Cincinnati Street Railway (CSR) was the public transit operator in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1859 to 1952. The company ceased

streetcar A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

operations and was renamed Cincinnati Transit Company. The company was founded in 1859 and was one of several operators. The Cincinnati Consolidated Railway merged with CSR in 1880: * Passenger Railroad of Cincinnati 1859-1873 - merged with CCR * Route Nine Street Railroad 1859-1873 - merged with CCR * Pendleton Street Railroad 1860-1873 - merged with East and West Street Railroad Company and finally with CCR in 1873 * Cincinnati, Walnut Hills, Avondale and Pleasant Ridge Street Railway 1874-1880 - merged with CSR * Storrs and Sedamsvill Street Railroad 1878-1880 * Cincinnati and Clifton Incline Plane Railroad 1876-1880 * Rees McDuffie 1884-1885 * Cumminsville Street Passenger Railroad ?-1889 * Walnut Hills and Cincinnati Street Railway 1872-1880 * Mount Adams and Eden Park Incline Railway 1876-1881 * Mount Auburn Cable Railway 1887-1896 * Mount Auburn Street Railway 1864-1873 * Cincinnati and Columbia Street Railway 1866-1896 Some of the city's streetcars, namely A9-10

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were sold to the

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upon abandonment. The company began subway construction from 1920 to 1925, but the route was abandoned due to lack of money.

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* Streetcars built by the

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s built by the

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es built by several different manufacturers, but primarily

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, the

and

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Preserved vehicles

Some former CSR vehicles have been preserved in museums. One example is car 2227, built in 1919 by the

, at the

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum is a museum in Washington, Pennsylvania, dedicated to operation and preservation of streetcars and trolleys. The museum primarily contains historic trolleys from Pennsylvania, but their collection includes examples ...

. That museum acquired car 2227 from the Lake Shore Electric Railway (another museum) in 2009 and restored it, unveiling the restored car in 2013.

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Early Street Railway

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cincinnati Street Railway Passenger rail transportation in Cincinnati Defunct Ohio railroads Interurban railways in Ohio Streetcars in Ohio Railway inclines in the United States 1859 establishments in Ohio 1952 disestablishments in Ohio

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Preserved vehicles

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