Toronto and York Radial Railway (English Wikipedia)

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John F. Bromley and Jack May (1973). 50 Years of Progressive Transit. Electric Railroaders' Association. pp. 39. ISBN 9781550024487. Retrieved 2016-08-31.

"The Metropolitan Electric Railway". Canadian Electrical News and Steam Engineering Journal. Vol. 13, no. 6. Toronto. June 1903. Retrieved March 11, 2019.

"Toronto and York Radial Railway Group". Toronto and York Radial Railway Group on facebook. Retrieved March 11, 2019. Yes, all the Toronto lines ran at 500 to 600V DC with one exception. The Toronto Suburban line to Guelph ran on 1500V DC from Keele and St Clair until it hit the streets of Gur...streets of Guelph on its way to the GT/CN station. For that short distance, it ran on the city system voltage of 500 to 600 Volts. It was not considered good practice to have 1500V over city streets in case the overhead came down but there were some exceptions.

Robert M. Stamp (1989). Riding the Radials, Toronto's Suburban Electric Streetcar Lines. The Boston Mills Press. ISBN 1-55046-008-0. Retrieved 2016-04-16. Chapter 5 - The Toronto & York Radial Railway
Robert M. Stamp (1989). Riding the Radials, Toronto's Suburban Electric Streetcar Lines. The Boston Mills Press. ISBN 1-55046-008-0. Retrieved 2016-04-16. Chapter 7 - Tommy Church vs. William Mackenzie
Robert M. Stamp (1989). Riding the Radials, Toronto's Suburban Electric Streetcar Lines. The Boston Mills Press. ISBN 1-55046-008-0. Retrieved 2016-04-16. Chapter 8 - Hydro Radials, Clean-Up Deals, and Waterfront Grabs
Robert M. Stamp (1989). Riding the Radials, Toronto's Suburban Electric Streetcar Lines. The Boston Mills Press. ISBN 1-55046-008-0. Retrieved 2016-04-16. Chapter 9 - Who Wants to Run the Radials?
John F. Bromley (1979). TTC '28; the electric railway services of the Toronto Transportation Commission in 1928. Upper Canada Railway Society. pp. 10–12: The Radial Network, pp. 14: TTC Freight Operations. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
Robert M. Stamp (1989). Riding the Radials, Toronto's Suburban Electric Streetcar Lines. The Boston Mills Press. ISBN 1-55046-008-0. Retrieved 2016-04-16. Chapter 2 - The Mighty Metropolitan Moves North