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ROUTES
Operator: Edmonton Transit System
URBAN STREETCAR ROUTES
Streetcar routes in Edmonton were identified by a colour scheme that appeared both in panels and lights used on the vehicles. In the table below, a letter code is used for the appropriate colour(s) (it also appears on the map). The full route name is also given.
| B | Blue | Whyte Av. (from 104 St.) - 109 St. - High Level Bridge - 109 St. - Jasper Av. - 97 St. - 95 St. - 118 Av. - 66 St. - North Edmonton (124 Av.) |
| BW | Blue & White | Whyte Av. (from 104 St.) - 109 St. - High Level Bridge - 109 St. - Jasper Av. - 97 St. - 95 St. - 118 Av. (at 80 St.) |
| ... | Calder | Calder - 127 Av. - 124 St. - 107 Av. - 101 St. - Jasper Av. - 109 St. - 97 Av. - Rossdale (near the Low Level Bridge) |
Service discontinuation dates in the Edmonton system after Jan. 1944 (corresponding route designations in brackets):
- 1944 Aug. 10: Whyte Av. (between 99 and 104 St.) (RW, W)
- 1945 July 22: Highlands (112 Av. - Jasper Av [east of 97 St.]) (W)
- 1945 Oct.: Rossdale (97 Av.) (Rossdale stub, ex-RG)
- 1947 Aug. 9: McKernan's Lake (76 Av. - 104 St.) (RB)
- 1947 Oct. 5: Jasper Av. (west of 109 St.) - 124 St. (south of 107 Av.) (B, BW)
- 1948 May 2: 124 St. (between 107 Av. and 118 Av.) (RG)
- 1948 Aug. 8: 107 Av. (RG)
- 1948 Aug. 29: 114 Av. and 101 St. (RW)
- 1949 Aug. 21: Whyte Av. - 109 St. (south of 84 Av.) (B, BW)
- 1949 Aug. 28: Calder stub line (Calder)
- 1951 Sept. 2: Rest of the system (109 St., High Level Bridge, Jasper Av., 97 St., 95 St., 118 Av., 66 St.) (B, BW)
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Streetcar lines: 32 km.
HISTORY
- Streetcars (Old system): 9 Nov. 1908 - 2 Sept. 1951.
- C-Train (LRT): 23 Apr. 1978 - today.
GAUGE
- 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Edmonton Radial Railway Society operates heritage streetcars (from Edmonton and elsewhere) over a dedicated restored right-of-way in downtown Edmonton, using tracks on the High Level Bridge, as well as in historic Fort Edmonton Park
.SOURCES
- Hatcher, C.K. & Schwarzkopf, T. Edmonton's electric transit: The story of Edmonton's streetcars and trolley buses. Toronto: Railfare Enterprises, 1983.
- Simons, V. "Driving North American 'Urban Style' LRT", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2015 (78: 927), p.101-104.
- Simons, V. "Edmonton: A tale of two systems", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2022 (85: 1019), p.417-420.
- Taplin, M.R. Tramways of North America including rapid transit. Hassocks (West Sussex), England: Light Rail Transit Association, 2nd ed., [1981].
WIKIS
- Edmonton Light Rail Transit
- Edmonton Radial Railway
- Edmonton Radial Railway Society
- Edmonton Transit System
WEB SITES
- Canadian Street Railways
- City of Edmonton - Edmonton Transit Service (ETS)
- Edmonton (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Edmonton Radial Railway Society
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