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Streetcars operated by the Cincinnati Street Railway were the main form of public transportation in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century. [2] The first electric streetcars began operation in 1889, [ 3 ] and at its maximum, the streetcar system had 222 miles (357 km) of track and carried more than ...
Kansas City Public Service streetcar 551 is a PCC (President's Conference Committee) streetcar preserved for static display in the River Market neighborhood. It was built in 1947 by the St. Louis Car Company for service in Kansas City. When the city closed its streetcar service, it was sold to the Toronto Transit Commission in
(Public Square to West 140th) 22 Trackless trolley June 15, 1952 November 14, 1958 Bus Also used by the Cleveland, Southwestern and Columbus Railway [1] April 26, 1952 Euclid {Public Square to Windermere) 6 Bus April 27, 1952 Present — Also used by the Cleveland, Painesville and Eastern Railroad (Main Line) [1] November 3, 1951 St. Clair 1
Pages in category "1950s in transport" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1951 in ...
From 1927 to 1951, the St. Louis Public Service Company ran Peter Witt streetcars built by United at its 39th Street shops. In the 1940s, the company ordered three sets of PCC (Presidents Conference Committee) cars from the St. Louis Car Company : 1500, 1600 and 1700 Series, ordered in 1940, 1946, and sometime in between.
Public transportation began in Washington, D.C., almost as soon as the city was founded. In May 1800, two-horse stage coaches began running twice daily from Bridge and High Streets NW (now Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW) in Georgetown by way of M Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue NW/SE to William Tunnicliff's Tavern at the site now occupied by the Supreme Court Building.
The Toronto Transit Commission maintains the most extensive system in the Americas (in terms of total track length, number of cars, and ridership).. Streetcars or trolley(car)s (American English for the European word tram) were once the chief mode of public transit in hundreds of North American cities and towns.
The provision of public transit service was becoming increasingly unprofitable in the 1950s and 1960s, [2] and cities across the country were municipalizing their transit systems or creating regional public transit authorities. SEPTA acquired the Philadelphia Transportation Company in 1968, taking possession of PTC at noon on September 30, 1968 ...