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Transit in Winnipeg

The 1930s

Thursday, May 19, 1932 - Route Changes are Proposed by E. Anderson: Suggests Elimination of Street Cars on Logan from Arlington to Main

The 1940s

Tuesday, June 25, 1940 - New Winnipeg Electric Officers
Tuesday, June 25, 1940 - William H. Carter New President Of Winnipeg Electric
Friday, May 9, 1941 - Proposed Street Railway Franchise Is Made Public
Thursday, December 31, 1942 - Streetcars Carry Extra Ten Million
Thursday, December 30, 1943 - Trams, Buses Carry 80 Million Riders
Wednesday, January 26, 1944 - More Information Is Sought As to Tram Fare Reduction
Thursday, April 20, 1944 - Winnipeg Electric Co. Seeks To Use Buses At All Times (in Fort Garry)
Tuesday, April 25, 1944 - W.E.Co. Reports Big Increase In Business
Tuesday, August 28, 1945 - Action to Speed Trolley Buses for North-End
Monday, October 8, 1945 - New Trolley Bus In Operation
Thursday, April 11, 1946 - 1945 Winnipeg Electric Earnings At Record High
Thursday, July 25, 1946 - Tram Conversion Program Outlined
Wednesday, August 6th, 1947 - Power for 19-Hour Service Available
Friday, April 16, 1948 - Winnipeg Electric '47 Surplus Up $549,000
Thursday, July 8, 1948 - Dahl Attacks City Transit Earnings Tax
Monday, August 23, 1948 - Tram Firm Charged With $495,000 Error
Thursday, August 26, 1948 - Tram Firm Attacks 'Opinion' on Profits
Friday, August 27, 1948 - City Challenges Tram Depreciation Figures
Tuesday, August 31, 1948 - Trolley Charges Rapped by City
September, 1948 - Street Car Track On Corydon to Go
Saturday, November 6th, 1948 - Trams Fear Passenger Drop, Revenue Cut
December 1948 - All Vehicles Kept in Service, Says Transit Company Official
Tuesday, February 2, 1949 - Fort Garry Bus Loss Contested
Friday, February 26th, 1949 - City Suburbs Study Better Bus Service, Lower Fares
Thursday, March 17, 1949 - Academy Road Area Charges Bus Damage
Tuesday, October 4th, 1949 - Bus to Run on Grosvenor, Ending Six-Month Battle
Thursday, October 6, 1949 - New River Heights Bus To Start Sunday
Thursday, December 22, 1949 - Cost Prohibits Trolley Change For Vibration
Saturday, December 31, 1949 - Routes Change For Tram Cars In City Today

The 1950s

Wednesday, January 11, 1950 - Track Replacement Opposed by W. E. Co.
Saturday, January 21, 1950 - Union Warning Spurs Action
Tuesday, December 16, 1952 - St. Boniface Agrees to Try Bus Route
Monday, February 16, 1953 - Can Trams Pay Their Way?
Thursday, March 26, 1953 - EDITORIAL: Transit Referendum
Thursday, January 28, 1954 - Aldermen Criticize Street Car Service
Tuesday, May 18, 1954 - Bus Line Extension Set in City
Wednesday, June 2, 1954 - Elmwood, East Kildonan To Get Trolley Service
Thursday, June 10, 1954 - 100 Per Cent Hike Asked in Zone Fares
Tuesday, November 1st, 1955 - Longest Route in the City
Thursday, November 17th, 1955 - Bus Service Merits Argued by Queuers
Saturday, February 16, 1957 - Transit's Greatest Dilemma — How to Keep the Buses Full
Saturday, February 16, 1957 - Some solutions to the problem
Friday, April 12th, 1957 - Fare Schedule Published by Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission
Thursday, October 3rd, 1957 - EDITORIAL: Express Transit Service
Friday, November 1, 1957 - Non-stop Bus Service Next Week on Portage
Tuesday, November 5, 1957 - Council Rescinds Wolseley Order
Friday, November 22, 1957 - Bus Changes For 4 Routes
Saturday, December 7, 1957 - Express Bus Catching On
Thursday, August 14, 1958 - Expert to Study Subway for Winnipeg
Friday, January 23rd, 1959 - Subway for City? Buses Can't Cope: Blumberg
Saturday, April 11, 1959 - Subway Report Highlights
Saturday, April 11, 1959 - (Subway) Cost Estimated At $449 Million
Saturday, April 11, 1959 - 3 (Subway) Routes Suggested For City
Saturday, April 11, 1959 - The Subway Report
Saturday, April 11, 1959 - EDITORIAL: Looking at Subways
Monday, April 13, 1959 - A $265 Million Question — Who Will Pay for Subway
Monday, April 13, 1959 - We'd Travel Under Lake Agassiz
Wednesday, August 12, 1959 - Subway For City No Pipe Dream

The 1960s

Wednesday, May 11, 1960 - Express Bus Routes Start
Monday, June 20, 1960 - Another Route For Berry Bus
Thusday, December 29, 1960 - Perhaps A Start in '71 (for Subway)
Thursday, August 17, 1961 - Transit Never Loses On The Horse Races
Wednesday, March 7, 1962 - Transit Subsidy Urged in Briefs By Area Councils
Thursday, March 22, 1962 - Bus Subsidy Supported (by St. James City Council)
Thursday, March 22, 1962 - (West Kildonan Mayor says) Aid To Transit May Raise Cost
Tuesday, April 17, 1962 - Metro To Decide (Pulberry) Bus Route: St. Vital Hears Strong Protest
Date Unknown, 1962 - EDITORIAL: Transit Tom on Wrong Bus
Wednesday, October 3, 1962 - Transit report hints of failure
Tuesday, June 4, 1963 - Planners study urban sprawl: Report ready on East St. Paul
Wednesday, December 11, 1963 - Keep public transit wheels moving is the aim of WATS
Thursday, July 9, 1964 - $250 million traffic plan previewed
Saturday, July 18, 1964 - Metro changes St. Anne's, Grant bus routes
Thursday, August 20, 1964 - (East St. Paul's) Transit Problem
Wednesday, February 24, 1965 - Traffic problem growing
Saturday, April 3, 1965 - Six men plan 20-year traffic scheme
Tuesday, April 6, 1965 - A monster strangling the city
Spell it T-R-A-F-F-I-C
Wednesday, April 6, 1966 - Survey shows bus travel much slower than car
Thursday, July 7, 1966 - Bigger and better bus base
Thursday, December 1, 1966 - Second Transit Report: Prosperity cuts bus use
Thursday, July 6, 1967 - Expo's train for Metro?
Thursday, July 6, 1967 - Bird's Hill bus service may cut transit loses
Thursday, August 17, 1967 - Wolfe proposes rapid transit for Metro area
Tuesday, March 12, 1968 - Metro opens 'doors' on new bus shelters
Saturday, March 23, 1968 - Sic Transit
Friday, January 24, 1969 - Bus fare boosted to 25¢?: Final OK Needed
Friday, January 24, 1969 - Metro transportation study: The dream of a subway
Friday, January 24, 1969 - EDITORIAL: Transit needs
Saturday, January 25, 1969 - Will city walk to work in 25 years?
February 28, 1969 - Metro announces plan for rapid transport
Monday, July 21, 1969 - Service cuts, fare hikes help but transit will still have deficit
Thursday, August 28, 1969 - Transit Tom's case for U bus route along Cambridge . . .
Tuesday, December 2, 1969 - 'Keep trolleys': City

The 1970s

Saturday, January 31, 1970 - Transit Tom: no single solution acceptable to all
Wednesday, August 5, 1970 - River Heights group fights Unibus plans
Thursday, October 1, 1970 - Metro refuses to alter route of Unibus run
Monday, November 9, 1970 - Subway system advocated
Wednesday, December 9, 1970 - Val Werier: Why not a subway for Winnipeg?
Friday, October 8, 1971 - Unibus compromise reached: Route partly changed
Saturday, September 2, 1972 - Changes ahead for (southwest metro) bus routes
Wednesday, September 12, 1973 - Unibus set to operate for 4th year
Saturday, April 19, 1975 - Rapid transit is just down the road
1979/1980 - Electric transit recharged: Committee backs scheme
Thursday, August 30, 1979 - Fast transit system urged so fares can 'get along'
Thursday, December 13, 1979 - Express lanes sensible, but . . .

The 1980s

Saturday, February 2, 1980 - Maybe the 'Trolleys' Will make comeback
Monday, April 14, 1980 - City trolley system started to operate nearly a century ago
Wednesday, June 11, 1980 - City backward on electric buses: Piercy