Railroad: Detroit Suburban Railway Company


VariousDetroit Suburban Railway → Detroit Citizen Street Railway → Detroit United Railway


Began: 1892

Operated for 4 years.

Became: DCSR in 1896 then DUR in 1900

Reference: [MRRC]


Notes

Consolidated the following street railways in 1892.

  • Highland Park Railway (1893)
  • East Detroit & Grosse Pointe Railway
  • Jefferson Avenue Railway (including Hamtramck & Grosse Pointe Railway (1891)
  • Detroit Electric Railway
  • North Detroit and Chene Railway
  • Gratiot Avenue Railway

This was an electric railway.


Time Line

 

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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