 |
 |
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.
ROUTES
Operator: Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)
LIGHT RAIL ROUTES
| HB | Hunt Valley - Timonium - Falls Road - North Avenue - Mount Royal - Baltimore St. - Camden Station - Cherry Hill - Linthicum - BWI Airport |
| HG | Hunt Valley - Timonium - Falls Road - North Avenue - Mount Royal - Baltimore St. - Camden Station - Cherry Hill - Linthicum - Glen Burnie |
| PC | Penn Station - Baltimore St. - Camden Station |
NB: The route designations HB, HG and PC are for convenience only, and are not used by the operator.
METRO (SUBWAY) ROUTE
| Johns Hopkins Hospital - Lexington Market - West Cold Spring - Old Court - Owings Mill |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- LRT: 47.7 km.
- Subway (Metro): 24.8 km.
HISTORY
- Horse-drawn streetcars: 26 July 1859 - ?
- Cable cars: 1891 - 1899.
- Electric streetcars (1st generation): 10 Aug. 1885 - 2 Nov. 1963.
- Interurban rail: (steam) 9 May 1889 - 1908; (electric) 1908 - 5 Feb. 1950.
- Light rail (2nd generation): 2 Apr. 1992 - today.
- Subway: 21 Nov. 1983 - today.
GAUGE
- Horse-drawn streetcars: ? mm.
- Streetcars (1st generation): 1638 mm.
- Interurban rail: 1435 mm.
- Light rail (2nd generation): 1435 mm.
- Subway: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Demery, L.W. "US Transit funding - Part 5: LRT plans proliferate: Maryland", Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, Apr. 1990 (53: 628), p.128-130.
- Farrell, M. Who made all our streetcars go? Baltimore: NRHS, 1973.
- Harwood, H.H. Baltimore streetcars: The postwar years. Baltimore / London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984, 2003.
- Hoschek, J. (ed.) "Baltimore, Part I: 1915 to 1945", Motor Coach Age, July-Aug. 1988 (XL: 7-8), p.4-43.
- Hoschek, J. (ed.) "Baltimore, Part II: Baltimore Transit under NCL", Motor Coach Age, Nov.-Dec. 1988 (XL: 11-12), p.4-46.
- Morse, K. Baltimore streetcar routes (revised) 1960.
- Simons, V. "Maryland LRT - All change in Maryland", Tramways & Urban Transit, Dec. 2016 (79: 948), p.458-462.
WIKIS
- Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad
- Baltimore Light Rail Link
- Baltimore Metro SubwayLink
- Baltimore Streetcar Museum
- History of MTA Maryland
WEB SITES
- Baltimore (on UrbanRailNet)
- Baltimore, Maryland: Transit Links (by Jon Bell)
- Baltimore Metro Subway (by Scott M. Kozel)
- Baltimore once had an elevated streetcar along Guilford Avenue
- Baltimore Streetcar Museum
- History of B&A Railroad
- Light RailLink
- LRT in Baltimore
- Metro SubwayLink
- Revised map showing routes of street cars, motor coaches and trackless trolleys of the Baltimore Transit Company
Also, many thanks to Mr Russell Powers of Lone Tree, CO, USA, for kindly sending me copious amounts of information and documents concerning the history of the Baltimore streetcar and interurban systems.
Copyright Gabor Sandi 1998-2024
Disclaimer: Everything on this site was written and/or prepared at the author's discretion. The author has tried to be accurate where facts are presented, but this does not mean that these facts are necessarily accurate. People needing more reliable information should refer to appropriate sources presented, on the Internet or elsewhere, by authoritative professional or academic bodies.
To get in touch with the webmaster, send an e-mail to g_sandi at hotmail.com.
Flags on this site are from the FOTW Flags Of The World website.