On This Day In Alabama History: Birmingham Railway And Electric Company Begins Car Service

Alabama News Center | October 10, 2018 @ 5:00 am

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

October 10, 1891: The new Birmingham Electric Company, which had received state charters to operate electric-powered streetcars, joined with the Birmingham Union Street Railway Company and the Ensley Railway. Thus, the Birmingham Railway and Electric Company was formed.

During the spring and summer of 1891, the first electric lines were strung from North Highlands to South Highlands and from Elyton to Avondale. The company then purchased 24 small covered cars from the J.G. Brill Company in Philadelphia and set the first car on the Highland line on Oct. 10 that same year.

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