HAMILTON STREET RAILWAY

The 'Hamilton Street Railway' (abbreviated as 'HSR') is the name of the organization which operates all public transit vehicles in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. HSR is owned by the City of Hamilton.
The name is a legacy of the days when the majority of public transit vehicles were streetcars; the present-day Hamilton Street Railway is in fact built around bus services.

Contents

Routes

Route Histories

Terminals and connections

Fares

Streetcars

Roster

See also

External links

Routes

★ 1/1A King

★ 2 Barton

★ 3 Cannon

★ 4 Bayfront

★ 5/5A/5E Delaware (eastbound) / 5B Main West - University Plaza)/5C West Hamilton/52 Main West - Dundas (westbound)

★ 6 Aberdeen

★ 7 Locke

★ 8 York

★ 9 Rock Gardens (summer Sunday/holiday service)

★ 10 Beeline Express (interlined with 55/55A/58)

★ 11 Parkdale

★ 16 Ancaster

★ 21 Upper Kenilworth

★ 22 Upper Ottawa

★ 23 Upper Gage

★ 24 Upper Sherman

★ 25 Upper Wentworth

★ 26 Upper Wellington

★ 27 Upper James

★ 33 Sanatorium

★ 34/34A Upper Paradise

★ 35 College

★ 41/41A Mohawk

★ 43 Stone Church

★ 51 University

★ 52A Dundas Local

★ 55/55A Stoney Creek Central

★ 56 Confederation Park (summer Saturday/Sunday/holiday service)

★ 58 Stoney Creek Local

Route Histories

In the early 90's the HSR eliminated many routes by expanding current routes. The following is a list of eliminated/replaced routes:

★ 1 King-Reid replaced by 1/1A King-Eastgate Square (Route extended into Stoney Creek)

★ 2A Barton-Kenilworth/2B Barton-Parkdale/2C Barton-Talbot replaced by 2 Barton-Bell Manor Loop (Route extended into Stoney Creek)

★ 18 Waterdown to Bronte GO station eliminated, not replaced (Low ridership)

★ 31 Fennell replaced by 21 Upper Kenilworth (Route moved from Concession Street to Fennell Avenue) and 41 Mohawk (Now serves Kenilworth Avenue)

★ 32 Garth replaced by 35 College (Route extended south of Mohawk College)

★ 45 Limeridge eliminated, not replaced (Limeridge Road closed as a through street)

★ 53 Burlington replaced by 41 Mohawk (Now serves Ottawa Street) and 11 Parkdale (Route extended into Burlington)

★ 57 Nash replaced by 4 Bayfront (Now serves Nash Road)

Terminals and connections

HSR routes serving the downtown core stop near the intersection of King and James streets (routes 1A, 2, 3, 4, 5/5A/5B/5C/5E/, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 33, 34, 35, 51,52).
HSR connects with GO Transit at Hamilton GO Centre, the terminus on the Lakeshore West line. The station, located at 36 Hunter St E, a few blocks south of King and James, serves as the Hamilton bus terminal, with both Express Highway 407 and Queen Elizabeth Way GO Buses, and the main Greyhound Lines bus stop (mainly serving London, Ontario and those connections) in Hamilton. Canada Coach Lines, once owned by HSR, is now served by Coach Canada, formerly Trentway-Wagar, and operates routes between Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, and Niagara. It is also the former Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway (TH&B) passenger station, and there is a small museum above the public concourse.
Via the Mountain Transit Centre transfer point (served by route 27) and a contract with Blue Line Taxi, the HSR also connects with other areas in the northwest portion of the former Glanbrook Township.
In addition, the HSR is connected with Burlington Transit, as one route (11 Parkdale) travels into Burlington via Burlington Beach, and BT Route 1 enters downtown Hamilton from Plains Road West.
Other terminals and loops:

★ West Hamilton Loop (routes 5C and 51)

★ Limeridge Transit Terminal (routes 25, 26, 41/41A and 43)

★ Eastgate Transit Terminal (routes 1, 10, 55/55A, 56 and 58)

★ McMaster University (routes 1A, 10, 5A/5C, 51 run through or terminate at the university; routes 5B/5E/52 pass nearby on Main St) - also GO Transit service to/from Burlington GO with train connections to Toronto

★ Bell Manor Loop (routes 2 and 55/55A)

★ Meadowlands (routes 5A/5C (peak), 16, 41 and 43)

Fares

Age group	Individual Fare	5 tickets	Monthly Pass	Annual Pass
Elementary schoolchildren (Grades 1-8)	$2.25	$7.00†	$56.00†	n/a
Students in secondary and school (19 and under)	$2.25	$7.00†	$56.00†	n/a
Adults	$2.25	$8.75	$71.00	n/a
Seniors (65 years of age and older)	$2.25	$8.75	$71.00	$205.00

All fares are in Canadian dollars.

† Valid Student I.D. may be required
The Presto card will be added to the fare system by 2010.

Streetcars

HSR also once operated horsecar (1873-1892) and streetcar (1892-1951) lines (hence the name) as well as incline railways (Hamilton and Barton Incline Railway - Wentworth Incline 1895-1936, demolished 1949 and Hamilton Incline Railway - James Street Incline 1892-1932).
Trolleybuses were also run on a few routes into the 1990s.

Roster

''Buses''

★ Fageol-Brill Twin Coach 44S

★ Ford 29B

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★ 72B

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★ 99T

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★ E-450

★ White Motor Company 788

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★ 798

★ ElDorado National Hawk PM

★ Yellow Coach TG2101

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★ TG-2401

★
★ X

★ Brill/Canada Car and Foundry T48 and T48A trolleybus

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★ Flyer Industries E700A

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★ E800B-10240

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★ D900-10240

★ Canadian Car and Foundry C36 and 36A

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★ CD36A

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★ CD-44A

★ Mack Trucks RB

★ General Motors Diesel Division Buses 4512

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★ General Motors Diesel Division Buses TGH-3102

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★ General Motors Diesel Division Buses TA60102N

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★ 4517

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★ 4519

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★ T6H-4521

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★ T6H-5307N

★ Rek-Vek Industries Club Car

★ Motor Coach Industries / General Motors Diesel Division Buses TC40102N Classic

★ Orion Bus Industries Orion V

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★ Orion Bus Industries Orion V CNG

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★ Orion Bus Industries Orion VI CNG

★ New Flyer Industries C40LF CNG

★ New Flyer Industries D40LF - 22 ordered in 2006

★ New Flyer Industries DE40LF (Hybrid) - 5 ordered in 2006

★ New Flyer Industries DE60LFR (Hybrid) - 7 ordered in 2006

★ NovaBus LFS
''Horsecars''

★ Stevenson & Co. closed horsecar

★ J.G. Brill and Company closed horsecar

★ Jones's Sons Company closed horsecar

★ Jones's Sons Company open horsecar

★ J.G. Brill and Company open horsecar

★ unknown builders of open and closed horsecars

★ Allen horsecar
''Streetcars''

★ Paterson & Corbett Line car

★ Preston Car Company closed car

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★ DEST closed

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★ DEST Paye

★ G.C. Kuhlman Car Company ST closed

★ Laconia Car Company closed car

★ Ottawa Car Company closed car

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★ sweeper

★ McGuire-Cummings Manufacturing Company sweeper

★ Jones SE closed car

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★ closed car

★
★ open car

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★ DT closed and open cars

★ National Steel Car SEDT closed

★ Laconia Car Company DEDT
Denotes wheelchair accessibility

See also

★ GO Transit

★ Burlington Transit

★ VIA Rail

★ Oakville Transit

External links

★ HSR website

★ Drawings of HSR vehicles by Peter McLaughlin

★ HSR Roster

★ HSR Bus Roster

★ HSR streetcar roster

★ HSR horsecar roster

★ HSR Incline

★ HSR General Info

★ DEWIRED (Re: 1992 close-down of Trolleybus service)

★ JN's HSR Pages