Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway

1903 – 1923

Business Purpose: Street Railway

Predecessor Companies by Name Change, Reorganization or Merger

Berwick, Eliot and York Street Railway: 1901 to 1903, Renamed

Timeline

February 11, 1903: Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway name changes from Berwick, Eliot and York Street Railway.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1893-1903,” in Trolleys to York Beach, 1-7 (Felix E. Reifschneider, December 30, 1964).
May 20, 1903: Berwick, Eliot and York Street Railway name changes to Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1893-1903,” in Trolleys to York Beach, 1-7 (Felix E. Reifschneider, December 30, 1964).
June 1, 1903: Dover and Eliot Street Railway leases its property to Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1893-1903,” in Trolleys to York Beach, 1-7 (Felix E. Reifschneider, December 30, 1964).
July 1, 1903: Kittery and Eliot Street Railway is absorbed by Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1893-1903,” in Trolleys to York Beach, 1-7 (Felix E. Reifschneider, December 30, 1964).
November 1, 1903: Portsmouth, Kittery and York Street Railway is absorbed by Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1893-1903,” in Trolleys to York Beach, 1-7 (Felix E. Reifschneider, December 30, 1964).
February 1, 1906: Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway by special act is acquired by Atlantic Shore Line Railway.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “Development of the System, 1889-1907,” in Atlantic Shore Trolleys, 1-8 (New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., January 1, 1966).
May 1, 1917: Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway placed into the hands of receivers.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “The Atlantic Shore Railway,” in Atlantic Shore Trolleys, 9-11 (New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., January 1, 1966).
March 17, 1923: Portsmouth, Dover and York Street Railway dissolves.
Source
O. R. Cummings, “The Atlantic Shore Railway,” in Atlantic Shore Trolleys, 9-11 (New England Electric Railway Historical Society, Inc., January 1, 1966).

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Portsmouth, Dover & York Street Railway ticket

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On the Dover & Portsmouth Street Railway, Dover, New Hampshire

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Portsmouth, Dover & York Street Railway, Eliot, Maine

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