Chronology Of Main Events / News

Dyre Avenue Line (D) of the Union Railway is discontinued.

Streetcar operation in Tacoma is discontinued.

Stillgegung der Gubener Straßenbahn • Closure of the Guben tramway system.

Streetcar operation in Springfield, OH, is discontinued.

Streetcars are for the last time used in passenger service. On Memorial Day several cars provide special service between Sandusky and Oakland Cemetery.

Soldiers Home line in Sandusky, the last rail service of the Lake Shore Electric, is converted to bus.

Last day of the interurban service on the Lake Shore Electric. Cleveland–Toledo line, Fremont–Bellevue–Ceylon Junction (Norwalk) shuttles and Gibsonburg branch are converted to bus the following day.

Norwalk local service is discontinued.

Lorain–Elyria line is discontinued, ending streetcar service in Lorain.

West Erie Avenue, Colorado Avenue, Oberlin Avenue lines are discontinued.

Streetcar operation in Lexington is discontinued.

Last day of service for the San Jose Railroads. Rails are removed over the next two years along with the electrical trolley wire. Bus service operated by San Jose Railroads sold in 1939 to San Jose City Lines/National City Lines.

Последний трамвай покинул терминал на Манчестер. Все маршруты переданы троллейбусному парку.

Passenger service of the San Francisco and Napa Valley Railroad is discontinued.

Streetcar operation in Jamestown is discontinued.

На 01.01.1938 тарифы на проезд в трамвае составляют:

Общий — 15 копеек;
Льготный — 10 копеек.

Открыт второй троллейбусный маршрут.

Начало производства моторных вагонов "Päťokeňák" в собственных мастерских BEUS (1938 — 101(31); 1939-40 — 103-105(33-35); 108(38), 109(39); 1942-43 — 40, 41; 1943-44 — 32, 36, 37, 42; 1948 — 43, 44; 1956 — 45).

Opening of the funicular between Krynica-Zdrój and Góra Parkowa.

Fremont–Ceylon Junction (Norwalk) line is split into two shuttles terminating at Bellevue due to underpass construction at Main Street.

Открытие трамвайного движения в Алма-Ате.

Streetcar operation of the New York & Queens Transit Company is discontinued.

Streetcar operation of the Lancaster Traction & Power Co. is discontinued.

Streetcar operation in Waterville is discontinued.

Streetcar operation in Greenville is discontinued.

31st Street line is converted to bus.

Streetcar operation in Butte is discontinued.

Streetcar operation in Fargo is discontinued.

Stilllegung der Weimarer Straßenbahn • Closure of the Weimar tramway system.

Streetcar operation in Mansfield is discontinued.