
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A segment of the Belt Line Railway : an inventory and analysis of its development potential for bikeways
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Russell, C.H. 1996. Tightening the belt: a history of the Toronto Belt Line Railway. Box 207158, Folio 1.
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Douglas N W, Smith, "By Rail, Road and Water to Gananoque", Pictures: Pages72, 104. Trackside Canada, 1995
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Here is a list of bridges along the Don Loop in counterclockwise order. The linked photos come from the
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My dearest wife : the private and public lives of James David Edgar and Matilda Ridout Edgar
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Mount Pleasant bridge over the Belt Line was rebuilt in 1976. The silos were demolished in 2001.
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Upper Canada College Station (TBL) - a small station located near Avenue Road between
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The History of the Toronto Belt Line & the Toronto Belt Line Land Corporation
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Remembering the Don: A Rare Record of Earlier Times Within the Don River Valley
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This article is about Toronto's historic railway. For the streetcar route, see
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Here is what is probably a partial list of stations used by the Humber Loop.
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Swansea (TBL) - located near where the Humber River flows into Lake Ontario.
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Fairbank Junction - where the Belt Line joined the Grand Trunk Railway line.
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The railway consisted of two separate loops, both starting and ending at
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at Merton Street; also called the Merton Street Station in some sources.
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bankruptcy for the company. The Belt Line was then taken over by the
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Inspection of the New Toronto Suburban Line by the G.T.R. Officers
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The Grand Trunk Railway went bankrupt in 1923 and became part of
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on its west side before journeying up a steep grade through the
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Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
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Part of the right-of-way of the Humber Loop was used by the
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An Act to incorporate the Toronto Belt Line Railway Company
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Moore Park Station (TBL) - located south of Moore Avenue,
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The article is reproduced in a book described at the url.
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Eglinton Station (TBL) - located on the south side of
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Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company
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The bridge still exists for trail users. 394:is a 9 km walking and cycling trail. 152:lies on the right-of-way of the Don Loop. 444:later in 1896 to replace the TBL station. 423:- located at Station Street; not today's 1636:Railway companies disestablished in 1894 1386:Central Ravines, Belt Line & Gardens 1368:. Consolidated Amethyst Communications. 1222:. Toronto Railway Historical Association 986:. Toronto Railway Historical Association 898:. Toronto Public Library. pp. 56–57 297:) was used as part of a new line by the 1168: 810: 808: 806: 659: 576:, railway underpass near Merton Avenue. 516:Unknown Station at connection with CPR. 1666:Canadian companies established in 1892 1646:Canadian National Railway subsidiaries 1414:Toronto Belt Land Corporation (1891). 952:. Boston Mills Press. pp. 80–81. 896:"Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park" 26: 1631:Railway companies established in 1892 228:Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway 7: 503:Fairbank Station (TBL) - located at 1641:Passenger rail transport in Toronto 568:Clarence Avenue/Heath Street bridge 532:Parkdale - located at Queen Street. 408:None of the stations exists today. 1434:"The beltline trail keeps growing" 14: 1671:Standard gauge railways in Canada 1661:1894 disestablishments in Ontario 1444:from the original on 2015-01-19. 648:List of defunct Canadian railways 433:Berkeley Street on the Esplanade. 18:Toronto Railway Company Belt Line 1340:Akler, H., and S.B. Hood. 2003. 627: 613: 37: 1590:Toronto and York Radial Railway 1397:Schabas, Jake (July 16, 2009). 1293:"Toronto Belt Line Railway Map" 430:Church Street on the Esplanade. 384:Metro Toronto Convention Centre 1656:1892 establishments in Ontario 717:From horse power to horsepower 136:, Canada. 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Index

Toronto Railway Company Belt Line
Beltline

Toronto
Ontario
Track gauge
standard gauge
Toronto
Ontario
commuter
railway
rails-to-trails
Beltline Trail
Union Station
Grand Trunk Railway
The Esplanade
Don River
Don Valley Brick Works
Moore Park Ravine
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Yonge Street
Eglinton Avenue
Barrie line
St. Clair Avenue
Lambton Mills
Humber River
High Park
Lake Ontario
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway
James David Edgar

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