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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Ride of A Lifetime: The Story of St. Louis' Streetcars | 1993 Nine PBS Special - Length: 27:59 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Streetcars of St. Louis - Length: 5:06 mins. |
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MAPS
CENTRAL ST. LOUIS
DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS
GRANITE CITY
LONG-DISTANCE INTERURBAN ROUTES
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| CCD | Country Club Drive | HS | Hebert St. |
| DA | Devonshire Av. | MP | Magnolia Place |
| DB | De Baliviere Av. | MS | Meramec St. |
| FB | Forsyth Blvd. | SA | Shenandoah Av. |
| GA | Glasgow Av. | TG | Tower Grove Av. |
| HA | Hodiamont Av. | WB | Wydown Blvd. |
| Ham | Hamilton Av. |
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ROUTES
STREETCAR ROUTES
Operator: St. Louis Public Service Company
| 01 | Kirkwood | Big Bend Loop - Pershing Av. - Clayton - Brentwood - Kirkwood |
| 02 | Florissant | Ferguson Jnctn. - Miller Rd. |
| 04 | Clayton | Skinker Blvd. - Wydown Blvd. - Clayton - Forsyth Blvd. - Right of way - Log Cabin Loop |
| 05 | Creve Coeur | University City - Kingsland Av. - Vernion Av. - Midland Blvd. - Creve Coeur Lake |
| 10 | Delmar | 4th & Locust St. - Olive St. - Taylor Av. - Delmar Blvd. - University City |
| 11 | University | 4th & Locust St. - Olive St. - Pershing Av. - Big Bend Loop |
| 12 | Maryland | 4th & Locust St. - Olive St. - Maryland Av. - Kingshighway |
| 13 | Union | De Baliviere Av. - Pershing Av. [back: Delmar Blvd.] - Union Blvd. - W Florissant Av. |
| 14 | University Supplementary | 4th & Locust St. - Olive St. - Pershing Av. - Clayton (Country Club Drive) |
| 15 | Hodiamont | 4th & St. Charles - Locus St. - 12th St. [now Tucker Blvd.] - Franklin Av. [now Dr. Martin Luther King Dr.] - Enright Av. - Right of way - Hodiamont Av. - Suburban Garden |
| 16 | City Limits - Ferguson | Manchester Av. - Yale Av. - De Mun Av. - Skinker Blvd. - Delmar Blvd. - Hamilton Av. - Hodiamont Av. - Greendale - Ferguson Jnctn. - Ferguson (Wesley Av.) |
| 17 | Page | 3rd & Washington - Washington Av. - Franklin Av. - Enright Av. - Taylor Av. - Page Blvd. - Hodiamont Av. |
| 18 | Taylor | Broadway & Taylor - Pope Av. - Taylor Av. - Delmar Blvd. - Euclid Av. - Kingshighway - Manchester Av. |
| 22 | Jefferson | Chippewa & Jefferson - Jefferson Av. - Hebert St. - Grand Blvd. |
| 30 | Cass | Walnut St. - 7th St. [back: 8th St. - Franklin Av. [now Martin Luther King Dr.] - 6th St.] - Cass Av. - Glasgow Av - St. Louis Av. - Belt Av. |
| 32 | Wellston | 3rd & Franklin - Franklin Av. [now Martin Luther King Dr.] - Easton Av. [now Martin Luther King Dr.] - Wellston Loop (Hodiamont Av.) |
| 40 | Broadway | Catalan St. - Broadway - Grape Av. |
| 41 | Lee | 3rd & Franklin - Franklin Av. [now Martin Luther King Dr.] - [9th St. - St. Louis Av.] [back: 14th St. - Cass Av. - 11th St.] - 19th St. - Hyde Park - Kossuth Av. - Lee Av. - Taylor & Lee |
| 42 | Sarah | W Florissant Av. - Fair Av. - Sarah St. - Vandeventer Av. - Tower Grove Av. - Missouri Botanical Garden |
| 44 | Broadway - Chippewa | Grand Blvd. - Chippewa St. - Broadway - Grape Av. [Rush hour service] |
| 50 | Southampton | 3rd & Washington - Washington Av. - 12th St. [now Tucker Blvd.] - Lafayette Av. - Grand Blvd. - Arsenal St. - Kingshighway - Devonshire Av. - Macklind Av. |
| 51 | Forest Park | 4th & Chestnut - 21st St. - Market St. - Laclede Av. - Euclid Av. - Oakland Av. - Yale Av. - Richmond Hts. Loop |
| 53 | Manchester (Maplewood) | 4th & Chestnut - Broadway [back: 4th] - Chouteau Av. - Manchester Av. - Maplewood |
| 54 | Manchester (Rockhill Rd.) | 4th & Chestnut - Broadway [back: 4th] - Chouteau Av. - Manchester Av. - Maplewood - Summit Av. - Rockhill Rd. |
| 55 | Manchester (Kirkwood) | 4th & Chestnut - Broadway [back: 4th] - Chouteau Av. - Manchester Av. - Maplewood - Summit Av. - Lockheed Av. - Kirkwood |
| 56 | Manchester (Magnolia) | 4th & Chestnut - Broadway [back: 4th] - Chouteau Av. - Manchester Av. - Maplewood - Summit Av. - Lockheed Av. - Kirkwood - Magnolia |
| 57 | Brentwood | Richmond Hts. Loop - Brentwood |
| 65 | Woodson | Wellston Loop (Hodiamont Av.) - St. Charles Rock Rd. - Woodson Rd. |
| 70 | Grand | 20th St. - Grand Blvd. - Meramec St. - Virginia Av. |
| 72 | Eighteenth | 9th & Market - Clark Av. - 18th St. - 19th St. - St. Louis Av. - Jefferson Av. - Hebert St. - Grand Blvd. |
| 73 | Bellefontaine | Robin Av. - W Florissant - Grand Blvd. - 20th St. - Hyde Park - 14th St. [back: 11th St.] - 9th St. - Clark Av. - 12th St. - Virginia Av. - Primm St. |
| 81 | Park | 3rd & Washington - Washington Av. - 18th St. - Chouteau Av. - Mississippi Av. - Park Av. - 39th St. - Shenandoah Av. - Magnolia Place |
INTERURBAN ROUTES
Operator: St. Louis Waterworks Ry.
| WW | Waterworks | Grand Blvd. - Hall St. - Riverview Dr. - N Riverfront Park Lake |
Operator: Illinois Terminal Railroad
| A | Alton Interurban | Washington Av. - 12th St. Tunnel - McKinley Bridge - Madison Stn. - Granite City (Madison Av.) - Alton |
| D | Decatur-Peoria Interurban | Decatur - Bloomington - Mackinaw - Peoria |
| G | Grafton Interurban | Alton - Grafton |
| GC | Granite City | Washington Av. - 12th St. Tunnel - McKinley Bridge - Venice - Madison Av. - Granite City Loop (Clockwise) - 23rd St. |
| P | Peoria Interurban | Washington Av. - 12th St. Tunnel - McKinley Bridge - Madison Stn. - Granite City (Washington Av.) - Staunton - Springfield - Lincoln - Mackinaw - Peoria |
| S | Danville-Springfield Interurban | Danville - Champaign - Decatur - Springfield |
Note (1): With the exception of line A, none of these routes exceeded 4 round-trips daily.
Note (2): The designations WW, A, D, G, GC, S & P are for convenience only and were not used by the operating companies.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Streetcar lines: ? km.
- Interurban line (Granite City): 9 km.
- Interurban lines (To Peoria & Danville): ca. 640 km.
HISTORY
- Horse-powered streetcars: 4 July 1859 - ???
- Cable cars: 15 Apr. 1886 - 12 Feb. 1921
- Electric streetcars (1st generation): 6 Feb. 1888 - 21 May 1966.
- Interurbans: 1897- 22 June 1958.
- Light rail (2nd generation): 1993 - today.
GAUGE
- Urban streetcar: 1473 mm.
- Interurban: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Fehl, G. The Illinois Traction System, Vol. 4, Alton-Granite City-East St. Louis, East St. Louis electric trackage, other East Side electric railways GS Productions, 1992.
- Illinois Traction System Central Electric Railfans' Association Bulletin No.98, Nov. 1954.
- Jenkins, D. The Illinois Terminal Railroad, the road of personalized services Bucklin (MO): White River Productions, 2005.
- Young, A.D. St. Louis and its Streetcars: The way it was Richmond (BC, Canada): Archway Publishing, 1996.
- Young, A.D. The St. Louis Streetcar Story Glendale (CA): Interurban Press, 1988.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
Also, many thanks to Mr Russell Powers of Lone Tree, CO, USA, for kindly sending me information and documents concerning the history of the St. Louis streetcar and interurban systems.
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