Passenger Rail Transport in Ohio - Cleveland Rta, Interurban Railways in Ohio, Light Rail in Ohio, Railway Stations in Ohio (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Cleveland RTA, Interurban railways in Ohio, Light rail in Ohio, Railway stations in Ohio, Rapid transit in Ohio, Streetcars in Ohio, Cincinnati streetcars, Blue and Green Lines, Cardinal, Cincinnati Subway, Lake Shore Limited, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Capitol Limited, Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad, MetroMoves, Chicago Hub Network, Columbus Streetcar, Red Line, Tower City Center, Mercury, Union Station, Ohio Hub, West Penn Railways, Lake Shore Electric Railway, HealthLine, Cleveland streetcars, Columbus, Delaware and Marion Railway, RTA Rapid Transit, Toledo, Port Clinton and Lakeside Railway, Cleveland commuter rail, Xenia Station, Lake Cities, Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad, Shenandoah, National Limited, Ohio Valley Electric Railway, Fast Flying Virginian, B & O Freight Terminal, Cincinnati Street Railway, Cleveland Railway, Ada Pennsylvania Station and Railroad Park, Railroad terminals of Cleveland, Ohio, List of Cleveland RTA bus routes, 9 - Mayfield, Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, Ohio Electric Railway. Excerpt: Cincinnati streetcars were the main form of public transportation in Cincinnati, Ohio at the turn of the twentieth century. The original streetcar system was dismantled in 1951. In 2007 the city completed a study to determine if installing modern streetcars would be beneficial. On April 23, 2008 Cincinnati City Council approved a plan to build a new streetcar line, and in July 2010 the project secured $25 million in federal funding. The earliest that a new system might open is spring 2013. The track gauge was in (1,588 mm) (Pennsylvania trolley gauge). Cincinnati's first settlers made their home on the large flat basin that now includes downtown, Over-the-Rhine, and the West End. By the 1850s the city's population was too large for the basin alone, and people starte...