Norfolk 1945

VIDEO

YouTube^CA video - Norfolk streetcars - Length: 4:03 mins.

PHOTO

MAPS

Norfolk 1945 map

INSET: DOWNTOWN NORFOLK

Norfolk Downtown 1945 map

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

Halifax Street

Liberty Street

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DISCONTINUATION DATES OF STREETCAR TRACKS BETWEEN 1945 AND 12 JULY 1948 (affected route designations in parentheses).

1947 Sept. 9: Ocean View Av. - Willoughby Spit (2)
1947 Sept. 14: Hampton Blvd. - Naval Base (1); Lamberts Point (7); 25th St. (1,7); Church St. (6,7)
1947 Dec. 19: Granby St. (north of Riverview) (3)
1948 May 7: Main Street - (Old) Berkley Bridge - Liberty Av. - South Norfolk (Bainbridge Blvd.) (5) [earlier, also 8 to Liberty Av.]
1948 July 12: City Hall - Monticello Av. [back: Granby St.] - Granby St. - Fairmount Park - Chesapeake Blvd. - Ocean View Av. (4)

ROUTES

STREETCAR ROUTES

Operator: Virginia Electric & Power Co.

1	Naval Base	City Hall - Monticello Av. [back: Granby St.] - Granby St. - 25th St. - Hampton Blvd. - Naval Base
2	Willoughby Spit via Granby	City Hall - Monticello Av. [back: Granby St.] - Granby St. - Ocean View Av. - Willoughby Spit
3	Ocean View Main Line via Granby	City Hall - Monticello Av. [back: Granby St.] - Granby St. - Ocean View Av.
4	Ocean View via Fairmount Park	City Hall - Monticello Av. [back: Granby St.] - Granby St. - Fairmount Park - Chesapeake Blvd. - Ocean View Av.
5	South Norfolk	Main Street - (Old) Berkley Bridge - Liberty Av. - South Norfolk (Bainbridge Blvd.)
6	Church - 18th	Main Street - Church St. - 18th St.
7	Lamberts Point	Main Street - Church St. - 25th St. - Lamberts Point
8	Riverview - RR Sttaion / Halifax & Liberty	Riverview - Granby St. - Granby St. [back: Monticello Av.] - Main Street - [Union Station / ((Old) Berkley Bridge - Liberty Av. - Halifax St.)]

INTERURBAN ROUTES

(Gasoline-motor streetcars)

Operator: Norfolk Southern Railway

	Virginia Beach	Union Station - Lynnhaven - Virginia Beach
	Cape Henry	Union Station - Bayside - Cape Henry - Virginia Beach

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

Streetcar lines: ? km.
Interurban lines: 67 km.

HISTORY

Horse-drawn streetcars: 12 Aug. 1870 – 1894/95.
Electric streetcars (1st generation): 16 Oct. 1894 - 12 July 1948.
Interurbans: (steam) 1902 - 1904; (electric) 1902 - 1935; (gasoline): 1935 - June 1948
LRT: 19 Aug. 2011 - today.

GAUGE

Streetcars (1st generation): 1588 mm. and (until 1919 (?)) also 1435 mm.
Interurban (electric, later gasoline): 1435 mm.
LRT: 1435 mm.

SOURCES

PRINT

Carter, J.M. "Norfolk, Virginia: Turning the tide", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2009 (72: 863), p.424-425.
Simons, V. "The Tide has turned in Norfolk", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2012 (75: 895), p.259-261.

WIKIS

WEB SITES

Also, many thanks to Mr Russell Powers of Lone Tree, CO, USA, for kindly sending me information and documents concerning the history of the Norfolk streetcar system.

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NORFOLK

VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

1945