EARLY STREET RAILWAYS IN ST. LOUIS

Several street railway companies were eventually consolidated into a single streetcar system in St. Louis.

JEFFERSON AVENUE RAILWAY

Incorporated 1884, leased 1884 to 1894 to Union Depot Railroad, sold 1898 to United Railways Co. of St. Louis.

LINDELL RAILWAY

Incorporated 1864, sold 1898 to United Railways Co. of St. Louis.

COMPTON HEIGHTS UNION DEPOT & MERCHANTS TERMINAL RAILWAY

Incorporated 1893, controlled by Lindell Railway.

TAYLOR AVENUE STREET RAILWAY

Controlled by Lindell Railway.

MISSOURI RAILROAD

Incorporated 1859, sold 1898 to United Railways Co. of St. Louis.

FOREST PARK LACLEDE & FOURTH STREET RAILWAY

Controlled by Missouri Railroad.

NATIONAL RAILWAY

Incorporated 1889 controlling seven below companies, sold 1898 to United Railways Co. of St. Louis.

CITIZENS RAILWAY

Incorporated 1859, controlled 1889 by National Railway.

ST. LOUIS RAILROAD

Incorporated 1859, controlled by National Railway.

BADEN & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD

Incorporated 1870, sold 1894 to St. Louis Railroad Co.

SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC RAILWAY

Incorporated 1893, controlled by St. Louis Railroad Co.

CASS AVENUE & FAIRGROUNDS RAILROAD

Opened 1875, controlled 1889 by National Railway, merged in 1892 into Cass Avenue & Fairgrounds Railway.

NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY

Incorporated 1888, controlled 1889 by National Railway, merged in 1892 into Cass Avenue & Fairgrounds Railway.

UNION RAILROAD

Incorporated 1859, controlled 1889 by National Railway, merged in 1892 into Cass Avenue & Fairgrounds Railway.

PEOPLES RAILWAY CO.

Incorporated 1859, sold 1892 to Peoples Railroad, sold 1898 to United Railways Co. of St. Louis.

SOUTHERN ELECTRIC RAILWAY

Incorporated 1884, sold 1898 to United Railways Co. of St. Louis.

UNION DEPOT RAILROAD

Incorporated 1876, sold 1898 to United Railways Co. of St. Louis.

BENTON & BELLEFONTAINE RAILROAD

Incorporated 1876 acquiring Bellefontaine Railway, sold 1893 to Union Depot Railroad.

MOUND CITY RAILROAD

Incorporated 1874 as Northwestern St. Louis Railway Co., sold 1893 to Union Depot Railroad.

GRAND AVENUE RAILWAY

Incorporated 1894, sold 1895 to Union Depot Railroad.

ST. LOUIS & SUBURBAN RAILWAY

Incorporated 1890 controlling five below companies, sold 1906 to United Railways Co. of St. Louis.

MIDLAND STREET RAILWAY

Incorporated 1886, sold 1890 to St. Louis & Suburban Railway.

ST. LOUIS CABLE & WESTERN RAILWAY CO.

Incorporated 1884 acquiring St. Louis Creve Coeur & St. Charles Railway, sold 1890 to St. Louis & Suburban Railway.

BRENTWOOD CLAYTON & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD CO.

Sold 1890 to St. Louis & Suburban Railway.

ST. LOUIS & KIRKWOOD RAILWAY

Incorporated 1893, sold 1897 to St. Louis & Suburban Railway.

ST. LOUIS & MERAMEC RIVER RAILROAD

Incorporated 1894, sold 1896 to St. Louis & Suburban Railway.

ST. LOUIS & MANCHESTER ROAD ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO.

Sold in 1896 St. Louis & Meramec River Railroad.

ST. LOUIS ST. CHARLES & WESTERN RAILROAD

Open in 1902, sold 1908 to Missouri Electric Railroad, controlled by United Railways Co. of St. Louis.

The 1898 formation of United Railways Co. of St. Louis resulted in basic unification of the streetcar system. From 1899 to 1904, the company was leased by St. Louis Transit Co. Complete unification was achieved in 1905, when United Railways Co. acquired the St. Louis & Suburban Railway. In 1927, United Railways Co. of St. Louis was sold to St. Louis Public Service Co. From 1940 to 1963, St. Louis Public Service Co. was mostly controlled by National City Lines.

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