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Hamilton Street Railway
New Flyer C40LF #510213 on the 5C route in downtown Hamilton.
Founded	1975
Headquarters	Hamilton, Ontario
Service area	Hamilton, Ontario
Service type	Public Transit
Operator	City of Hamilton
Web site	Official Website

The Hamilton Street Railway (abbreviated as HSR) is the name of the organization which operates all public transit vehicles in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. HSR is owned by the City of Hamilton. The name is a legacy of the days when the majority of public transit vehicles were streetcars; the present-day Hamilton Street Railway is in fact a bus operator.

1 Routes
2 Route histories
3 Terminals and connections
4 Fares - as of January 1, 2008
5 Streetcars
6 Roster
7 See also
8 External links

Routes

New Flyer D40LFs like this one seen at McMaster University form much of the HSR’s recent bus fleet.

1/1A King
2 Barton
3 Cannon
4 Bayfront
5/5A/5E Delaware (eastbound) / 5B Main West - University Plaza)/5C West Hamilton/52 Main West - Dundas (westbound)
6 Aberdeen
7 Locke
8 York
9 Rock Gardens (summer Sunday/holiday service)
10 Beeline Express (interlined with 55/55A/58)
11 Parkdale
16 Ancaster
21 Upper Kenilworth
22 Upper Ottawa
23 Upper Gage
24 Upper Sherman
25 Upper Wentworth
26 Upper Wellington
27 Upper James
33 Sanatorium
34/34A Upper Paradise

In 2007, the HSR introduced articulated hybrid buses for the route 10 ‘Bee Line’ express.

35 College
41/41A Mohawk
43 Stone Church
51 University
52A Dundas Local
55/55A Stoney Creek Central
56 Confederation Park (summer Saturday/Sunday/holiday service)
58 Stoney Creek Local

Route histories

In the early 90's the HSR eliminated many routes by expanding current routes. The following is a list of eliminated/replaced routes:

1 King-Reid replaced by 1/1A King-Eastgate Square (Route extended into Stoney Creek)
2A Barton-Kenilworth/2B Barton-Parkdale/2C Barton-Talbot replaced by 2 Barton-Bell Manor Loop (Route extended into Stoney Creek)
18 Waterdown to Aldershot GO station eliminated, not replaced (Low ridership)
31 Fennell replaced by 21 Upper Kenilworth (Route moved from Concession Street to Fennell Avenue) and 41 Mohawk (Now serves Kenilworth Avenue)
32 Garth replaced by 35 College (Route extended south of Mohawk College)
45 Limeridge eliminated, not replaced (Limeridge Road closed as a through street)
53 Burlington replaced by 41 Mohawk (Now serves Ottawa Street) and 11 Parkdale (Route extended into Burlington)
57 Nash replaced by 4 Bayfront (Now serves Nash Road)

Terminals and connections

Hamilton Street Railway Orion V 8907 on the 34A route at the intersection of King Street and James Street in downtown Hamilton.

HSR routes serving the downtown core stop near the intersection of King and James streets (routes 1A, 2, 3, 4, 5/5A/5B/5C/5E/, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 33, 34, 35, 51,52). HSR connects with GO Transit at Hamilton GO Centre, the terminus of the Lakeshore West railway line. The station, located at 36 Hunter St E, a few blocks south of King and James, serves as the Hamilton bus terminal, with both Express Highway 407 and Queen Elizabeth Way GO Buses, and the main Greyhound Lines bus stop (mainly serving London, Ontario and those connections) in Hamilton. Canada Coach Lines, once owned by HSR, is now served by Coach Canada, formerly Trentway-Wagar, and operates routes between Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, and Niagara. It is also the former Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway (TH&B) passenger station, and there is a small museum above the public concourse. Via the Mountain Transit Centre transfer point (served by route 27) and a contract with Blue Line Taxi, the HSR also connects with other areas in the northwest portion of the former Glanbrook Township. In addition, the HSR is connected with Burlington Transit, as one route (11 Parkdale) travels into Burlington via Burlington Beach, and BT Route 1 enters downtown Hamilton from Plains Road West. Other terminals and loops:

West Hamilton Loop (routes 5C and 51)
Limeridge Transit Terminal (routes 25, 26, 41/41A and 43)
Eastgate Transit Terminal (routes 1, 10, 55/55A, 56 and 58)
McMaster University (routes 1A, 10, 5A/5C, 51 run through or terminate at the university; routes 5B/5E/52 pass nearby on Main St) - also GO Transit service to/from Burlington GO with train connections to Toronto
Bell Manor Loop (routes 2 and 55/55A)
Meadowlands (routes 5A/5C (peak), 16, 41 and 43, Redeemer University College Shuttle (limited service))
Glancaster Loop (route 34, Redeemer University College Shuttle (limited service))
Upper Horning Loop (route 34A)

Fares - as of January 1, 2008

Age group	Individual Fare	5 tickets	Monthly Pass	Annual Pass
Elementary schoolchildren (Grades 1-8)	$2.40	$7.50†	$63.00†	n/a
Students in secondary and school (19 and under)	$2.40	$7.50†	$63.00†	n/a
Adults	$2.40	$9.25	$79.00	n/a
Seniors (65 years of age and older)	$2.40	$9.25	$79.00	$205.00

All fares are in Canadian dollars.
† Valid Student I.D. may be required

The Presto card will be added to the fare system by 2010.

Streetcars

HSR also once operated horsecar (1873-1892) and streetcar (1892-1951) lines (hence the name) as well as incline railways (Hamilton and Barton Incline Railway - Wentworth Incline 1895-1936, demolished 1949 and Hamilton Incline Railway - James Street Incline 1892-1932). Trolleybuses were also run on a few routes into the 1990s.