Here in Toronto, we have "The Red Rocket" - our trolleys, or streetcars, as we like to call them.



Transportation in Toronto was originally a privately-owned service that began in 1849.


In later years, a few routes were operated by the city, but it was in 1921 when the city took over all routes and formed the Toronto Transportation Commission to operate them.
During this period service was mainly provided by streetcars.


In 1954, the TTC opened its first subway line, and greatly expanded its service area to cover the newly formed municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.


There are three subway lines and one rapid transit line with a total of 69 stations, as well as 149 connecting "surface" routes, consisting of buses and streetcars.
One of these days, the folks who plan and operate this system will pull themselves out of the seventies, and expand the system so that it serves more Torontonians.