I created the above map by overlaying an OpenStreetMap (OSM) map with my own data. Copyright on the OSM map is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.
Note: The two bridges across Halifax Harbous were deleted from the above map, as they did not exist yet in 1945.
ROUTES
Operator: Nova Scotia Light and Power Company, Ltd.
URBAN STREETCAR ROUTES
| 1 | Belt Line | Downtown (Prince St.) - Barrington St. - Spring Garden Rd. - Coburg Rd. – Quinpool Rd. - Cogswell St. - Barrington St. - Downtown (Prince St.) [Circular route, clockwise] |
| 2 | Belt Line | Downtown (Prince St.) - Barrington St. - Cogswell St. - Quinpool Rd. - Coburg Rd. – Spring Garden Rd. - Barrington St. - Downtown (Prince St.) [Circular route, counterclockwise] |
| 3 | Richmond | Halifax Station - Hollis St. - Gottingen St. - Duffus St. |
| 4 | Oxford | Quinpool Rd. - Cogswell St. - Barrington St. - Young St. |
| 5 | Armdale | Halifax Station - Hollis St. - Cogswell St. - Quinpool Rd. - Chebucto Rd. |
| 6 | Dingle | Halifax Harbour - Barrington St. - Spring Garden Rd. - Coburg Rd. – Dalhousie |
| 7 | South Park - Inglis | Inglis St. - Barrington St. - Cogswell St. - Gottingen St. - Agricola St. - Almon St. - Windsor St. - Cogswell St. - Barrington St. - Spring Garden Rd. - South Park St. - Inglis St. [Circular route with counterclockwise loops at both ends] |
| 8 | Windsor - Inglis | Inglis St. - South Park St. - Spring Garden Rd. - Barrington St. - Cogswell St. - Windsor St. - Almon St. - Agricola St. - Gottingen St. - Cogswell St. - Barrington St. - Inglis St. [Circular route with clockwise loops at both ends] |
| 9 | Pt. Pleasant Park | Halifax Harbour - Barrington St. - Inglis St. - Tower Rd. - Point Pleasant Park |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Streetcar lines: ? km.
HISTORY
- Streetcars: (Horse-drawn) 11 Jun 1866 - 21 Oct. 1886; 17 May 1876 - 31 May 1886; (Electric) 12 Feb. 1896 - 28 Apr. 1949.
GAUGE
- ? mm.
SOURCES
- Halifax - Nova Scotia [Sheet map] Halifax: Maritime Merchant Ltd., 1945
WEB SITES
- Halifax and its People 1749-1999 - Transportation and Communication
- Halifaxʼs Streetcars: Connections Between Transportation and Urban Form (2007 Thesis by Sean Gillis)
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