Minneapolis - St.Paul 1947

Minneapolis – St.Paul tram map – 1947

FIRST INSET: DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis downtown tram map – 1947

SECOND INSET: DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL

St Paul downtown tram map – 1947

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

DF	Dunning Field (St. Paul)	WS	Winifred St. (St. Paul)
MSt	Mississippi St. (St. Paul)

ROUTES

Operator: Twin City Rapid Transit Company (ancestor of Metro Transit)

STREETCAR ROUTES

INTERURBAN ROUTES CONNECTING MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL

CH	Como – Harriet – Hopkins	E 5th St. (St. Paul) – Wabasha St. – Minnesota State Capitol – Como Ave. (St. Paul) – Lake Como – Como Ave. (Minneapolis) – 4th St. SE – Hennepin Bridge – Hennepin Ave. – Lake Harriet – Hopkins / [CH*] France Ave.
SL	Selby – Lake	Broadway (St. Paul) – E 4th St. – Kellogg Blvd. – Selby Ave. – Marshall Ave. – Lake St. – Hennepin Ave.
SM	St. Paul – Minneapolis	E 5th St. (St. Paul) – Wabasha St. – Minnesota State Capitol – University Ave. – Washington Ave. – 5th Ave. S – 5th St. – 5th Ave. N

MINNEAPOLIS ROUTES

BC	Bloomington – Columbia Hts.	54th St. – Bloomington Ave. – 6th St. – 4th St. S – 2nd Ave. S – St Anthony Falls Bridge – Central Ave. – Columbia Hts.
BJ	Bryant – Johnson	(56th St. / [BJ*] Penn Ave. – 50th St.) – Bryant Ave. S – Lyndale Ave. – Hennepin Ave. – Hennepin Bridge – Hennepin Ave. – 8th St. SE – Johnson St. – 33rd Ave.
BW	Broadway Crosstown	Upton Ave. – Broadway – Broadway Bridge – Jackson (just short of Central Ave.)
CF	Chicago – Fremont	54th St. – Chicago Ave. – 6th St. – 2nd Ave. S – 8th St. S – 7th St. N – Emerson Ave. – Fremont Ave. N – 44th Ave. N
CP	Chicago – Penn	54th St. – Chicago Ave. – 6th St. – 2nd Ave. S – 8th St. S – 7th St. N – Emerson Ave. – Broadway – Penn Ave. N – Thomas Ave.
ET	East 25th	Ford Plant (St. Paul) – 46th Ave. – 42nd Ave. – 36th Ave. – 25th St. – Minnehaha Ave. – Cedar Ave. – Washington Ave. – 5th Ave. S – 5th St. – 5th Ave. N
FP	Ft. Snelling – Minnehaha – Plymouth	Ft. Snelling – Minnehaha Falls – Minnehaha Ave. – Riverside Ave. – Cedar Ave. – Washington Ave. – Plymouth Ave.
GF	Glenwood – 4th Ave.	Glenwood Park – Glenwood Ave. – 1st Ave. N – 6th St. – 4th Ave. – 48th St.
GM	Grand – Monroe	48th St. – Grand Ave. – Nicollet Ave. – 2nd Ave. S – St Anthony Falls Bridge – Central Ave. – Monroe – Washington St. – 27th Ave.
NN	Nicollet – NW Terminal	58th St. – Nicollet Ave. – Marquette Ave. – Hennepin Bridge – Hennepin Ave. – Stinson Blvd. – Broadway
NS	Nicollet – 2nd St. NE	58th St. – Nicollet Ave. – Marquette Ave. – Hennepin Bridge – 2nd St. NE – Grand St. (to 30th Ave.)
OH	Oak – Harriet	Yale Ave. – Oak St. – 4th St. SE – Hennepin Bridge – Hennepin Ave. – Lake Harriet – Xerxes Ave.
TB	34th Ave. S – N. Bryant	54th St. – 34th Ave. S – 42nd St. – 28th Ave. S – Cedar Ave. – Washington Ave. –
TR	28th Ave. S – Robbinsdale	56th St. – 28th Ave. S – 42nd St. – Cedar Ave. – Franklin Ave. – 4th Ave. – 5th St. S – 1st Ave. N – Washington Ave. – Broadway – Robbinsdale

ST. PAUL ROUTES

DP	Dale – Phalen	Lake Como – Dale St. – W 7th St. – E 7th St. – Forest St. – Phalen Pk.
FM	Fort Snelling – Maria	Fort Snelling – W 7th St. – E 7th St. – Maria St. – Indian Mounds Park
HC	Hamline – Cherokee Hts.	Hamline – Thomas Ave. – Minnesota State Capitol – Wabasha St. – Wabasha St. Bridge – S. Wabasha St. – Winifred St. – Cherokee Hts.
MG	Mississippi – Grand	Nebraska Ave. – Arkwright St. – Mississippi St. – Broadway – E 4th St. – Wabasha St. – W 7th St. – Grand Ave. – St. Paul Seminary
RH	Randolph – Hazel Park – North St. Paul – Wildwood – Mahtomedi	Ford Plant – Randolph Ave. – W 7th St. – E 7th St. – Hazel Ave. – North St. Paul – Wildwood – Mahtomedi
RS	Rondo – Stryker	Dunning Field – Rondo Ave. – W 10th St. – Wabasha St. – Wabasha St. Bridge – S. Wabasha St. – Stryker Ave.
RSP	Rice – S. St. Paul	Ivy Ave. – Rice St. – Minnesota State Capitol – Wabasha St. – Robert St. – Concord St. – South St. Paul – Invergrove
SC	Snelling Crosstown	Como Ave. – Snelling Ave. – Highland Pkwy.
SP	St. Clair – Payne	Cleveland Ave. – St. Clair Ave. – W 7th St. – E 7th St. – Payne Ave. – Maryland Ave. – Kennard St.

Tram routes in Minneapolis-St.Paul were identified by the main locations they passed by. The route identifiers used on the maps and below are strictly for convenience, and were never used by the Twin City Transit Co. itself.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

Streetcar lines: ca. 320 km.

HISTORY

Streetcars:
- Horse-powered: St. Paul: July 1872 - 1892; Minneapolis: 2 Sept. 1875 - 1892.
- Electric: Minneapolis: 24 Dec. 1889 - 19 June 1954; St. Paul: 22 Feb. 1890 - 31 Oct. 1953.
Light rail: 26 June 2004 - today.

GAUGE

1435 mm.

TRAM PRESERVATION

The Minnesota Streetcar Museum runs historic Minneapolis - St. Paul streetcars at two museum locations: adjacent to Lake Harriet in SW Minneapolis and at Excelsior, 15 miles (24 km) west of Minneapolis.

SOURCES

PRINT

Carter, J.M. "Minnesota: Streetcar named conspire", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2003 (66: 791), p.413-415.
Diers, J.W. & Isaacs, A. Twin City Trolley: The streetcar era in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minneapolis & London: University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Simons, V. "Minneapolis - St. Paul: Reconnecting the Twin Cities", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2014 (77: 921), p.362-367.

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MINNEAPOLIS - ST.PAUL

MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES

1947