FORMER CARHOUSES/STREETCAR ROUTE ASSIGNMENTS

(NORTH SIDE)

For each carhouse, streetcar routes generally are listed in the order in which streetcar service was discontinued for each route at that carhouse. Streetcar routes are generally identified by name, with route numbers indicated in brackets.

As buses became more widely used, not all carhouses were adapted for buses, requiring some routes to be transferred when various streetcar routes were converted to buses. Other carhouses were converted later for buses, resulting in further changes in route assignments. Longer routes generally had runs divided among more than one carhouse.

As streetcar routes were eliminated, replacement bus routes were based at other facilities.

Armitage-Downtown [56A] (6/24/51 discontinued)
Milwaukee [56] (5/11/52 to bus-North Park)
Armitage [73] (11/12/50 from North Ave., 6/24/51 to bus-North Ave.)

As streetcar routes were eliminated, replacement bus routes were generally also based at Blue Island.

21st-Fulton [21A] (5/8/47 replaced with bus route 15 at Archer)
Blue Island [60] (2/15/48 streetcars transferred to Lawndale)
14th-16th [14] (7/25/48 to bus, 1/16/55 to Lawndale)
18th St. [18] (7/25/48 to bus, 1/16/55 to Lawndale)
Morgan-Racine [23] (8/31/47 from Noble, 7/25/48 to bus, 1/16/55 to Archer)
Damen [50] (5/13/51 to bus, 1/16/55 to Lawndale)

As streetcar routes were eliminated, replacement bus routes were based at North Park Garage.

Cottage Grove-Broadway [1] (10/7/46 Through Route discontinued)
Lawrence [81] (11/11/46 streetcars transferred to Elston)
Lawrence [81] (1/21/51 from Elston, 4/1/51 to trolleybus-Lawrence)
Western [10/49] (6/17/56 to bus-North Park)
Broadway [36] (2/16/57 to bus-North Park)
Clark [22] (9/7/57 to bus-North Park)

Streetcar routes were transferred to other facilities upon closure.

Clybourn [41] (5/4/47 to bus- Limits)
Western [10/49] (5/4/47 streetcars transferred to Devon)
Division [68] (5/4/47 streetcars transferred to Kedzie)

As streetcar routes were eliminated, replacement bus and trolleybus routes were based at other facilities.

Montrose [78] (7/29/46 to bus-Lawrence)
Irving Park [80] (11/7/48 to trolleybus-North Ave.)
Lawrence [81] (11/11/46 from Devon, 1/21/51 to Devon)
Elston [55] (1/21/51 to bus-North Park)

As streetcar routes were eliminated, replacement bus routes were temporarily based at North Ave., returned to Kedzie as Kedzie was later adapted to accommodate buses.

21st-Fulton [21A] (5/11/47 replaced with bus route 15 at Archer)
Taylor-Sedgwick-Sheffield [37] (9/1/47 to bus-Lawndale)
Harrison [7] (2/29/48 to bus-North Ave., 9/5/54 returned to Kedzie)
Division [68] (5/4/47 from Division, 2/4/51 to bus-North Ave., combined into route 70)
Van Buren [6] (8/12/51 to bus-North Ave., 9/5/54 returned to Kedzie)
Chicago [66] (12/3/50 from North Ave., 5/11/52 to trolleybus-North Ave.)
Madison [20] (12/13/53 to bus-North Ave., 9/5/54 returned to Kedzie)
Kedzie [17/52] (5/30/54 to bus, 12/4/55 to trolleybus)
Lake [16] (12/3/50 from North Ave., 5/30/54 to bus-North Ave.)
Cermak [21] (5/11/52 from Lawndale, 5/30/54 to bus-Lawndale)

As streetcar routes were eliminated, replacement bus routes were generally also based at Lawndale.

Pulaski [53] (certain runs, 12/4/47 consolidated at North Ave.)
Ogden [58] (9/16/51 to bus)
Roosevelt [12] (8/12/51 to bus, 5/24/53 to trolleybus-Kedzie)
Blue Island [60] (2/15/48 from Blue Island, 5/11/52 to bus)
Cermak [21] (5/11/52 to Kedzie)

As streetcar routes were eliminated, replacement bus routes were generally also based at Limits.

Belmont [77] (10/28/46 streetcars transferred to North Ave.)
Halsted [8] (5/30/54 to bus)
Ashland [9] (3/11/51 from Lincoln, 2/14/54 to bus)

As streetcar routes were eliminated, replacement bus and trolleybus routes were based at other facilities.

Webster-Racine [74A] (9/1/47 to bus-Ardmore)
Taylor-Sedgwick-Sheffield [37] (9/1/47 to bus-Ardmore)
Fullerton [74] (12/4/49 to trolleybus-North Ave.)
Lincoln-Larrabee [40] (2/18/51 to bus route 10-North Park)
Lincoln [38] (3/11/51 to bus route 11-North Park)
Lincoln-Indiana [3] (3/11/51 Through Route discontinued)
Ashland [9] (3/11/51 streetcars transferred to Limits)

Streetcar routes were transferred to other facilities upon closure.

Armitage [73] (8/31/47 streetcars transferred to North Ave.)
Ashland [9] (8/31/47 streetcars transferred to Lincoln/69th)
Elston [55] (8/31/47 streetcars transferred to Elston)
Morgan-Racine [23] (8/31/47 streetcars transferred to Blue Island)

As streetcar routes were eliminated, replacement bus and trolleybus routes were also based at North Ave.

Armitage [73] (8/31/47 from Noble, 11/12/50 to Armitage)
Diversey [76] (4/17/30 to trolleybus, 6/18/55 to bus)
Laramie [57] (12/20/37 to bus)
West Division [70] (7/9/46 to bus)
Belmont [77] (10/28/46 from Limits, 1/9/49 to trolleybus, 1/13/73 to bus)
North Avenue [72] (7/3/49 to trolleybus, 3/23/73 to bus)
Chicago [66] (12/3/50 to Kedzie)
Lake [16] (12/3/50 to Kedzie)
Pulaski [53] (9/16/51 to trolleybus, 3/24/73 to bus)
Grand [65] (4/1/51 to bus, 12/16/51 to 1/15/73 trolleybus)
Cicero [54] (11/25/51 to trolleybus, 3/24/73 to bus)