GRAND RIVER VALLEY

ONTARIO, CANADA

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15 June 1929

Interurban and city streetcar systems in the Grand River Valley on the last day of operation of the Grand Valley Railway interurban between Brantford and Paris.


OVERALL SYSTEM MAP

Grand River Valley tram map 1929

INSET: BRANTFORD

Brantford tram map 1929

INSET: GUELPH

Guelph tram map 1929

INSET: KITCHENER-WATERLOO

Kitchener-Waterloo tram map 1929


ROUTES

URBAN STREETCAR ROUTES

BRANTFORD

Operator: Brantford Municipal Railway

Note: Streetcar lines in Brantford were identified by the part of the town being served. I have no information as to where their downtown terminuses were.

Here is a list of the streetcar routes in 1929:

  • Eagle Place
  • Echo Place
  • Holmedale
  • Main Line
  • Market
  • Mohawk Park
  • Terrace Hill
  • West Brantford

GUELPH

Note: Streetcar lines in Guelph started at the Guelph CNR Station, and were identified by their destination.

Operator: Hydro Electric Railways (formerly, Guelph Radial Railway)

Here is a list of the streetcar routes in 1929:

  • Edinburgh Road (through Suffolk Street)
  • Ontario Agricultural College (through Dundas Street)
  • Victoria Road (through Ontario Street - York Road)
  • Waterloo Avenue (to Silver Creek)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery (through Woolwich Street)

KITCHENER-WATERLOO

Operator: Kitchener-Waterloo Railways

King Street Line Waterloo (Church Street) - Kitchener (along King Street) - Sydney Street
Bridgeport Line Downtown Kitchener (King Street) - Water Street - Louisa Street - Bridgeport

INTERURBAN STREETCAR ROUTES

Canadian National Electric Railways Toronto (St. Clair & Keele) - Churchville - Georgetown - Guelph (CNR Station)
Grand River Railway Waterloo - Kitchener GRR Station - Preston - Galt
Grand River Railway Preston - Hespeler
Grand Valley Railway Brantford - Paris
Lake Erie & Northern Railway Galt - Paris - Brantford - Waterford - Simcoe - Port Dover


CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

  • Brantford Municipal Railway: ? km.
  • Canadian National Electric Railways (Toronto- Guelph): 79 km.
  • Grand River Railway: 30 km.
  • Guelph Hydro Electric Railways: ? km.
  • Kitchener-Waterloo Railway: ca. 9 km.
  • Lake Erie & Northern Railway: 82 km.