Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway
 The GP&H car barn and union station with the Preston and Berlin Street Railway in Preston. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Reporting mark | GP&H |
| Locale | Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada |
| Dates of operation | 1894–1908 |
| Predecessor | Galt and Preston Street Railway |
| Successor | Berlin, Waterloo, Wellesley, and Lake Huron Railway |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | Overhead 600 V DC |
The Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway (GP&H) was an interurban electric street railway connecting the three nearby communities of Galt, Preston, and later Hespeler in Waterloo County (now Waterloo Region), Ontario, Canada.[1] The firm was organized in 1890, and began operation in 1894. In 1908 it merged with the Preston & Berlin Street Railway, with the new entity called the Berlin, Waterloo, Wellesley, and Lake Huron Railway Company.[2][3]
In 1911, the line reached Hespeler, Berlin (later called Kitchener) and Waterloo. In 1914, the company was incorporated as the Grand River Railway. By 1916, the line was extended to Brantford/Port Dover.[4][5][2]
See also
- Preston and Berlin Street Railway
- Grand River Railway
- Galt Subdivision
- Kitchener and Waterloo Street Railway
- List of street railways in Canada
- List of Ontario railways
References
- ^
"History of electric rail transportation". Cambridge web. 2009. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
In 1894 with the completion of the Galt-Preston line, a charter to build an electric rail line between Preston and Berlin (Kitchener) was granted to Thomas Todd of Galt (President of the G & P), Fred Clare of Preston and J.A. Fennel of Kitchener. For various reasons, the Preston and Berlin Street Railway lay dormant until 1900 when it was reorganized.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "PRESTON & BERLIN STREET RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED PRESTON & BERLIN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED". Trainweb. Trainweb. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "GRAND RIVER RAILWAY". Trainweb. Trainweb. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "CAMBRIDGE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON WATERLOO REGION'S LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT". Waterloo Region. Waterloo Region. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ Mills, Rych (10 January 2017). "Flash From the Past: Preston Car and Coach goes up in smoke". Record. Kitchener. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
Further reading
- Mills, John M. (1977). Traction on The Grand: The Story of Electric Railways along Ontario's Grand River Valley. Railfare Enterprises. ISBN 0-919130-27-5.
External links
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