EARLY STREET RAILWAYS IN CINCINNATI

Several street railway companies were eventually consolidated into a single streetcar system in Cincinnati.

CITY PASSENGER RAILROAD

Opened 1859, merged 1873 into Cincinnati Consolidated Railway, merged 1880 into Cincinnati Street Railway.

CINCINNATI STREET RAILROAD

Opened 1859, merged 1873 into Cincinnati Consolidated Railway, merged 1880 into Cincinnati Street Railway.

PASSENGER RAILROAD OF CINCINNATI

Opened 1859, merged 1873 into Cincinnati Consolidated Railway, merged 1880 into Cincinnati Street Railway.

ROUTE NINE STREET RAILROAD

Opened 1859, merged 1873 into Cincinnati Consolidated Railway, merged 1880 into Cincinnati Street Railway.

PENDLETON & FIFTH ST. MARKET PLACE STREET PASSENGER RAILROAD

Opened 1859, merged into East & West End Street Railroad Co., merged 1873 into Cincinnati Consolidated Railway, merged 1880 into Cincinnati Street Railway.

PENDLETON STREET RAILROAD

Opened 1860, merged into East & West End Street Railroad Co., merged 1873 into Cincinnati Consolidated Railway, merged 1880 into Cincinnati Street Railway.

CINCINNATI, WALNUT HILLS, AVONDALE & PLEASANT RIDGE STREET RAILWAY

Opened 1874, merged 1880 into Cincinnati Street Railway.

STORRS & SEDAMSVILLE STREET RAILROAD

Opened 1878, merged 1880 into Cincinnati Street Railway.

CINCINNATI & SPRING GROVE AVE. STREET RAILWAY

Merged 1880 into Cincinnati Street Railway.

CINCINNATI & CLIFTON INCLINED PLANE RAILROAD

Opened 1876, merged 1880 into Cincinnati Street Railway.

REES MCDUFFIE

Opened 1884 by individual owner, acquired 1885 by Cincinnati Street Railway.

CUMMINSVILLE STREET PASSENGER RAILROAD

Acquired by 1889 by Cincinnati Street Railway.

WALNUT HILLS & CINCINNATI STREET RAILROAD

Opened 1872, merged 1880 into Cincinnati Street Railway, sold 1881 to Mt. Adams & Eden Park Inclined Railway, acquired 1896 by Cincinnati Street Railway.

MT. ADAMS & EDEN PARK INCLINED RAILWAY

Opened 1876, in 1881 acquired Walnut Hills & Cincinnati Street Railroad, acquired 1896 by Cincinnati Street Railway.

MT. AUBURN CABLE RAILWAY

Opened 1887, acquired 1896 by Cincinnati Street Railway.

MT. AUBURN STREET RAILROAD

Opened 1864, leased 1873 by Cincinnati Inclined Plane Railway, acquired 1885 by Cincinnati Inclined Plane Railway, acquired 1898 by Cincinnati Street Railway.

CINCINNATI & COLUMBIA STREET RAILROAD

Opened 1866 , acquired 1896 by Cincinnati Street Railway.

The first consolidation of street railway in Cincinnati was in 1873, when several lines were merged into the Cincinnati Consolidated Railway. In 1880, the Cincinnati Consolidated Railway and several smaller companies merged into the Cincinnati Street Railway. And in 1896, a new state law enabled the Cincinnati Street Railway to acquire all remaining independent street railway companies.

From 1901 to 1925, the Cincinnati Street Railway was leased by the Cincinnati Traction Co.

HORSE CAR/CABLE CAR/STEAM DUMMY ROUTES

Early streetcar routes, and the companies which operated them.

INCLINE RAILWAYS

The hilly nature of Cincinnati resulted in the construction of several incline railways, none of which remain.

Go to Chicago Transit & Railfan Web Site