In connection with the Red Rapid Transit Line’s extension to Alweif and the sale of the Bennet Street carbarn and rapid transit yars to the Kennedy Library of Harvard U., Harvard Square Station has been heavily rebuilt. But the trolley buses from and to North Cambridge and Watertown and Waverly still have and underground station platform in each direction. At certain times the diesel buses to Arlington Heights use these tunnels also. I’m not sure how much visible track is left. One other diesel bus line uses the tunnels in one direction only, the one-way street system makes its use in the other direction a problem.
For years after streetcars were discontinued in Rockford IL, city buses were parked in the old car barn on Kishwaukee Street, one block south of East State Street. However, I believe the building now houses a satellite television studio.
In Toronto:
Landsdown and Coxwell barns (until recently).
Eglinton (over the subway station – now being redeveloped.)
In Kitchener, the car barn was used as a bus depot throughout their trolley bus era, but disappeared sometime since then. It was located at the south end loop and trolley buses actually ran through it going north.
In Sacramento, CA, the Regional Transit offices are still located in what used to be the old PG&E trolley shops building. There are even paintings of the front of old two-truck Birneys on the side of the buildings where there used to be big doors for the streetcars. Supposedly there are still tracks inside the building in spots.
The current repair/painting/washing facility stands on the ground that used to be the main trolley barn, across the street from the other barn, although that one is no longer around. When the line first began its transition to buses (originally by PG&E, then completely by National City Lines), buses were stored in the former trolley barn.
Jamestown Bus garage was in use from from the 1890s to 1976. It is now a shopping center reusing most of the building. The place were the buses are
now incendently is still referred to as a Bus “Barn” recalling the Horse pulled trolleys.
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Originally posted by Dunkirkeriestation
About 2 years ago I was in Worchester(?) Mass. I had to go to the local bus garage for something. The Trolley tracks were still in the floor of the garage eevn though they did not have trolleys for 60 years!.
Other towns that i can think of who Bus garages used to be Trolley barns are,
Burlington VT- Vermont transit(Now Greyhound) on Winooski used to be a trolley barn.
Akron OH–Moved 6 years ago to new garage next door
Woodhill Garage Cleveland OH
Not sure on Buffalo or Jamestown NY?
Any others?
[SORRY The Woodhill facility never had streetcars! The bus garage there was built new on the site of the National Mallable foundry (made RR castings and couplers etc.) The streetcar Woodhill garage was quite a bit south where Woodhill becomes E.93rd. A housing project and high rise site are now on that site. The Brooklyn Garage though was built for street cars and still stands. The Hayden garage stands on the site of the old Windemere Car House. The Central Shops are now used by the Cleveland Water Department. (Some blocks east of the current Harvard bus garage) The former cable shop still stands at the SE corner of Euclid and E. 71st. Another support building is attached to a Hilton Hotel on Carneigie downtown. A long abandoned car house still stood some years ago by the W&LE crossing of Miles road and another remenent of a car house stood near E.55th and Hsrvard. I haven’t been near eather site in a while. Interestingly the University Circle bus service uses the site of the old Lakeview car house and parts of those buildings were likely prts of the old carhouse.
Pittsburgh, Pa. has at least four locations that used to house trolleys and are now used for bus storage. I’m not sure if all of them still have the original buildings.