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The MATA Trolley is a heritage streetcar transit system in Memphis, Tennessee. It began operating on April 29, 1993. [ 1 ] Service was suspended in June 2014, following fires on two cars. [ 7 ]
The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) is the public transportation provider for Memphis, Tennessee.It is one of the largest transit providers in the state of Tennessee; MATA transports customers in the City of Memphis and parts of Shelby County on fixed-route buses, paratransit vehicles, demand-responsive service, and the MATA Trolley system.
The Main Street Line is a line of the Memphis Area Transit Authority trolley system. It began operations in 1993, becoming the first streetcar line to operate in Memphis since 1947. [ 3 ] It runs for about 2 mi (3.2 km) along Main Street, with 14 stops in Downtown Memphis .
The Memphis Area Transit Authority has purchased a modern streetcar for the tests, which will begin within the next 90 days. MATA to begin testing for reopening Madison Avenue trolley line Skip to ...
A Memphis Area Transit Authority ( MATA ) bus downtown on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. ... The cost for the fiscal year 2025 to keep all routes the same and lay off no employees would cost $85 million ...
MLK50 spoke with seven of the new board members for the Memphis Area Transit Authority about their personal experience with public transit in Memphis.
The Riverfront Loop is a line of the Memphis Area Transit Authority trolley system.It began operation in 1997, as the second line in the system. It runs for 4.1 mi (6.6 km) through downtown Memphis and along the Mississippi riverfront, with 18 stops along the way.
Buses have been serving the line since then, but MATA plans to restore trolley operation to the line eventually. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] In 2020, MATA acquired a Siemens–Duewag U2 "modern streetcar" (built in 1988) secondhand from the San Diego Trolley system, and plans to carry out test runs with it on the Madison Avenue Line in 2022, as a step toward a ...