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Railroad: Detroit Suburban Railway Company
Various → Detroit 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