The Galveston-Houston Electric Railway Company operated the Galveston-Houston Electric Railway, sometimes called the Interurban, from 1911 to 1936. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was recognized as the fastest interurban line in 1925 and 1926. In Australia "interurban" is a general term for Intercity rail. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Route
The Interurban ran the 50 miles (80 km) from downtown Houston to downtown Galveston in as little as 75 minutes. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand "Galveston" redirects here For the town in the US state of Indiana see Galveston Indiana. The track roughly followed the current path of Interstate 45 (Gulf Freeway), and is now used as a utility right of way for high tension power lines. Interstate 45 (I-45 is an Interstate Highway located entirely within the U Interstate 45 (I-45 is an Interstate Highway located entirely within the U The Galveston Bay causeway was considered a great feat of engineering and cost about two million dollars to build in the late 1910s. Galveston Bay is a large Estuary located along Texas 's upper coast In modern usage a causeway is a road or railway elevated by a bank usually across a broad Body of water or Wetland. The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919
While most of the original stations have been demolished to make room for new structures, several artifacts remain. |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains Minute Maid Park was built from Union Station, and features a railway theme. Minute Maid Park (formerly The Ballpark at Union Station, Enron Field, and Astros Field) is a ballpark in Houston, Texas The original causeway can be easily seen to the east from the interstate causeway.
Other stops include Park Place, Clear Creek Crossing (the power station), and the Galveston Terminal on 21st Street, between Church and Post Office streets.
Future
There has been recent talk of re-establishing some form of train service between Houston and Galveston. Several test trips have been made using Amtrak equipment under the Gulfliner name. It has been suggested that some parts of the old Interurban right of way might be used to bypass congested sections of track on the host railroad.
External links
- Houston Streetcar History Pages
- Galveston Island Railroad Museum
- Railroads - Key to Galveston
- Electric Interurban Railways from the Handbook of Texas Online