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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 |
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.
SOURCES
- 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 Traction History
- CINCINNATI-TRANSIT.net
- Cincinnati Transit Historical Association
- Go Metro
- Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) Cincinnati Streetcar / Cincinnati Bell Connector
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