Talk:List of surface transit routes in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area

/Routes and their origins /Completion list /Divisions

The following articles have information from their history before they were redirected or rewritten: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 29 30 33 35 36 40 43 44 50 51 55 61 64 68 77 91 97 98 M-1 M-2 M-3 M-6 M-8 M-9 M-10 M-12 M-15 M-16 M-17

Initial numbers
Numbers were assigned in 1899. 36 was probably the first numbered bus.
 * Baltimore Traction Company
 * 0 Druid Hill Avenue Line (People's Railway)
 * 1 Gilmor Street Line (Citizens' Railway)
 * 2 Carey Street Line and Fort Avenue Line (People's Railway)
 * 3 Linden Avenue Line (Baltimore, Peabody Heights and Waverly Passenger Railway &rarr; North Baltimore Passenger Railway)
 * 4 Edmondson Avenue Line (North Baltimore Passenger Railway) and Monument Street Line, Franklintown Road to Walbrook (Baltimore and Powhatan Railway) (continued to Powhatan via Windsor Mill Road until the early 1890s ), and Walbrook to Wetheredville via Windsor Mill Road (Gwynn Falls Railway)?
 * 5 Fremont Avenue Line (Baltimore, Peabody Heights and Waverly Passenger Railway &rarr; North Baltimore Passenger Railway)
 * 6 Curtis Bay Line (Baltimore and Curtis Bay Railway)
 * Walbrook to Woodlawn? (Walbrook, Gwynn Oak and Powhatan Railroad)
 * City and Suburban Railway
 * 7/8 Govanstown Line/Towson Line (Baltimore and Yorktown Turnpike) and Irvington Line/Catonsville Line (Baltimore, Catonsville and Ellicott's Mills Passenger Railway)
 * 9 Wilkens Avenue Line
 * 10 Roland Park Line (Baltimore Union Passenger Railway; Baltimore and Hampden Railway) and Highlandtown Line (Highlandtown and Point Breeze Railway)
 * 11 Lakeside Line (North Avenue Railway on Guilford Avenue/Baltimore, Hampden and Lake Roland Railroad &rarr; Lake Roland Elevated Railway?)
 * 11 Dundalk Short Line
 * 12 John Street Line
 * 13 North Avenue Line (North Avenue Railway &rarr; Lake Roland Elevated Railway)
 * 14 Ellicott City Line (Edmondson Avenue, Catonsville and Ellicott City Electric Railway/Columbia and Maryland Railway)
 * Baltimore City Passenger Railway (owned by B&N)
 * 15 Red Gay Street Line (Baltimore, Gardenville and Bel Air Electric Railway)
 * 16 White Madison Avenue Line
 * 17 Blue St. Paul Street Line
 * 18 Green Pennsylvania Avenue–Canton Line
 * 19 Yellow Harford Avenue Line (Baltimore and Hall Springs Passenger Railway)
 * 20 Yellow Orleans Street Line
 * Central Passenger Railway (leased by BCPRy)
 * 21 Preston Street–Caroline Street Line
 * 22 Washington Street–Canton Line
 * 23 Fairmount Avenue Line
 * Other Baltimore and Northern Electric Railway
 * 24 Sparrows Point Line (Baltimore, Middle River and Sparrows Point Electric Railway)
 * 25 Mount Washington Line (Baltimore and Northern Electric Railway)
 * Later additions
 * 26 - what was the original?
 * 27 Federal Street Line (1905)
 * 28 Gwynn Oak Park Line (1908?)
 * 29 Boulevard Line (1908)
 * 30 Fremont Avenue Line (1910)
 * 31 Garrison Boulevard Line (1917)
 * 32 Woodlawn Line (1920)
 * 33 Hudson Avenue Line (1920)
 * 34 Third Street Line (1920??)
 * 35 Lorraine Line (1920?)

List of street railway companies
This is from :
 * Baltimore City Passenger Railway
 * Baltimore Traction Company
 * Citizens Railway
 * Central Passenger Railway
 * Baltimore and Hall Springs Railway
 * Highlandtown and Point Breeze Railway
 * Baltimore, Canton and Point Breeze Railway
 * Baltimore, Pimlico and Pikesville Railway
 * Baltimore and Randallstown Railroad
 * Baltimore and Powhatan Railway
 * North Avenue Electric Railway
 * Baltimore, Peabody Heights and Waverly Railroad
 * North Baltimore Passenger Railway
 * Peoples Passenger Railway
 * Peoples Railway
 * Baltimore Union Passenger Railway
 * City and Suburban Railway
 * Baltimore and Yorktown Turnpike Road
 * Electric Storage Company of Baltimore City
 * Edmondson Avenue, Catonsville and Ellicott City Railway
 * Baltimore and Northern Electric Railway
 * Baltimore Consolidated Railway
 * Baltimore, Halethorpe and St. Denis Railway
 * Columbia and Maryland Railway
 * Falls Road Electric Railway
 * Maryland Electric Railway
 * United Railways and Electric Company
 * Baltimore Transit Company

Short list of streetcar lines

 * No. 0 Line Druid Hill Avenue, 1899-1920
 * No. 1 Line Gilmor Street, 1899-1948
 * No. 2 Line Carey Street-Fort Avenue, 1899-1948
 * No. 3 Line Linden Avenue, 1899-1936
 * No. 4 Line Edmondson Avenue-Monument Street, 1899-1954
 * No. 5 Line Fremont Avenue, 1899-1910
 * No. 5 Line Pimlico, 1916-1948
 * No. 6 Line Curtis Bay, 1899-1948
 * No. 7 Line Irvington-Govanstown, 1899-1931
 * No. 8 Line Catonsville-Towson, 1899-1963
 * No. 9 Line Wilkens Avenue, 1899-1926
 * No. 9 Line Ellicott City, 1927-1955
 * No. 10 Line Roland Park-Highlandtown, 1899-1940
 * No. 11 Line Lakeside, 1899-1924
 * No. 11 Line Dundalk, 1903-1920s
 * No. 11 Line Bedford Square, 1929-1947
 * No. 12 Line John Street, 1899-1938
 * No. 13 Line North Avenue, 1899-1954
 * No. 14 Line Ellicott City, 1899-1954
 * No. 15 Line Gay Street, 1899-1963
 * No. 16 Line Madison Avenue, 1899-1948
 * No. 17 Line St. Paul Street, 1899-1947
 * No. 18 Line Pennsylvania Avenue-Canton, 1899-1952
 * No. 19 Line Harford Avenue, 1899-1956
 * No. 19A Line Carney, 1904-1936
 * No. 20 Line Orleans Street, 1899-1929
 * No. 20 Line West Arlington, 1930
 * No. 20 Line Dundalk, 1930-1936
 * No. 20 Line Point Breeze, 1940-1948
 * No. 21 Line Preston Street-Caroline Street, 1899-1938
 * No. 22 Line Washington Street-Canton, 1899-1938
 * No. 23 Line Fairmount Avenue-Back and Middle Rivers, 1899-1942
 * No. 24 Line Sparrows Point, 1903-~1926
 * No. 24 Line Dundalk, 1920s-1929
 * No. 24 Line Lakeside, 1929-1950
 * No. 25 Line Mount Washington, 1899-1949
 * No. 26 Line Sparrows Point, ~1926-1958
 * No. 26A Line Fort Howard, 1933?-1951
 * No. 27 Line Federal Street, 1905-1938
 * No. 28 Line Gwynn Oak Park, 1908-1910
 * No. 28 Line Bedford Square, 1924
 * No. 28 Line Lakeside, 1924-1929
 * No. 29 Line Boulevard, 1908-1947
 * No. 30 Line Fremont Avenue, 1910-1950
 * No. 31 Line Garrison Boulevard, 1917-1952
 * No. 32 Line Woodlawn, 1920-1955
 * No. 33 Line Hudson Street, 1920-1924
 * No. 33 Line West Arlington, 1924-1948
 * No. 34 Line Third Street, 1907-1950
 * No. 35 Line Lorraine, 1904?-1954
 * No. 38 Line Fort Howard, 1951-1952
 * No. 46 Line Union Avenue, 1940s-1949
 * No. 47 Line Key Avenue, 1940s-1950
 * No. 48 Line Mount Washington, 1949-1950

Company "family tree"

 * United Railways and Electric Company, inc. March 4, 1899
 * United Railway and Electric Company, inc. March 2, 1899; consol. March 4, 1899
 * Baltimore City Passenger Railway, chart. February 13, 1862; consol. March 2, 1899
 * Baltimore and Northern Electric Railway, consol. March 2, 1899
 * Baltimore Consolidated Railway, org. June 18, 1897; consol. March 4, 1899
 * Baltimore Traction Company, chart. April 5, 1888; org. June 8, 1888; consol. 1897
 * Baltimore and Curtis Bay Railway, owned and operated; consol. into UR&E March 4, 1899
 * Baltimore, South Baltimore and Curtis Bay Railroad, renamed 1892
 * North Baltimore Passenger Railway, owned and operated
 * Walbrook, Gwynn-Oak and Powhatan Railroad, owned and operated; consol. into UR&E March 4, 1899
 * Baltimore and Powhatan Railway, owned and operated
 * Citizens' Railway, owned and operated
 * People's Railway, owned and operated
 * Pimlico and Pikesville Railroad, owned and operated; consol. into UR&E March 4, 1899
 * Arlington and Pimlico Railway, owned and operated
 * Note: this is not the Arlington and Pimlico Railroad, a branch of the Western Maryland Railroad on Hayward Avenue, org. January 1881; opened May 14, 1881
 * Shore Line Electric Railway, owned and operated; consol. into UR&E March 4, 1899
 * Gwynn's Falls Railway, operated under contract since it opened (?) on July 1, 1896; consol. into UR&E March 4, 1899
 * City and Suburban Railway, chart. June 7, 1892; consol. 1897
 * Baltimore Union Passenger Railway, consol. June 7, 1892
 * Highlandtown and Point Breeze Railway, consol. June 7, 1892
 * Baltimore and Hampden Railway, consol. June 7, 1892
 * Baltimore and Yorktown Turnpike Road, consol. June 7, 1892
 * Baltimore, Catonsville and Ellicott's Mills Passenger Railway, consol. June 7, 1892 (?!)
 * Lake Roland Elevated Railway, chart. April 1892; purchased by C&S January 1895
 * North Avenue Railway, consol. April 1892
 * Baltimore, Hampden and Lake Roland Railroad, consol. April 1892
 * Central Passenger Railway, chart. May 6, 1881; consol. March 4, 1899
 * Baltimore, Gardensville and Belair Electric Railway, consol. March 4, 1899
 * Baltimore, Catonsville and Ellicott's Mills Passenger Railroad, consol. March 4, 1899
 * Maryland Traction Company, consol. March 4, 1899
 * Baltimore, Sparrow's Point and Chesapeake Railway, owned and leased
 * Baltimore, Middle River and Sparrow's Point Railroad, owned by UR&E; consol.
 * Dundalk, Sparrow's Point and North Point Railway, consol.
 * York Road Turnpike, owned
 * Charles Street Avenue Turnpike, owned
 * Harford Turnpike, owned
 * Baltimore and Jerusalem Turnpike, owned
 * Baltimore and Laurel Electric Railway, owned
 * Maryland Electric Railways Company, leased (Clifford to Annapolis)


 * Lorraine Electric Railway, inc. April 25, 1906


 * Baltimore and Bel Air Electric Railway, chart. January 12, 1903
 * Bel Air Turnpike, owned


 * Columbia and Maryland Railway


 * Edmondson Avenue, Catonsville and Ellicott City Electric Railway


 * Pikesville, Reisterstown and Emory Grove Railroad