Newfoundland Railway History Quiz
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When did the St.John's Electric Street Railway start operating?

  • 1900 (correct)
  • 1948
  • 1911
  • 1924
  • Which political party promised a program of branch line construction in 1909?

  • People's Party (correct)
  • Labour Party
  • Conservative Party
  • Reids Party
  • Which branch line had the longest length?

  • Heart's Content branch
  • Trepassey branch (correct)
  • Bonavista branch
  • Carbonear branch
  • When was the Carbonear branch extended to Grates Cove-Bay de Verde?

    <p>1930</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who operated the St.John's Electric Street Railway from 1924 to 1948?

    <p>St.John's Light and Power Company</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What caused the halt in the branch line program during the Great War?

    <p>Financial difficulties</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which branch line was abandoned in 1915 despite having 43 miles already railed?

    <p>Fortune Bay line</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What transportation method was used on the less-travelled lines after the government took over the railway in 1923?

    <p>Trolley-like 'day coaches'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which branch line remained operational through the summer of 1983?

    <p>Bonavista branch</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which private railway had a 20-mile logging railway from Deer Lake to Adie's Pond?

    <p>Bowater's</p> Signup and view all the answers

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