CINCINNATI

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INSET: DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI



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STREETCAR ROUTES

Operator: Cincinnati Street Railway

2	Evanston	Dixie Terminal - Gilbert Av. - McMillan St. - Woodburn Av. - Main Av. - Evanston
4	Kennedy Hts.	Dixie Terminal - Reading Rd. - Florence Av. - Gilbert Av. - Main Av. - Montgomery Rd. - Kennedy Hts.
5	Norwood	Dixie Terminal - Reading Rd. - Florence Av. - Gilbert Av. - Main Av. - N. Norwood
7	Vine Norwood	Dixie Terminal - Vine St. - McMillan St. - Woodburn Av. - Main Av. - N. Norwood
8	South Norwood	Dixie Terminal - Gilbert Av. - Walnut Hills - Woodburn Av. - Main Av. - S. Norwood
9	Vine - Norwood	Dixie Terminal - Vine St. - McMillan St. - Woodburn Av. - Main Av. - Sherman Av.
10	Vine - Woodburn	Dixie Terminal - Vine St. - McMillan St. - Gilbert Av. - Woodburn Av. - Main Av. (at Blair Av.)
15	Clark St.	Dixie Terminal - Clark St. - Freeman Av. - Western Av. - Spring Grove Av. - Northside
16	Colerain	Dixie Terminal - Clark St. - Baymiller St. [back: Linn St.] - Colerain Av. - Spring Grove Av.
17	College Hill	Dixie Terminal - Elm St. - McMicken Av. - Colerain Av. - Hamilton Av. - College Hill
18	N. Fairmount	Dixie Terminal - 6th St. [back: 5th St.] - Baymiller St. [back: Freeman Av.] - Western Av. - Viaduct - Beekman St. - N. Fairmount
19	John St.	Dixie Terminal - John St. [back: Central Av.] - Viaduct - Quebec Rd.
21	Westwood	Dixie Terminal - Elm St. - McMicken Av. - Central Av. - Viaduct - Harrison Av. - Westwood
27	East End	5th & Baymiller - 5th St. [back: 6th St.] - 4th St. - Dixie Terminal - Broadway - Eastern Av. - Archer Av.
31	Crosstown	8th St. & State Av. - State Av. - Viaduct - McMillan St. - Peebles Corner
32	Elberon	Dixie Terminal - 8th St. - Elberon Av. - 8th St. - St. Joseph’s Cemetery
35	Warsaw Ave.	Dixie Terminal - 8th St. - Warsaw Av. - Glenway Av.
40	Avondale	Dixie Terminal - Reading Rd. - Avondale
41	Spring Grove	Dixie Terminal - Reading Rd. - Mitchell Av. - Spring Grove Av.
44	Highland	Dixie Terminal - Liberty Hill - Highland Av. - McMillan St.
46	Vine - Burnet	Dixie Terminal - Vine St. - McMillan St. - Highland Av. - Melish Av. - Burnet Av. - Rockdale Av. - Reading Rd.
47	Winton Place	Dixie Terminal - Reading Rd. - Mitchell Av. - Spring Grove Av. - Winton Place
49	Zoo - Eden	4th & John St. - 4th St. - Dixie Terminal - Broadway - Eden Park - Gilbert Av. - McMillan St. - Oak St. - Reading Rd. - Melish Av. - Burnet Av. - Erkenbrecher Av. - Zoo
53	Auburn	Dixie Terminal - Liberty Hill - Auburn Av. - McMillan St.
55	Vine - Clifton	Dixie Terminal - Vine St. - Jefferson Av. - Ludlow Av. - Clifton
60	Fairview	Dixie Terminal - Vine St. - Clifton Av. - McMillan St. - Fairview
61	Clifton - Ludlow	Dixie Terminal - Main St. - Clifton Av. - Ludlow Av. - Hamilton Av. - Springlaw Av.
62	Ohio Av.	Dixie Terminal - Vine St. - Clifton Av. - McMillan St. - Ohio Av.
64	McMicken - Main	Dixie Terminal - Main St. - McMicken Av.- Dixmyth Av.
68	Madison Rd.	Dixie Terminal - Gilbert Av. - McMillan St. - Madison Rd. - Erie Av. - Delta Av. - Tusculum
69	Madisonville	Dixie Terminal - Gilbert Av. - McMillan St. - Madison Rd. - Erie Av. - Madisonville
70	Oakley	Dixie Terminal - Gilbert Av. - McMillan St. - Madison Rd. - Oakley
78	Lockland	Dixie Terminal - Main St. - Vine St. - Anthony Wayne Av. - Lockland

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Streetcar lines: ca. 300 km.



HISTORY

• Horse-drawn streetcars: 14 Sept. 1859 - 1904.
• Electric streetcars (1st generation; dual wiring): 1888 - 29 Apr. 1951.
• Electric streetcars (2nd generation): 9 Sept. 2016 - today.
• Interurbans: 1873 - 1943.
• "Steam dummies" (Steam-operated streetcars): 1860 - 1897
• Cable cars: 17 July 1885 - 9 June 1902.
• "Inclined railways" (funiculars carrying streetcars between different levels; powered at first by steam, later by electricity): 1872 - 1948.

GAUGE

• Horse-drawn streetcars: 1588 mm.
• Streetcars (1st generation): 1588 mm.
• Streetcars (2nd generation): 1435 mm.
• Interurbans: 1435 mm., 1588 mm.

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SOURCES

PRINT

• Pence, H. "At last, Cincinnati gets its metals", Tramways & Urban Transit, June 2013 (76: 906), p.256-258.
• Pence, H. & Retallick H. "Re-connecting Cincinnati", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2016 (79: 947), p.421-425.
• Wagner, R.M. & Wright, R.J. Cincinnati streetcars - No.9: Streamliners and war horses. Wyoming (OH): Trolley Talk, 1984.

WIKIS

• Cincinnati Bell Connector
• Cincinnati Street Railway
• Historical Atlas of Cincinnati: The Relationship Between Transportation and Urban Growth in Cincinnati.
• Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
• Streetcars in Cincinnati

WEB SITES

• Cincinnati Bell Connector
• Cincinnati OH - Cincinnati Street Railway (CSR) and Cincinnati Streetcar
• Cincinnati Traction History
• CINCINNATI-TRANSIT.net
• Cincinnati Transit Historical Association
• Go Metro

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