The Brantford and Hamilton Electric Railway was an interurban

Interurban

An interurban, also called a radial railway in parts of Canada, is a type of electric passenger railroad; in short a hybrid between tram and train. Interurbans enjoyed widespread popularity in the first three decades of the twentieth century in North America. Until the early 1920s, most roads were...

 electrified railway in the Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

 area of Canada

Canada

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. Construction was begun by the Von Echa syndicate of Harrisburg, but the railway was taken over by Dominion Power prior to its completion on 1908-06-01. According to Hilton & Due, this was the last interurban constructed in the Hamilton area and the only one built to a high standard.

The line gave an hourly service between Brantford

Brantford, Ontario

Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. While geographically surrounded by the County of Brant, the city is politically independent...

 and Hamilton. Freight traffic was negligible.

The railway passed, along with all Dominion Power's assets, to the Ontario Hydroelectric Power Commission in 1930. All service was abandoned in 1931-06-30.