The Hamilton Radial Electric Railway (HRER) was an interurban electric railway which at its maximum extent operated between Hamilton and Oakville in Ontario , Canada .
65-546: Between March 3, 1906, and August 3, 1925, the Hamilton Radial Electric Railway was at its maximum length of 34.6 kilometres (21.5 mi), extending from Hamilton Terminal Station to Randall Street in Oakville. From Hamilton Terminal at King and Catherine Streets, the line went via street trackage east along King Street East, north on Sanford Street and east on Wilson Street to Birch Avenue. On
130-518: A 2.7-kilometre (1.7 mi) pedestrian and bicycle pathway. The trail includes the grade up the escarpment where there is a cut leaving a stone face on either side. The path of the former railway track is lost at the Highway 403 interchange at Mohawk Road, but can be picked up again as the Radial Right of Way Ancaster at the west end of Hiawatha Boulevard. The trail terminates at Wilson Street in
195-838: A bus wash facility and offices. In January 2023, HSR posted bid documents; it hopes to open the new facility in 2024 to supplement the overcrowded Mountain Transit Centre. Most bus routes in Hamilton operate all of the week, from early morning to late at a night, or past midnight. Headways mostly range from between 6 and 30 minutes, and most routes being 20 minutes or better on weekdays, usually between 12 and 20 minutes frequencies, depending on time of day. On weekends, frequencies are reduced, and services are usually altered or unavailable on holidays. There are some special bus routes that only operate during certains times of year, enter Burlington, or otherwise operate in different ways from
260-604: A deal had been made and that there would be a return to regular service on November 17, 2023. The new 4-year contract was ratified by Local 107 members on November 23 with 81% voting in favour of the deal that in lieu of a changed wage offer, gave transit workers a one-time payment as well as benefit increases. 15. Enbridge Gas RNG Bus Trial: http://enbridgegas.mediaroom.com/2021-03-04-Enbridge-Gas-Partners-with-City-of-Hamilton-to-Fuel-Ontarios-First-Carbon-Negative-Bus Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway The Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway (B&H)
325-536: A distance of 4.8 kilometres (3 mi). At the end of horsecar operation, there were 5 horsecar routes, 19 kilometres (12 mi) of track, 45 horsecars, 9 sleighs and 160 horses. Fifteen of the horsecars would be converted into electric streetcars. The horsecar system had three barns: North Barn at Stuart and Bay Streets, East Barn at Sanford Avenue and King Street (built 1890) and South Barn at Herkimer and Locke Streets (built 1891). These three locations would continue to be used after electrification. On June 29, 1892,
390-728: A few months, a separate siding was built for B&H cars to lay over while the LE&;N switched freight cars. Circa 1921, the B&;H set up a freight station at Alfred Street in Brantford. It used the body of a box car with the platform being a flat car. On October 18, 1925, the B&H was interlined with the Hamilton Radial Electric Railway (HRER) so that trains ran from Burlington through to Brantford. This arrangement came to an end on January 5, 1929, when
455-552: A golf club and a sanitarium. The line reached the top of the escarpment near present-day Scenic Drive. The B&H passed through the communities of Ancaster, Alberton, Langford, and Cainsville. It entered Brantford on a private right-of-way running along Glenwood Drive paralleling a derelict canal. It terminated at the Lake Erie and Northern (LE&N) station at Lorne Bridge. The LE&N, an interurban that ran between Port Dover and Galt , shared its station in Brantford with
520-598: A green roof. HSR connects with GO Transit at Hamilton GO Centre , which serves as the terminus for four HSR routes (1, 2, 3, and 51). The station, located at 36 Hunter Street East, a few blocks south of King and James, is the terminus of the Lakeshore West railway line and express Highway 407 and Queen Elizabeth Way GO Buses. It is also the former home of the main Greyhound Lines bus stop, prior to Greyhound Canada's Canada-wide closure in 2021. It
585-824: A lesser extent in Burlington, where there was a branch line south on John Street serving two canneries. The HRER interchanged carload freight with the GTR in Hamilton and Burlington. It also handled express and package freight. The City of Hamilton would not permit the HRER to run freight cars along Sanford Avenue and King Street; combines with passenger seating were permitted on these streets but express cars for freight only were not. The Hamilton Radial Electric Railway received its provincial charter on March 24, 1893. Construction started on March 27, 1896. In August, 1896 two carhouses were built, one at Gore & Mary Streets in Hamilton, and
650-451: A passenger station and a freight station. There was a branch line for freight trains running south on John Street. Passenger trains turned north on John Street then east on James Street, and further east along New Street to the community of Port Nelson (near today's Guelph Line). After passing Port Nelson, the line followed the north side of New Street, and at Bronte switched to the south side of Rebecca Street.{rp|50–51} Continuing further east,
715-521: A private right-of-way, the line continued north on Birch Avenue and west Burlington Street to Kennilworth Avenue. At this point, the HRER left the tracks it shared with the Hamilton Street Railway . After crossing Kennilworth Avenue, the HRER curved north on a double-track private right-of-way to cross the isthmus that separates Hamilton Harbour from Lake Ontario . The Burlington Canal Bridge crosses its namesake canal which splits
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#1732787408028780-635: A result, the King-Barton route was split into the separate King and Barton routes. Trolley bus operation was eventually extended as far east as Donn Avenue in Stoney Creek . Trolley buses operated out of the Sanford facility which used to handle streetcars. Originally designated only by names, as in streetcar days, the three routes were later given numbers, 1 for the King route, 2 for Barton, and 3 for
845-513: A safe way for cyclists to ascend or descend the mountain, in order to encourage active transportation. Metrolinx , the provincial public transit agency, is planning a 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) light rail line along the Main/King corridor from McMaster University to Eastgate Square . The line will have 17 stops. Previously known as the B-Line, it is one of five BRT/LRT lines originating from
910-549: A second on Burlington Beach beside the HRER powerhouse. Trackwork was completed on September 4, 1896, to the end of the beach strip, and a first run for railway directors occurred on September 7. By November 7, service was extended to the Brant Hotel in Burlington. In early January 1898, service was further extended through the streets of Burlington along Maple Avenue, Elgin Street, John Street and James Street. In February 1901,
975-411: A single fare. Children ages 0 to 5 years old can ride fare-free when travelling with an accompanying paying adult. Children ages 6 to 12 and Hamilton senior residents aged 80 and over can ride fare-free only when travelling with a valid Presto card, for those who do not have a Presto card, they are required to pay a regular fare. HSR bus drivers and mechanics (800 employees as of 2019) are members of
1040-508: A subsidiary of HSR. HSR and CCL were purchased by the city of Hamilton in 1960. CCL was sold to Trentway-Wagar in 1993. In 1977, the Hamilton-Wentworth Region assumed ownership of HSR. In 2001, regional amalgamation placed ownership back with the city of Hamilton. The HSR operated horsecars from 1874 to 1892. In May 1874, the first horsecar ran south on James Street, then east on King Street to Wellington Street,
1105-518: A two-track interurban freight station was on that street's west side. In 1924, buses of Dominion Power subsidiaries started using the terminal, but loaded on Main Street. After interurbans were abandoned, the passenger station was renovated for buses. The station closed in 1955, and was later demolished. Today, its site is occupied by Terminal Towers. Trolley buses were used by the HSR from 1950 to 1992. The trolley bus system opened on December 10, 1950, and
1170-620: Is also the former Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway (TH&B) passenger station, and there is a small museum above the public concourse. HSR routes 2 and 4 also connect with GO at Barton Street & Nash Road in East Hamilton, where a GO bus travels between there and the Burlington GO Station. At the Mountain Transit Centre transfer point (served by route 27) and a contract with Blue Line Taxi,
1235-473: Is the public transport agency for Hamilton, Ontario . The name is a legacy of the company's early period, when public transit in Hamilton was primarily served by streetcars . Although streetcars are no longer used in the city today, the HSR operates bus and paratransit services, with a ridership of 21 million passengers a year. On March 29, 1873, the HSR was established after Ontario passed An Act to incorporate "The Hamilton Street Railway Company." It
1300-524: The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 107. The local does not represent those working on city's paratransit service, Disabled and Aged Regional Transportation System (DARTS), which is a separate, non-profit charitable organization that contracts with HSR. After regular collective bargaining talks broke down, ATU Local 107 workers went on strike at 12 am on November 9, 2023. The union cited wage increases that did not keep up with
1365-575: The BLAST network proposal, and the only one in active planning. As of 2023 , the operator of the future line is unknown and might not be HSR. For example, Keolis will operate and maintain the Hurontario LRT , another Metrolinx project, even though the local public transit operator in Mississauga is MiWay . In 2023, a concept plan to prepare the bus routes in the city for the addition of
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#17327874080281430-635: The Hamilton LRT project was presented. This plan was intended to feed LRT ridership, and the HSR will use this operations plan when the LRT is operational. HSR routes from downtown to the Mountain (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 33, and 35) currently use the Frank A. Cooke Transit Terminal (former MacNab Transit Terminal), while several lower city routes (4, 6, 7, 8 and 9) have an on-street terminal layover at
1495-542: The Royal Botanical Gardens during the summer months. HSR fares can be paid with exact cash (no change given), Presto card or the mobile Presto e-tickets app. Starting in 2023, riders could tap their credit or debit card on the Presto reader to pay the cash fare amount. A single-ride fare provides a 2 hour transfer window which allows customers to get on and off HSR buses as many times as they want on
1560-713: The Thunder Bay trolley bus system (closed in 1972 ), purchased by HSR for the parts. In the mid-1980s, the older Flyer trolley buses were nearing the end of their useful life, given that their electrical equipment had been recycled from 1950 trolley buses. HSR noted that new diesel buses were cheaper to buy than new trolley buses. However, in November 1986, the city council and Hamilton–Wentworth Regional Council both voted in favour of retaining trolley bus operation and endorsing buying new trolley buses, and small investments in new infrastructure were still being made, such as
1625-683: The Toronto Transit Commission since 1989–90 and were in storage in Toronto after the 1993 closure of the trolley bus system there. However, after HSR concluded that the Edmonton vehicles would require costly modifications for Hamilton, the regional council voted on March 1, 1994 to make the system's closure permanent. HSR is proposing to build a new garage at the site of the former Wentworth Street Transit Centre. The garage would hold 200 natural-gas buses and have 30 repair bays,
1690-463: The Toronto and York Radial Railway would extend its Mimico line west from Port Credit to Oakville, but this never came to pass. In 1907, the HRER moved out of its original Hamilton terminal at James and Gore Streets into the new Hamilton Terminal Station at King and Catherine Streets. In 1917, the HRER built a larger carhouse in Burlington to replace the smaller carhouse on Burlington Beach. It
1755-419: The B&H. Since LE&N used 1500 volts and the B&H 600 volts, two overhead wires were used at the station, and B&H crews had to be careful to select the correct wire. To avoid this problem, B&H cars were often parked outside of the station structure, which was a two-storey building with a single track passing through it on the ground floor. Except for the station area, B&H cars could not run on
1820-570: The Barton route was December 30, 1992, when only a single trolley bus (No. 7815) was in service. At the time, the regional council was still planning to purchase new trolleybuses for routes 1 and 2, and HSR issued a draft specification for new trolley buses in April 1993, and subsequently, considered purchasing or leasing 40 trolley buses from the Edmonton trolley bus system that had been on loan to
1885-516: The Belt Line where no loops were required. In 1927, turning loops were added at the outer ends of the Aberdeen and Westdale lines. Bus service was introduced in 1926 along Cannon Street. The first contraction of the streetcar system was the closure of the single-track line to Bartonville, replaced by buses in 1929. The first major streetcar abandonment was along York Street on 1939. By 1940,
1950-505: The Cannon route. The fleet originally consisted of 50 Canadian Car – Brill vehicles, which by 1973 were replaced by 40 Flyer E700 trolley buses built in 1972–73. Sixteen Flyer E800A vehicles were added in 1978–79. All 56 Flyer trolley buses used some electrical components, such as motors, from retired Brill trolley buses, but that in the E800s came not from HSR Brills but from Brills of
2015-539: The Dominion Power and Transmission Company took over the HRER. In 1904, the Hamilton Street Railway made a deal with the HRER to double-track the HRER line along Birch and Birlington Streets. This allowed the HRER to increase service and the HSR to serve riders at waterfront industries. On March 3, 1906, service was extended east to Randall and Thomas Streets in Oakville. The HRER hoped that
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2080-545: The HRER right-of-way remains in use for freight traffic in Hamilton's north industrial area, between Gage Avenue North and Parkdale Avenue North roughly parallel to Burlington Street East and Nikola Tesla Boulevard. In 1982, Canadian National Railway abandoned the former Grand Trunk Railway line that paralleled the HRER along Hamilton and Burlington Beach. This right-of-way is now a rail trail for cyclists and walkers. On some sections of Beach Avenue in Hamilton Beach,
2145-473: The HRER was replaced by buses. Also on that date, buses alternated with interurban cars to service the route between Hamilton and Brantford. Dominion Power wished to sell its bus operations, but a condition of sale was that the remaining Hamilton radial lines be shut down. Thus, the final day of operation for the B&H was June 30, 1931. On February 2, 1932, an interurban car made one additional non-revenue run to collect portable equipment from substations along
2210-569: The HRER's abandonment, track was removed over the next 15 years. The last track removed was over the Burlington Canal Bridge in 1946 after which the bascule bridge became so light that it was stuck in the up-position until it could be manually lowered and rebalanced. Most of its carload freight business was transferred to the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway and Canadian National Railway , which operated over 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) of former HRER track. A small section of
2275-407: The HSR also connects with other areas in the northwest portion of the former Glanbrook . In addition, the HSR is connected with Burlington Transit , as one route (11 Parkdale) travels into Burlington via Burlington Beach, 18 Waterdown connects with BT at Aldershot GO Station , and BT Route 1 enters downtown Hamilton from Plains Road West . Also '9 Rock Gardens' travels into Burlington going into
2340-416: The HSR but for many of their years of operation had the same parent company, Dominion Power and Transmission Company. In order to access downtown Hamilton, the interurbans shared some trackage with the HSR. From 1907, interurban cars ran out of a Hamilton Terminal Station located between Main and King Streets East at Catherine Street. The passenger terminal with several tracks was east of Catherine Street and
2405-513: The HSR operated the following seven routes: After Canada Coach Lines purchased HSR in 1946, it announced the abandonment of streetcar service. Consequently, service was abandoned on Aberdeen Avenue in 1947, to Westdale in 1949 and on Burlington Street in 1950. The final abandonment was the Belt Line with April 5, 1951 being its last day of service, but with a ceremonial last run on the following day. Hamilton had four interurban lines originating from downtown Hamilton. These lines were not part of
2470-476: The LE&N rails because of the voltage difference. After 1917, the LE&N had an interchange with the Grand Trunk Railway 's (GTR) Tillsonburg line, which it accessed via the B&H to the east of the LE&N station. There was a small yard south of Wharfe Street for freight cars. To protect nearby B&H cars from electrical damage, there was also a storage track to park B&H cars while
2535-459: The LE&N station there, which the LE&N opened on March 12, 1917. In 1917, the Board of Railway Commissioners ordered the LE&N and the GTR to interhange freight in Brantford. Since there was no suitable location along the LE&N line, the interchange was built on the B&H with the provision to switch the overhead wire between the LE&N's 1500 volts and the B&H's 600 volts. After
2600-411: The LE&N was switching freight cars. The overhead wires in the shared area were isolated so they could be switched as needed between 1500 volts for LE&N or 600 volts for the B&H. According to a B&H timetable, the service frequency was hourly with service from Hamilton starting at 6:30 am (8:20 am on Sundays) to 11:20 pm (10:20 pm on Sundays). A trip over the 37-kilometre (23 mi) line
2665-751: The area as well as to maintain the interchange with Canadian National Railway (formerly the GTR). The former B&H tracks stayed in service until 1972. Much of the route of the Brantford-Hamilton Electric Railway from Dundas ran parallel to the present-day Highway 403 , also known as the Chedoke Expressway. The section east of Highway 403 is now operated by the City of Hamilton as the Chedoke Radial Trail,
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2730-423: The boulevard is wider on the east side of the street than on the west side; the east side is where the double-track HRER line ran. The HRER's Oakville Station still exists at the southeast corner of Randall and Thomas Streets. An extra storey has been added to the building, but the front of the building still retains its radial railway look. Hamilton Street Railway The Hamilton Street Railway ( HSR )
2795-501: The bus to get up and down Hamilton Mountain for free. This program was made permanent in 2018 and has since been expanded to include more stops. Participating bus stops are located along major roads at the base and crest of the escarpment. People with bicycles load them onto the bus' front rack, and when boarding, tell the bus operator they are riding under Mountain Climber for free. The routes are very limited in length, and provide
2860-632: The construction of a new turnaround loop for trolley buses at Eastgate Square mall, which came into use in September 1986. However, temporary substitutions of diesel buses for trolley buses became increasingly common in the late 1980s. Diesel buses temporarily replaced trolley buses on routes 1–King and 3-Cannon in May 1989 because of road construction projects, with trolley buses returning to both routes in November 1989. However, both routes were again dieselized in early January 1990 for what would ultimately be
2925-440: The first electric streetcars went into operation. In 1895, York Street was mostly double-tracked. In 1896, the first streetcar loop was constructed at Guise Street at the north end of James Street. In 1904, HSR provided rush-hour service north from Barton Street over the tracks of the Hamilton Radial Electric Railway (HRER) along Birch Avenue. In 1907, the 2.3-kilometre (1.4 mi), single-track, side-of-road Bartonville line
2990-621: The intersection of Main and James Streets. Route 34 has a layover location on Main at MacNab. On September 4, 2022, the City of Hamilton renamed the MacNab Transit Terminal to Frank A. Cooke Transit Terminal to honour an employee of the HSR that retired as a general manager and died at the age of 100. The terminal is located at 1 MacNab Street South and was opened in 2011. It serves 10 bus routes with 7,250 weekly arrivals and departures in 2022. The wheelchair accessible terminal has heated platforms, bus shelters, public washrooms and
3055-428: The isthmus into two sections: Hamilton Beach south of the canal and Burlington Beach to its north. In Hamilton Beach, the HRER line ran along the east side of what is today Beach Boulevard. The double track ended at the canal bridge, where a single track line crossed the road/rail bridge and continued into Burlington Beach, where at its northern, the line passed the HRER powerhouse. A Grand Trunk Railway line also crossed
3120-446: The isthmus parallel to the HRER line but closer to the beach, crossing the canal on its own bridge. Leaving Burlington Beach, the HRER passed the Brant Hotel on the site of today's Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital . Leaving the private right-of-way, the line passed through various streets in Burlington. It went north along Maple Avenue, east along Elgin Street crossing the GTR line west of Brant Street. At Elgin and John Streets, there were
3185-457: The last day of trolley bus service was December 30, 1992. On December 10, 1950, the first Hamilton trolley buses went into service on the 6.6-kilometre (4.1 mi) Cannon route, replacing a busy bus route. In October 1951, several months after the termination of streetcar service, a second trolley bus route went into service as the 13.8-kilometre (8.6 mi) King-Barton route. In 1956, the city introduced one-way streets in downtown Hamilton; as
3250-482: The last time. Only route 2–Barton then remained in operation with trolley buses. At the time the King and Cannon routes were dieselized, the city moved trolley bus operations to a new bus garage at 330 Wentworth Street North which did not have trolley wires. This was possible because all but one of HSR's 16 newer trolley buses (model E800A) had been retrofitted in 1989–90 with a small auxiliary diesel engine for off-wire movements. The last day for trolley bus operation on
3315-456: The line began on July 27, 1906. During construction, the original backers of the line ran into financial difficulties, and ownership of the line passed to the Dominion Power and Transmission Company in 1907. Six cars were ordered from J. G. Brill Company which had a designed speed of 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph). The first cars arrived in June 1907; test runs started June 16. The line
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#17327874080283380-408: The line crossed Sixteen Mile Creek on a high bridge, and entered Randall Street where Oakville station was located at Thomas Street. There was hourly service between Hamilton and Oakville. The scheduled trip durations from Hamilton were 35 minutes to the canal on the beach strip, 40 minutes to Burlington and 70 minutes to Oakville. The HRER had carload freight operations along Hamilton Harbour and to
3445-399: The line went east along Main Street and south on Hess Street to Aberdeen Avenue where it left the street to run southwest to the foot of Hamilton Mountain near present-day Dundurn Street South. It then climbed the escarpment on a 2.5 percent grade, that was 11 kilometres (7 mi) long and elevated the line by 150 metres (500 ft). Halfway up the escarpment, there was a station to serve
3510-402: The line. The LE&N took over joint trackage from the B&H in Brantford. After much of the B&H's track was removed in 1932, the B&H discovered it left a freight motor stranded at Trinity; it had to be trucked to the scapyard. The LE&N purchased the section of the B&H line it used from the LE&N station to just west of Lynwood Drive in order to serve several industries in
3575-504: The majority of routes. Introduced in 1998 as a two-year pilot project, Trans-Cab is a shared-ride taxi service between HSR and specific local taxi providers, currently offered in portions of Glanbrook and Stoney Creek . Accessible Transportation Services (ATS) is the section that administers a variety of accessible services on behalf of the City In 2017, HSR launched a program called "Mountain Climber," that allows cyclists ride on
3640-458: The rate of inflation in a handout given to passengers in the days proceeding the job action . The strike came as the city was preparing and hosting festivities for the 110th Grey Cup , for which HSR had been planning to run a shuttle service for fans. The transit union said that any shuttle service would be considered as using scab labour and would be targeted by picket lines. In the early hours of November 16, Mayor Andrea Horwath announced that
3705-584: The site continued to be used streetcar storage. In 1910, the Sanford Barn was opened near north-west corner of King and Sanford Streets, across the street from the East Barn. In 1928, new shops were opened near the East Barn to maintain streetcars and interurban cars. In 1929, the North Barn closed. The HSR had a mixed fleet of single-end and double-end streetcars. Single-end streetcars were used on
3770-478: Was abandoned. In October 1925, the HRER was interlined with the Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway so that riders could ride between Burlington and Brantford on a single ticket. In 1927, the line between Port Nelson and Burlington was abandoned. The remainder of the HRER ceased operation on January 5, 1929. HRER tracks west of Kenilworth Avenue in Hamilton were taken over by the Hamilton Street Railway. After
3835-462: Was an interurban electric railway which operated between Hamilton and Brantford in Ontario , Canada . According to Hilton & Due, this was the last radial (interurban) railway constructed in the Hamilton area and the only one built to a high standard. By the end of 1916, the Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway line was at its maximum length. From Hamilton Terminal at Catherine Street,
3900-400: Was built east from Sherman Avenue along King Street East to Strongman Road. Barton Street was double-tracked in 1911. Tracks were extended east along Burlington Street from James Street (1910 and 1913), linking to the double-track HRER line at Birch Avenue. By 1916, tracks had been extended east on Barton Street, north and south on Kennilworth Avenue and west on Main Street; an enlarged Belt Line
3965-627: Was created in October 1916 using the new double track and became the city's busiest streetcar line. By 1923, the tracks had been extended west along King Street to Cline Avenue in Westdale . After the Hamilton and Dundas Street Railway ceased operation in 1923, HSR took over a portion of its line along Aberdeen Avenue to Longwood Road. In 1908, the South Barn was destroyed by fire after which
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#17327874080284030-492: Was located on the north side of James Street between Pearl and Martha Streets. During the winter of 1921–1922, the swing bridge over the Burlington Ship Canal was replaced with a bascule bridge. In May 1924, the HRER tracks on Birch Avenue in Hamilton were moved to a new private right of way on the west side of Birch Ave. On August 3, 1925, the HRER line between Oakville and Port Nelson (at today's Guelph Line)
4095-560: Was opened to Ancaster on December 21, 1907 and to Alfred Street in Brantford on May 23, 1908. After building a crossing with the Tillsonburg branch of the Grand Truck Railway (GTR), the line was extended to Market Street on November 3, 1908. After the interurban Lake Erie and Northern Railway (LE&N) constructed its line into Brantford, the B&H extended its line to Lorne Bridge on December 16, 1916 in order to share
4160-496: Was owned by Lyman Moore and operated as a private business under a city franchise. In 1899, HSR was bought out by the Hamilton Cataract, Power, Light and Traction Company, later known as Dominion Power and Transmission Company. In April 1930, HSR was acquired by Ontario Hydro . Provincial ownership ended in 1946 when HSR became a subsidiary of Canada Coach Lines. Through a corporate reorganization in 1954, CCL became
4225-451: Was scheduled to take 65 minutes. B&H customers could purchase interline tickets which allowed them to transfer to the LE&N in Brantford using a single ticket. Freight traffic included express, mail and milk which could be carried on box motors . On July 18, 1904, the Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway was incorporated by federal charter. A token amount of construction was performed in 1905 to meet legal obligations. Grading for
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