Railroad: Detroit City Railway Company, The
Acquired various → Detroit City Railway → Detroit Citizens Street Railway
Built: 1863 in Detroit.
Operated for 27 years.
Became: Detroit Citizens Street Railway in 1890
Reference: [MRRC]
Image Info: An 1885 photo of a horse-drawn street car in Detroit.
Notes
Acquired the following street railway lines:
- Russell Street, St. Aubin & Detroit and Milwaukee Junction Railway - in 1876 (including the St. Aubin Avenue Street Railway)
- Hamtramck Street Railway - in 1881
- Congress & Baker Street Railway - in 1882 (including the Detroit & Grand Trunk Junction Street Railway)
- Cass Avenue Railway - in 1882
This line was originally horse-powered, then electric.
Time Line
Additional Information
Books
- Detroit’s Street Railways. Schramm, Kenneth. Charleston, S. C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006.
- Detroit's Street Railways: Volume I: City Lines 1863-1922. Schramm, Jack E., Henning, William H. Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Assoc., 1978.
- Detroit Street Railways: Volume II: City Lines 1922-1956. Schramm, Jack E., Henning, William H. and Andrews, Richard R. and Dworman, Thomas J. Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Assoc., 1980.
