Grand River Railway

Grand River Railway
	Grand River Railway locomotive 230 in September 1963, after the end of passenger service and dieselization of the line.
Overview
Headquarters	Preston, Ontario
Reporting mark	GRNR
Locale	Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
Dates of operation	1914–1931
Predecessor	Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway 1890-1908; Preston and Berlin Street Railway 1894-1908; Berlin, Waterloo, Wellesley, and Lake Huron Railway 1908-1914;
Successor	Canadian Pacific Electric Lines; CP Waterloo Subdivision
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead, originally 600 V DC, 1500 V DC after 1921
Length	30 km (19 mi)

The Grand River Railway (reporting mark GRNR) was an interurban electric railway (known as a radial in Ontario) in what is now the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.

Grand River Railway

CN Waterloo Spur

Laurel Creek

15.03 km

9.34 mi

Waterloo

CN Waterloo Spur

Erb Street

Park Street

John Street West

Union Boulevard

Glasgow Street

Kitchener CN

and CN Guelph Subdivision

Victoria Street

West Avenue

Henry Sturm Creek

Queen Street

12.41 mi

19.97 km

Kitchener Queen Street station

Mill Street

Shantz

Kingsdale

Woodlands

9.24 mi

14.87 km

Centreville

rerouted line through Parkway

Dellvue

7.65 mi

12.31 km

Freeport

Freeport Bridge

over the Grand River

5.73 mi

9.22 km

Hageys

4.54 mi

7.31 km

Preston Junction

Speed River

junction with Hespeler branch

0.38 mi

0.61 km

Pattinson's

2.08 mi

3.35 km

Idylwild

3.05 mi

4.91 km

Forbes'

3.60 mi

5.79 km

Hespeler

2.98 mi

4.8 km

East Preston

1.48 mi

2.38 km

Delta Park

0.75 mi

1.21 km

CP Galt Subdivision

0 mi

0 km

Galt Main Street

Lake Erie and Northern Railway

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