Hamilton Street Railway

General Info

The Hamilton Street Railway Company (HSR) is the Transit Division of the City of Hamilton, Public Works Department in Ontario, Canada. The name is a legacy of the days when the majority of public transit vehicles were streetcars; the present-day Hamilton Street Railway is in fact a bus operator.

Monitoring HSR

HSR can be monitored on talkgroup 12816 on the Hamilton Public Safety Motorola Type II Smartzone trunking system as well as these frequencies:

• 410.78750 (107.2 PL) Hamilton Street Railway Dispatch
• 411.53750 Hamilton Street Railway 1
• 411.63750 Hamilton Street Railway 2

Bus routes

• 1 King
• 1A King to McMaster University.
• 2 Barton
• 3 Cannon
• 4 Bayfront

• 5/5A/5E Delaware- Route 5 travels from Head St Loop to King & Jones. Route 5A travels from The Meadowlands to Greenhill & Cochrane. Route 5E travels from Governors & Guelph to Quigley & Greenhill.

• 5B/5C West Hamilton- Route 5B travels from King & Jones to University Plaza, with no weekend service. Route 5C travels from Quigley & Greenhill, with alternating trips to West Hamilton Loop or The Meadowlands. Route 5C does not serve The Meadowlands on weekends.

• 6 Aberdeen
• 7 Locke
• 8 York
• 9 Rock Gardens

• 10/10A B-Line Weekday express service from Eastgate Square. Route 10 travels to University Plaza. Route 10A is a shortened version that truncates at McMaster University.

• 11 Parkdale
• 12 Wentworth
• 16 Ancaster
• 18 Waterdown
• 20 A-Line from Downtown to Hamilton International Airport.
• 21 Upper Kenilworth
• 22 Upper Ottawa
• 23 Upper Gage
• 24 Upper Sherman
• 25 Upper Wentworth
• 26 Upper Wellington
• 27 Upper James
• 33 Sanatorium

• 34/34A Upper Paradise Route 34 travels from Downtown to Glancaster Loop. Route 34A travels from Downtown to Upper Horning Loop.

• 35 College

• 41/41A Mohawk Route 41 travels from The Meadowlands to Gage & Industrial. Route 41A travels from Chedoke Hospital to Gage & Industrial.

• 43 Stone Church
• 44 Rymal
• 52 Dundas

• 52A Dundas Local Travels from York & Watson's Loop to Pleasant & Orchard

• 55/55A Stoney Creek Central Route 55 travels from Eastgate Square to Hwy 8 & Jones via Queenston. Route 55A travels from Eastgate Square to Levi Loop.

• 56 Confederation Park Summer weekend and holiday service only
• 58 Stoney Creek Local
• 99 Waterfront

vintage rollsigns

• Hamilton Street Railway