Ohio Electric Railway

Ohio Electric Railway

The Ohio Electric Railway Company was an interurban formed in 1907 with the consolidation of 14 smaller interurban railways. It was one of Ohio's largest interurban systems. It connected Toledo, Lima, Dayton, Columbus, and Cincinnati, providing efficient passenger service to scores of small towns in western Ohio.

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The 1920s

The OE went bankrupt in 1927, and the original interurbans assumed their former identities or abandoned operation. The lines evolved into the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad in 1929 and expanded services particularly in freight operation.

The 1930s

Business conditions of the Depression 1930s led to the complete replacement of interurbans with buses by 1939. The company changed its name to Cincinnati & Lake Erie Transportation, and it was absorbed by the Greyhound system in 1947.

See also

  • Lake Shore Electric Railway (Ohio)

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