Union Street Railway Company

It was formed from the New Bedford & Fairhaven Street Railway in 1887.

[1] It operated a railway post office streetcar route connecting New Bedford and Fall River to the main railroad station in Providence, RI.

[2][1] The whaling agent and merchant Jonathan Bourne Jr. (1811—1889) directed the Union Street Railway Company in addition to other ventures.

[3] As of 1901, it owned 31 miles of track in New Bedford and its suburbs and operated 70 cars in the summer and 39 in the winter.

[4] The Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.