The Louisville Railway Company ( LRC ) was a streetcar and interurban rail operator in Louisville, Kentucky . It began under the name Louisville City Railway in 1859 as a horsecar operator and slowly acquired other rival companies. It was renamed in 1880 following the merger of all Mule operations as the Louisville Railway Company. All tracks were 5 ft ( 1,524 mm ) gauge.
56-512: 1889 - First electric streetcar line in Louisville opened on Green St., now Liberty St. 1901 - Electrification of streetcar lines completed 1901. The Crescent Hill Mule Car Line the systems last. 1901 - Louisville & Eastern Railroad opens first interurban railway in area, extending northeast to Crestwood. 1904 - Louisville & Interurban Railroad opens its first interurban line, east to Jeffersontown. Louisville & Interurban Railroad
112-522: A "Bikes on Board" program in 2001, and two-to-three-bicycle bike racks had been installed on all its full-size buses by 2004. In 2005, TARC reported that an average of 6,000 riders a month used the bike racks. Beginning April 1, 2024, TARC is operating a six-month pilot program known as TARC On-Demand. The first On-Demand zone will be New Albany, Indiana. The second zone will be Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jeffersontown zone also launched in Spring 2024. For
168-1607: A charter bus operator. 1931 - Interurban line to Okolona abandoned, with Virgil Pierce bus route remaining to provide local service. 1932 - Interurban line to Jeffersontown abandoned. Blue Motor Coach Co. formed, providing replacement bus service. 1933 - Interurban line to Fern Creek abandoned, replaced with bus service operated by Blue Motor Coach Co. Bus service operated into downtown Louisville, not carrying local passengers within city. 1934 - Interurban line to Shelbyville abandoned, with no direct bus replacement. Southeastern Greyhound Lines already provided service along this route, on its route between Louisville and Lexington. 1935 - Interurban line to La Grange abandoned, replacement bus service operated by Chaudoin Bus Lines. Interurban line to Prospect abandoned, replaced with Paxton Bus Line route. After World War II, Paxton Bus Line would be succeeded by Goebel's Bus Line, and later Prospect Bus Line. Interurban line to Orell also abandoned, replaced with Louisville Railway Co. bus route. Virgil Pierce bus line sold to Blue Motor Coach Co. 1936 - Walnut becomes first trolleybus route in Louisville. 1938 - Newberg Bus Line begins operation, serving Newberg and Buechel areas southeast of downtown Louisville. The line would later be sold to Buechel Bus Co., which would later extend service to General Electric's appliance factory, completed in 1951. 1945 - Chaudoin Bus Lines sold to Kentucky Bus Lines. 1948 - Last streetcars replaced with buses Louisville Railway ended all streetcar service on
224-649: A country (for example, 1,440 mm or 4 ft 8 + 11 ⁄ 16 in to 1,445 mm or 4 ft 8 + 7 ⁄ 8 in in France). The first tracks in Austria and in the Netherlands had other gauges ( 1,000 mm or 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in in Austria for the Donau Moldau line and 1,945 mm or 6 ft 4 + 9 ⁄ 16 in in
280-806: A court battle, leaving Southeastern Greyhound Lines as the only provider of service along this route. 1953 - Louisville Transit Co. assumes Middletown service from Southeastern Greyhound Lines , after service proved to be inadequate and unprofitable for Greyhound. The Middletown route was formed by extending its St. Matthews Express bus route. 1958 - Louisville Transit Co. acquires Buechel Bus Co. 1972 - Louisville Transit Co. acquires Kentucky Bus Lines routes. 1974 - Louisville Transit Co. becomes publicly owned Transit Authority of River City . Discontinues service to Lagrange and Shepherdsville 1976 - Transit Authority of River City acquires Blue Motor Coach Co. 1977 - Transit Authority of River City acquires Prospect Bus Line. 2014 - Louisville Railway Company reformed as
336-479: A discount fare of $ 1.50, and riders paying cash would have to have exact change. Discounts are offered to senior citizens and high school students. A "day tripper" one-day pass can be purchased for $ 3.50 while boarding the bus. Express fares are $ 2.75, or $ 1 with a bus pass. Up to three children under age six accompanied by a fare-paying rider ride for free. TARC began an automated fare-collection system with new magnetic fare cards on January 7, 2019, and launched
392-540: A federal grant, this was enough for TARC to purchase the Louisville Transit Company, buy new buses, reduce fares, and create new service lines. TARC bought up the area's remaining mass-transit companies: Blue Motor Coach Lines (which served outlying areas) in 1976, and the Daisy Line (connecting New Albany and Louisville) in 1983. In 1993, TARC experimented with water-taxi service connecting
448-579: A hybrid bus cost $ 504,000; a new ULSD bus currently costs $ 405,000, and a hybrid costs $ 600,000. TARC also operates a fleet of 17 electric buses, reducing diesel emissions by 11,000 pounds (5,000 kg). TARC announced in October 2010 that its hybrid bus fleet would increase to 21 with nine new buses, due to a grant of $ 3.9 million from the Federal Transit Authority's Clean Fuels Bus and Bus Facilities Program. A previous grant, through
504-401: A large maintenance facility for TARC buses, and the former train station is now TARC's administrative headquarters. In 2003, TARC significantly remodeled Union Station for the first time since it purchased the facility; the renovation cost $ 2.1 million. An eight-member board administers TARC, which had a budget of $ 67.8 million for the 2008–09 fiscal year. Fares cover only about 12 percent of
560-654: A local alderman said made TARC the " Cadillac " of America's bus systems. The city unsuccessfully proposed raiding it to fund the Louisville Free Public Library . The fund had declined from $ 34 million in 1989 to $ 13 million in 1994, prompting cutbacks and rate hikes that year. TARC had a fleet of 227 buses in 2020, 32 of which were hybrid buses combining a diesel engine and an electric motor at increased cost. The hybrids were provided through federal highway-bill earmarks by U.S. Senator Jim Bunning . A new TARC diesel bus cost $ 285,000 in 2007, and
616-406: A new app. The full one-way cash fare was $ 1.75 ($ 1.50 with a MYTARC fare card). A MYTARC 24-hour card was $ 3.50, $ 15 per week, or $ 50 for 30 days. A smart-card youth summer pass became available in late May 2019. The fare for seniors and persons with disabilities was $ 0.80 cents (cash or smart card), and 10-trip cards were available for $ 8. Mobile Ticketing first became available July 1, 2019 through
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#1732781069845672-649: A non profit to promote restoration of Market Street Streetcar Service 100 Kuhlman Car Company 1929 Master Unit 200 St Louis Car Company 1929 Master Unit 250 Cincinnati Car Co 1929 Master Unit 345-354 Louisville Railway Company 1912 355-368 Kuhlman Car Company 1924 401-477 Brill Car Company 1922 Birney 500-537 Cincinnati Car 1922 Birney 551-553 Brill Car Co 1879 700-723 St Louis Car 1900 770-784 Kuhlman Car Company 800-889 St Louis Car 1902 930-935 St Louis Car Company 1905 936-945 St Louis Car Company 1905 980-1049 St Louis Car Company 1905 1050-1112 Cincinnati Car Company 1910 Twenty-five PCC cars numbered 501–525 were ordered from
728-428: A pilot program. Only one route, the #4 Fourth St. route, used Mobile-Ticketing. The pilot program lasted 13 days. Fast forward nearly 5 years later, and Mobile-Ticketing is making a comeback, beginning April 23, 2024. Fares will remain unchanged. TARC introduced Kentucky's first bus rapid transit route on January 6, 2020, branded as Dixie Rapid . It has 37 distinctly-signed stops, and 11 silver-and-blue buses. Service
784-510: A standard gauge of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ), and those in Ireland to a new standard gauge of 5 ft 3 in ( 1,600 mm ). In Great Britain, Stephenson's gauge was chosen on the grounds that existing lines of this gauge were eight times longer than those of the rival 7 ft or 2,134 mm (later 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in or 2,140 mm ) gauge adopted principally by
840-778: Is a railway with a track gauge of 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ). The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson ), international gauge , UIC gauge , uniform gauge , normal gauge in Europe, and SGR in East Africa. It is the most widely used track gauge around the world, with about 55% of the lines in the world using it. All high-speed rail lines use standard gauge except those in Russia , Finland , Uzbekistan , and some line sections in Spain . The distance between
896-766: Is currently operated by the Ghana Railway Company Limited . Kojokrom-Sekondi Railway Line (The Kojokrom-Sekondi line is a branch line that joins the Western Railway Line at Kojokrom ) Indian nationwide rail system ( Indian Railways ) uses 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge. 96% of the broad gauge network is electrified. The railway tracks of Java and Sumatra use 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ). Planned and under construction high-speed railways to use 1,668 mm ( 5 ft 5 + 21 ⁄ 32 in ) to maintain interoperability with
952-592: The Belle of Louisville wharf and Towboat Annie's Restaurant in Jeffersonville. During the 1990s and early 2000s, TARC advocated extensive funding to build and operate light rail in the Louisville area; despite wide press coverage, the plans never bore fruit. In February 1994, an audit committee headed by Bruce Lunsford found that TARC had been mismanaging funds and was depleting its once-large trust fund with increasing expenses such as door-to-door service for
1008-775: The Courier Journal , share the 8th Street charging station with a trolley route. There is another charging station in downtown Louisville, at 3rd and York Streets. The 30-passenger buses can operate for up to two hours on a charge and, like the old trolleys, are fare-free. On November 5, 2019, TARC observed its 45th anniversary; since 2016, the company has added 45 ULSD buses and one hybrid. On January 6, 2020, TARC introduced Kentucky's first bus rapid transit line. Update: 2021-23 has been big purchasing, and delivery years for TARC. As TARC has purchased, and taken delivery of 72 clean diesel buses, also during FY 2022. TARC purchased 8 more electric buses. With an expected delivery date by
1064-549: The Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks since the 1950s, but in 2008 new federal rules required Churchill Downs to negotiate with private companies for service. The shuttle operation transported tens of thousands of people each year and provided TARC with over $ 200,000 of annual revenue. TARC provides service to other local events, including Thunder Over Louisville and the Kentucky State Fair . It began
1120-608: The Liverpool and Manchester Railway , authorised in 1826 and opened 30 September 1830. The extra half inch was not regarded at first as very significant, and some early trains ran on both gauges daily without compromising safety. The success of this project led to Stephenson and his son Robert being employed to engineer several other larger railway projects. Thus the 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) gauge became widespread and dominant in Britain. Robert
1176-720: The St. Louis Car Company in 1946 but the order was cancelled before delivery was completed. The Louisville-bound cars were instead sold to the Cleveland Transit System where they became numbers 4250–4274. Car 509 / 4259 was acquired in 1952 by the Toronto Transit Commission (as part of an order of 50 Pullman PCC A11 and 25 St. Louis Car Company A12 cars) and renumbered as 4684; it has since been retired and now owned by Halton County Radial Railway . Standard gauge A standard-gauge railway
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#17327810698451232-574: The 4th Avenue Queen Loop route Derby Day 1948 - Blue Motor Coach Co. introduces service between Louisville and Middletown, over objections of Southeastern Greyhound Lines , already serving Middletown along its route between Louisville and Lexington. 1951 - its trolley buses ceased service on Market Street, Walnut and Fourth Street following the expiration of a power agreement with Louisville Gas and Electric and Louisville Railway Company.. 1951 - Louisville Railway Co. sold to Louisville Transit Co. Blue Motor Coach Co. discontinues Middletown bus route after
1288-913: The Great Western Railway. It allowed the broad-gauge companies in Great Britain to continue with their tracks and expand their networks within the "Limits of Deviation" and the exceptions defined in the Act. After an intervening period of mixed-gauge operation (tracks were laid with three rails), the Great Western Railway finally completed the conversion of its network to standard gauge in 1892. In North East England, some early lines in colliery ( coal mining ) areas were 4 ft 8 in ( 1,422 mm ), while in Scotland some early lines were 4 ft 6 in ( 1,372 mm ). The British gauges converged starting from 1846 as
1344-624: The Louisville Transit Company in 1947. Ridership (includes Louisville Transit Company before 1974): Following a trend in cities across the United States, the company saw annual ridership decline from 84 million in 1920 to 14 million in 1970. Its ridership was no longer large enough to cover operating expenses, and in 1971 it posted its first loss. In 1972, the company announced that it would cease operations on September 1, 1974. The local government began subsidizing fares in July 1973, but this
1400-429: The Louisville area. The company claims over 7,000 bus stops, although only about 200 have benches and rain shelters; the rest simply have a sign indicating that the location is a bus stop. The stops are served by 29 weekday and weekend routes, and four express routes with weekday service only. The daily routes are named for the primary road on which they run. There is no more than hour between scheduled buses at any stop on
1456-647: The Netherlands for the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij ), but for interoperability reasons (the first rail service between Paris and Berlin began in 1849, first Chaix timetable) Germany adopted standard gauges, as did most other European countries. The modern method of measuring rail gauge was agreed in the first Berne rail convention of 1886. Several lines were initially built as standard gauge but were later converted to another gauge for cost or for compatibility reasons. 2,295 km (1,426 mi) Victoria built
1512-645: The advantages of equipment interchange became increasingly apparent. By the 1890s, the entire network was converted to standard gauge. The Royal Commission made no comment about small lines narrower than standard gauge (to be called "narrow gauge"), such as the Ffestiniog Railway . Thus it permitted a future multiplicity of narrow gauges in the UK. It also made no comments about future gauges in British colonies, which allowed various gauges to be adopted across
1568-483: The coal mines of County Durham . He favoured 4 ft 8 in ( 1,422 mm ) for wagonways in Northumberland and Durham , and used it on his Killingworth line. The Hetton and Springwell wagonways also used this gauge. Stephenson's Stockton and Darlington railway (S&DR) was built primarily to transport coal from mines near Shildon to the port at Stockton-on-Tees . Opening in 1825,
1624-534: The colonies. Parts of the United States, mainly in the Northeast, adopted the same gauge, because some early trains were purchased from Britain. The American gauges converged, as the advantages of equipment interchange became increasingly apparent. Notably, all the 5 ft ( 1,524 mm ) broad gauge track in the South was converted to "almost standard" gauge 4 ft 9 in ( 1,448 mm ) over
1680-411: The company added 16 ULSD buses. Eleven hybrids were added by midsummer 2013, bringing TARC's hybrid total to 32. The company added 21 ULSD buses that fall, and 12 more the following fall; some are equipped with WiFi . Thirteen more updated buses were due to arrive by late 2016, increasing the company's ULSD fleet to 95. Electric buses began operation in downtown Louisville in early 2015 and, according to
1736-462: The company's operating expenses; the rest is from Jefferson County's occupational tax, federal aid, and minor sources. The occupational tax, 0.002 percent, covers about two-thirds of TARC's annual operating expenses; the total varies with the availability of federal grants and fares collected. TARC had 710 employees in 2002, 460 of whom were bus drivers. Some funding is from a TARC transportation trust fund. The fund contained $ 28 million in 1992, which
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1792-552: The cost of $ 5.00 riders may travel anywhere in the On-Demand Zone. For $ 2.00 riders may go to the nearest bus stop. The standard fare became $ 1 in 1994, up from $ 0.85 during peak hours and $ 0.50 during off-peak hours. On July 1, 2007, the fare was raised to $ 1.25. In June 2008, the adult fare was raised to $ 1.50 to help defray the increased cost of fuel. Since July 1, 2012, the adult fare has been $ 1.75. In 2018, fare boxes began to be updated. Smart cards would be accepted at
1848-459: The course of two days beginning on 31 May 1886. See Track gauge in the United States . In continental Europe, France and Belgium adopted a 1,500 mm ( 4 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 16 in ) gauge (measured between the midpoints of each rail's profile ) for their early railways. The gauge between the interior edges of the rails (the measurement adopted from 1844) differed slightly between countries, and even between networks within
1904-536: The daily routes, and on weekdays the busiest routes have shorter waiting times. Most of the daily routes have existed under the same name and number for decades, although their routes have almost all been extended to the suburbs. TARC operates circulators to hospitals, Downtown Louisville and art galleries. Since 1999, it has operated a shuttle service for the University of Louisville 's main campus. The company operates two routes shuttling workers to Worldport ,
1960-633: The disabled and spending on personal services and fringe benefits for administrators which was higher than that of transit companies in similarly sized cities. TARC's executive director resigned after the audit, and fares nearly doubled before the end of the year. In August 2011, TARC's new $ 4.5 million, 17,700-square-foot Maintenance and Training Annex received a Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification. TARC began to purchase hybrid buses in 2004, and began purchasing ultra-low-sulfur diesel buses by 2008; by late winter 2012–2013,
2016-521: The federal stimulus program, paid for nine hybrid buses which arrived in July of that year. All buses have "kneeling" technology, which makes them easier to board, and a wheelchair lift. TARC once required disabled riders to use a paratransit service which had to be scheduled in advance, but all regular buses were made accessible after protests in 1986. 1613–1625, 1630 arrived February 2017 January 2024. B3400XFe transmission 2321 spotted at Light up Louisville 2023. TARC operates buses which serve
2072-740: The first railways to the 5 ft 3 in ( 1,600 mm ) Irish broad gauge. New South Wales then built to the standard gauge, so trains had to stop on the border and passengers transferred, which was only rectified in the 1960s. Queensland still runs on a narrow gauge but there is a standard gauge line from NSW to Brisbane. NMBS/SNCB 3,619 km (2,249 mi) Brussels Metro 40 km (25 mi) Trams in Brussels 140 km (87 mi) 1,032 km (641 mi) The Toronto Transit Commission uses 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in ( 1,495 mm ) gauge on its streetcar and subway lines. Takoradi to Sekondi Route,
2128-415: The fourth quarter of FY 2024. These 80 buses will replace 80 older buses that have been in service since the mid noughties. TARC now has a clean, and sustainable fleet. That will last well into the 21st century. (See updated bus roster below). TARC purchased Louisville's Union Station for $ 2 million in 1977, the year after the former train station had ceased rail operations. The train yard was replaced with
2184-648: The hub of United Parcel Service and one of Louisville's largest employers. TARC launched a "Ride to Safety" program in 2007, which allows domestic abuse victims to use its buses for transportation to a shelter. It has diesel-powered rubber-tired buses designed like early-20th-century streetcars in the downtown hotel and shopping districts and for shuttle service in other shopping and entertainment areas. The tourist trolleys began operation in November 1987, and their role and fare have varied according to funding. TARC and its predecessor had provided shuttle access to
2240-429: The initial gauge of 4 ft 8 in ( 1,422 mm ) was set to accommodate the existing gauge of hundreds of horse-drawn chaldron wagons that were already in use on the wagonways in the mines. The railway used this gauge for 15 years before a change was made, debuting around 1850, to the 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) gauge. The historic Mount Washington Cog Railway ,
2296-534: The inner sides of the rails) to be used. Different railways used different gauges, and where rails of different gauge met – a " gauge break " – loads had to be unloaded from one set of rail cars and reloaded onto another, a time-consuming and expensive process. The result was the adoption throughout a large part of the world of a "standard gauge" of 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ), allowing interconnectivity and interoperability. A popular legend that has circulated since at least 1937 traces
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2352-400: The inside edges of the rails is defined to be 1,435 mm except in the United States, Canada, and on some heritage British lines, where it is defined in U.S. customary / Imperial units as exactly "four feet eight and one half inches", which is equivalent to 1,435.1 mm. As railways developed and expanded, one of the key issues was the track gauge (the distance, or width, between
2408-448: The largest of which was the Louisville Transit Company. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 6,655,200 (about 25,100 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024). TARC began bus operations, its only service, in 1974. In 2023, it operated a fleet of 227 accessible buses which run year-round. TARC has a number of specialized routes, providing transportation to major local employers, educational institutions, and recreational events. TARC
2464-505: The origin of the 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) gauge even further back than the coalfields of northern England, pointing to the evidence of rutted roads marked by chariot wheels dating from the Roman Empire . Snopes categorised this legend as "false", but commented that it "is perhaps more fairly labeled as 'Partly true, but for trivial and unremarkable reasons. ' " The historical tendency to place
2520-405: The outermost portions of the wheel rims, it became apparent that for vehicles travelling on rails, having main wheel flanges that fit inside the rails is better, thus the minimum distance between the wheels (and, by extension, the inside faces of the rail heads ) was the important one. A standard gauge for horse railways never existed, but rough groupings were used; in the north of England none
2576-411: The rest of the network. All other railways use 1,668 mm ( 5 ft 5 + 21 ⁄ 32 in ) ( broad gauge ) and/or 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) metre gauge . BLS , Rigi Railways (rack railway) 449 km Several states in the United States had laws requiring road vehicles to have a consistent gauge to allow them to follow ruts in
2632-405: The road. Those gauges were similar to railway standard gauge. Transit Authority of River City The Transit Authority of River City ( TARC ) is the major public transportation provider for Louisville, Kentucky and parts of southern Indiana , including the suburbs of Clark County and Floyd County . TARC is publicly funded and absorbed private mass-transit companies in Louisville,
2688-492: The term "narrow gauge" for gauges less than standard did not arise for many years, until the first such locomotive-hauled passenger railway, the Ffestiniog Railway , was built. In 1845, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , a Royal Commission on Railway Gauges reported in favour of a standard gauge. The subsequent Gauge Act ruled that new passenger-carrying railways in Great Britain should be built to
2744-434: The wheels of horse-drawn vehicles around 5 ft ( 1,524 mm ) apart probably derives from the width needed to fit a carthorse in between the shafts. Research, however, has been undertaken to support the hypothesis that "the origin of the standard gauge of the railway might result from an interval of wheel ruts of prehistoric ancient carriages". In addition, while road-travelling vehicles are typically measured from
2800-426: The world's first mountain -climbing rack railway , is still in operation in the 21st century, and has used the earlier 4 ft 8 in ( 1,422 mm ) gauge since its inauguration in 1868. George Stephenson introduced the 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) gauge (including a belated extra 1 ⁄ 2 in (13 mm) of free movement to reduce binding on curves ) for
2856-486: Was created in 1971 after 1970 legislation authorized city and county governments to operate mass-transit systems with local funding. At the time, public transit was provided in Louisville by the private Louisville Transit Company. The company had long operated mass-transit lines in the city, converting from electric trolleys to diesel buses in the late 1940s and changing its name from the Louisville Railway to
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#17327810698452912-784: Was less than 4 ft ( 1,219 mm ). Wylam colliery's system, built before 1763, was 5 ft ( 1,524 mm ), as was John Blenkinsop 's Middleton Railway ; the old 4 ft ( 1,219 mm ) plateway was relaid to 5 ft ( 1,524 mm ) so that Blenkinsop's engine could be used. Others were 4 ft 4 in ( 1,321 mm ) (in Beamish ) or 4 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,410 mm ) (in Bigges Main (in Wallsend ), Kenton , and Coxlodge ). English railway pioneer George Stephenson spent much of his early engineering career working for
2968-482: Was not enough to make the Louisville Transit Company profitable. Bridge Transit Company (which provided mass transit between Louisville and Jeffersonville ) ceased operations at around the same time due to lack of revenue, setting the stage for a metropolitan area without any private mass-transit companies. Voters approved a controversial 1974 referendum, supported by Mayor Harvey Sloane , which approved an increased occupational tax to fund mass transit. Combined with
3024-651: Was not successful, and would be discontinued within a few months. Additional bus routes were created that year, which would be more successful. 1927 - People's Transit Co. begins operating bus route on Broadway in competition with streetcars, but is soon ordered to cease operating. Additional new bus routes created, operated directly by Louisville Railway Co. In addition, Virgil Pierce begins operating bus route on Preston St. to Camp Taylor, competing with interurban railway route which operated south to Okolona. 1928 - Kentucky Carriers bus routes transferred to Louisville Railway Co., with Kentucky Carriers subsidiary remaining only as
3080-1146: Was owned by Louisville Traction Co., a holding company which also owned Louisville Railway Co. 1904 - Line also opened northeast to Prospect, by electrifying a Louisville & Nashville steam railroad branch former Louisville Harrods Creek and Westport Railway. This would be the only 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge interurban line in the Louisville area, with broad gauge on all other electric railways in area. 1905 - Louisville & Interurban Railroad opens interurban line southeast to Okolona. 1907 - Louisville & Eastern Railroad completes interurban line beyond Crestwood to La Grange. Louisville & Interurban Railroad opens interurban line southwest to Orell. 1908 - Louisville & Interurban Railroad opens interurban line southeast to Fern Creek. 1910 - Louisville & Eastern Railroad opens interurban line east to Shelbyville. 1911 - Louisville & Interurban Railroad acquires Louisville & Eastern Railroad. 1923 - Louisville Railway Co. forms subsidiary Kentucky Carriers Inc., which operates first bus route in Louisville on 3rd St. This route
3136-605: Was reported to have said that if he had had a second chance to choose a gauge, he would have chosen one wider than 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ). "I would take a few inches more, but a very few". During the " gauge war " with the Great Western Railway , standard gauge was called " narrow gauge ", in contrast to the Great Western's 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in ( 2,140 mm ) broad gauge . The modern use of
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