Columbus Railway, Power & Light Company (CRP&L) photograph of the new Columbus Interurban Terminal

"Photograph of the new Columbus Interurban Terminal, at right, still under construction. It opened January 6, 1912 and closed October 29, 1938. It later became an A & P Food Store before its final demolition in 1967 to build a new Greyhound Bus Terminal. The Terminal was located at the corner of Rich and Third Streets in downtown Columbus. This view is looking northwest from across South Third Street in front of the Peruna Drug Manufacturing building. The cupola of the Ohio Statehouse is seen in the distance. Public transportation began in Columbus in 1863 with the introduction of horse drawn cars on North High Street. The horse cars were starting to be replaced by electric cars in the late 1880s. A short experimental electric rail line was constructed between North High Street and the Ohio State Fair Grounds on Chittenden Avenue in 1888. In the early 1890s there were several small independent electric street railway companies operating in the city of Columbus, Ohio. They were all brought together under one management as the Columbus Street Railway Company in 1892. When the electric power company was added the name was changed to the Columbus Railway & Light Company and later changed again to the Columbus Railway, Power & Light Company (CRP&L), then to the Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company (1937). Electric street rail transportation came to an end in Columbus in September 1948."