Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway
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The Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway was an interurban streetcar service connecting the three nearby cities of Galt, Ontario and Preston, Ontario, and later, also connecting Hespeler, Ontario.[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 & 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][6]
References
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"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.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "PRESTON & BERLIN STREET RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED PRESTON & BERLIN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED". Trainweb. Trainweb. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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