Start of service: Circa 1900
End of service: 1913
Route: Grand Trunk Railway Station at Stuart & Caroline to King & James via Stuart & James North, then forming one-way clockwise loop via James, Herkimer, Locke,
Main, Margaret and King.
Antecessor routes: Barton, James & Herkimer Route,
East King & Stuart Route
Around 1900, the GTR & James South route was created to form a one-way clockwise loop via James, Herkimer, Locke, Main, Margaret and King, then reaching the second Stuart St station at Stuart & Caroline via James North and Stuart. Service in the other direction of the Herkimer-Locke-King-James loop was provided by the James North & King West route
The GTR & James South route lasted until 1913, when the opening of streetcar service along Burlington St resulted in the creation of the Burlington-James South route. The only portion of the former GTR & James South route not travelled by the Burlington-James South route was Stuart street, which would become part of the Wentworth-Stuart route
HSR #39 at Stuart St & Caroline circa 1900. (Photo courtesy of the Hamilton Public Library, Local History & Archives)
HSR #62 at Stuart St & Caroline, circa 1900. (The building on the right is the west end of the Grand Trunk Railway's Stuart St station). (Photo courtesy of the Hamilton Public Library, Local History & Archives)
HSR #106 heading south on James St South near Young on the 'GTR & James South' route in 1912. (Photo courtesy of the Hamilton Public Library, Local History & Archives, used with permission)
Mills, John M. Cataract Traction; The Railways of Hamilton. Toronto: Upper Canada Railway Society/Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association, 1971
