TRANSIT FACILITIES IN CINCINNATI

CAR HOUSES/BUS GARAGES

Present and past.


CINCINNATI BUS GARAGES

BOND HILL GARAGE
4700 Paddock Rd. (east side of street)
Opened December, 1986
Replaced Hewitt Garage

QUEENSGATE GARAGE
1401 Bank St. (south side of street)
Opened October, 1979
Replaced Brighton Garage


FORMER CAR HOUSES/BUS GARAGES

History is incomplete for many car houses. All housed strictly streetcars unless noted as bus garages.

AVONDALE
Reading Rd. and Kinsey Ave. (northwest corner)
First trolleybuses August 17, 1947
Last streetcars July 22, 1950
Last trolleybuses May 13, 1951
Closed December, 1956

BLAIR AVENUE
Montgomery Rd. and Blair Ave. (southwest corner)
Closed in 1939

BRIGHTON
1143 Harrison Ave. (south side of street)
Originally a horse car barn
First trolleybuses December, 1936
Last streetcars April 29, 1951
Last trolleybuses June 18, 1965
Closed October, 1979
Replaced by Queensgate Garage

EAST END
Eastern Ave. and St. Andrews Ave.
Closed November 15, 1932

EIGHTH STREET
State Ave. and Dutton Ave. (northeast corner)
First trolleybuses 1941
Closed March 25, 1951
Building remains standing

HARTWELL
Vine St. and DeCamp Ave. (northeast corner)
Opened in 1901
Closed October 16, 1932

HEWITT
1635 Hewitt Ave. (south side of street)
Opened in 1885 as cable car barn
First trolleybuses January 1, 1949
Last streetcars July 24, 1949
Last trolleybuses May 8, 1965
Closed December, 1986
Replaced by Bond Hill Garage

HYDE PARK
Erie Ave. and Tarpis Ave. (northeast corner)
Opened August 14, 1912
First trolleybuses July, 1947
Last streetcars June 18, 1950
Closed October 8, 1950

MT. AUBURN
Highland Ave. and Dorchester Ave. (northwest corner)
Opened in 1888 as cable car barn
Closed in 1902
Building remains standing

OHIO AVENUE
Ohio Ave. and Elmont St. (northwest corner)
Opened in 1896
Closed March 6, 1949

ST. BERNARD
Vine St., St. Bernard OH (east side of street)
Opened in 1891
Closed in 1901

VINE STREET
Vine St. and Rochelle St. (northwest corner)
Opened in 1887 as cable car barn
Closed April 29, 1951

WINTON SHOP
249 W. Mitchell Ave. (south side of street)
Main repair facility 1928-1980
Replaced Chester Park shops on north side of street
Bus operating division 1951-1964, 1977-1981

NORWOOD
Bus garage leased with acquisition of City Transit Co. in 1941
Closed May 20, 1951


EARLIER HORSE CAR BARNS

Horse car barns which were never adapted for electric streetcars.


TRANSIT FACILITY LOCATIONS

Links to locations of past and present car houses and garages, using Google Maps. Satellite views are also available.