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Map of the Washington, D.C. streetcar system at the end of the horse car era in 1888. The last streetcar company to begin operation during the horsecar era was the Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway. It was incorporated on March 3, 1875, and began operation later that year. It ran on a circular route around downtown D.C.
The developers were uninterested in operating a streetcar as a business, and so paid the Washington Railway & Electric Company—specifically, its Washington and Rockville Railway subsidiary—to furnish, operate, and power the rolling stock. [27] [31] It was generally operated as a stub, and often with just a single trolley shuttling back and ...
Virginia Midland Railway: Washington and Potomac Railroad: 1886 1900 Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad: Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad: 1901 1910 Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway: Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway: 1910 1918 Chesapeake Beach Railway: Washington Southern Railway: WSN RF&P: 1901 1920
On January 20, 2006, the District of Columbia Department of Transportation announced that it would build a $13 million streetcar line on H Street NE, from Union Station to Benning Road and the Minnesota Avenue Metro station as part of its Great Streets initiative, [38] [39] on much of the same route established by the Columbia Railway Company ...
The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States. Also included are some of the urban streetcar/trolley systems that provide regular public transit service (operating year-round and at least five days per week), ones with data available from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) Ridership Reports.
The franchise for what would become the Market Street Railway was granted in 1857 to Thomas Hayes. The line was the first railway to open in San Francisco, commencing service on July 4, 1860 as the Market Street Railroad Company. [2] [3] Traction was provided by steam power as steam dummy locomotives pulling a trailer car. [4]
In March, 1995, routes 40, 44, and 46 were discontinued and 42 was truncated to only operate between Mount Pleasant and Metro Center. The segment of 40, 42, and 44's route between Metro Center station and Washington Union Station, was replaced by the Sibley Hospital–Stadium Armory Line (D1, D3, and D6). The segment of 40, 42, and 44's route ...
The Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company (or Washington and Georgetown Railway Company) was the first streetcar company to operate in Washington, D.C., United States. It was incorporated and started operations in 1862, using horse-drawn cars on tracks between Georgetown and the Navy Yard. Two additional lines ran on 7th Street NW/SW and ...