Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway
| Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway | |
|---|---|
A trolleycar about to descend from the crest of Pleasant Street into Yarmouth Harbor, c. 1900 | |
| Operation | |
| Locale | Portland to Yarmouth, Maine |
| Open | August 2, 1898 |
| Close | 1933 |
| Status | Closed |
| Routes | 1 |
| Owner(s) | Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway Company |
| Infrastructure | |
| Propulsion system(s) | Electric |
| Statistics | |
| Route length | 12.4 miles (20.0 km) |
Portland and Yarmouth Electric Railway was an electric trolleycar service that ran along the coast between Portland and Yarmouth, Maine, from 1898 and 1933. Described in 1901 as the "new electric road", Yarmouth was "now a closer neighbor [to Portland] than ever before" because of the railway's advent.