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History

Formation

The Springfield Horse Railway Company was chartered by an act approved by the state legislature in 1863.

In 1868, the Springfield Street Railway was founded with a headquarters at Main and Hooker Streets. The first line in operation was the State Street line. By 1888 additional lines provided service to West Springfield and Chicopee. By January 9th 1893, the last horse car was ridden from Main and Bridge Streets over the old Toll Bridge to West Springfield. ^[1]

Springfield and Eastern

The Springfield and Eastern Street Railway was originally founded as the Palmer and Monson Street Railway in 1898. Three years later, the company was renamed to Springfield and Eastern as a connection with SSR via Ludlow opened on September 17th.

System

1 June and Providence Streets
2 Tatnuck and Salisbury Street
3 Elm Park and Boynton Street
4 Summit and Greenwood Street
5 City Hall and Lake Shore
6 Lincoln Square and Union Station.
7 Jefferson and Bramanville
8 Boston and Worcester^[a]
9 City Line and Union Station
10 Worcester and Grafton
11 Worcester and Westboro
12 Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Marlboro
13 Northboro, Westboro, and Marlboro
14 Moore Avenue and Union Station
15 Summer Street and City Hall
20 Webster Square and Barber's Crossing
21 Leicester Line and Burncoat Street
22 Leicester Line and Lincoln Street
23 Webster Square and Union Station
24 Lake View and Hadwen Park
25 Coe's Square and Franklin Street
26 Columbus Park and Normal School
27 Columbus Park and City Hall
28 Belmont and Upsala Streets
29 Canterbury and Hamilton Streets
30 Grant Square and South Worcester
31 Worcester and Spencer
32 Webster Square and Lincoln Square
33 Prospect Park and City Hall
40 Worcester and Fitchburg via Sterling
41 Worcester and Fitchburg via Clinton
42 Lancaster and Hudson
43 Leominster crosstown
45 Worcester and Woonsocket
46 Plummers Corner and Whitinsville
50 Worcester and Springfield
51 Sandersdale
52 Worcester and Auburn
53 Worcester and Webster
55 Webster – Connecticut State Line

Fares

The base fare for the city lines was five cents.

Streetcars and buses

Carhouses

Built around 1895 as a Springfield Street Railway carhouse, it was converted to freight use around 1910. The structure was demolished around 2002.

Freight service

Power system

Remains

Trolley Barn in 2018.

More Photos

Interior of one of the 50 streetcars made for the Springfield Street Railway by Wason in 1927

References

^ Scott R. Johnson, "The Trolley Car as a Social Factor: Springfield, Massachusetts," History Journal of Western Massachusetts, 1972, 1#2 pp 5–17
^ Cite error: The named reference remembered was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cummings, O.R. (1975). Trolleys Along The Turnpike. Boston Street Railway Association.

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[1] Scott R. Johnson, "The Trolley Car as a Social Factor: Springfield, Massachusetts," History Journal of Western Massachusetts, 1972, 1#2 pp 5–17

[remembered-2] Cite error: The named reference remembered was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[turnpike-3] Cummings, O.R. (1975). Trolleys Along The Turnpike. Boston Street Railway Association.

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