Streetcars in Saskatoon
Three organizations had authority to operate streetcars in Saskatoon: the private Saskatoon Electric Railway and Power Company and Saskatoon Municipal Railway; and the Saskatoon Transit System from 1949.[1][2] The first streetcar ran on December 13, 1913, and the last ran in 1951.
The Saskatoon Transit System, a branch of the municipal government of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, phased out streetcars, in favour of trolley-buses, and diesel buses, running the last streetcar in 1951.[1][2]
Its first route was constructed on Second Avenue.[3]
From 1912 to 1933 streetcars crossed the South Saskatchewan River over Saskatoon's Traffic Bridge, a bridge completed in 1907.[4] The streetcar's route descended into the river valley, and then had a sharp turn onto the bridge, and several vehicles did not slow down enough and derailed, one sliding onto the frozen river.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 David A. Wyatt. "Transit History of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1989–2007". University of Manitoba. http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/alltime/saskatoon-sk.html. Retrieved 2016-05-04. "Also cited in law as Saskatoon Municipal Street Railway. Suburban line to the village of Sutherland opened 17 December 1913."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Significant Dates: A Saskatoon Chronology, 1999–2006.". City of Saskatoon Archives. Archived from the original on 2005-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20050319085320/http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/org/clerks_office/archives/ar-dates.asp. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "Building the Street Railway in Saskatoon, 1912". Saskatoon Archives. http://www.saskarchives.com/node/331. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "Traffic Bridge boasts colourful history". Saskatoon Star Phoenix. 2016-01-06. http://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/traffic-bridge-boasts-colourful-history. Retrieved 2016-05-04. "March 3, 1922 — A streetcar derails on the Long Hill approach, but it bounces off the telephone pole, rolls down the riverbank and lands right side up on the frozen river."
