Toronto in 1954 and the building of the Yonge subway line, the Toronto Transportation Commission was renamed the Toronto Transit Commission. Streetcar The Toronto Transportation Commission was mainly a streetcar operator and this remained the core operations before 1954: All remaining Toronto Railway Company cars as of 1921 and all Toronto Civic Railways cars as of 1921 was absorbed into the TTC. Some older wooden cars were retired due to wear and replaced by Peter Witt orders. Buses Buses are a large part of the TTC operations today, but before the 1960s they played a lesser role to streetcar operations. Bus service in Toronto started in 1921, but it was not until the creation of the TTC that buses become a part of public transit. There were a few independent bus operators that continued to provide inter-urban bus services: Hollinger Bus Lines (East York and Scarborough 1921–1954) Danforth Bus Lines (Scarborough, North York and York 1926–1954) West York Coach Lines (York, Etobicoke and Malton 1946–1954) Roseland Bus Lines (York, Weston-Woodbridge 1925–1954) Here is a list of historic and current buses used by the old TTC: Suburban and inter-urban buses Gray Coach Lines was suburban bus operator founded in 1927 by the Toronto Transit Commission. Gray Coach used inter-urban coaches to link Toronto to outlying areas throughout Southern Ontario. In addition, Gray Coach operated tour bus operations in association with Gray Line tours. The main terminal was at the Toronto Bus Terminal on Elizabeth Street, downtown. Here is a list of historic and current buses used by the Gray Coach: Trolley bus lines The TTC once operated trolley buses on 10 routes, mostly on downtown routes and a few in the northern limits of the City of Toronto. The first route began operation with four buses on June 19, 1922, from a shed on Merton St. This early trolley coach operation was replaced by a streetcar line. In later years, many of these routes replaced streetcar routes, using the old overhead power system which was adapted to dipole service. The buses consisted of a standard bus platform with electric motors with two trolley poles connected to electrical lines above. Routes served by trolley buses included: 4 Annette 6 Bay 40 Junction 47 Lansdowne 61 Nortown (later 61/103) 63 Ossington 74 Mt. Pleasant 89 Weston 97 Yonge Island Ferry In 1926, the City of Toronto purchased the ferry services operated by the