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This is a list of past and present streetcar (tram), interurban, and light rail systems in the United States. System here refers to all streetcar infrastructure and rolling stock in a given metropolitan area. In many U.S. cities, the streetcar system was operated by a succession of private companies; this is not a list of streetcar operating ...
This is a list of cities that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. Due to excessive size, the original list has been divided into separate articles, based on geographical locations. Africa; Asia (exclusive of India,Japan) India; Japan
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 100 million passengers per year. A very unusual feature of the system was that cars on some of its routes traveled via inclined railways to serve areas on hills near downtown. With the advent ...
In addition to the streetcar systems currently under construction, a number of additional streetcar systems are in the planning stages in the United States. [119] Examples of cities with streetcar systems in the active planning stages include Los Angeles, [120] New York City, [121] Sacramento, [122] and Saint Paul. [123]
The first electric streetcars began operation in 1889, [8] and at its maximum, the streetcar system had 222 miles (357 km) of track and carried more than 100 million passengers per year. With the advent of inexpensive automobiles and improved roads, transit ridership declined in the 20th century and the streetcar system closed in 1951. [8] [9]
The Cleveland Railway converted a few streetcar lines in the 1930s, but the onset of World War II stopped any further conversions. In 1942, the Cleveland Transit System took over the operation of all streetcar, bus and trackless trolley lines from the Cleveland Railway. Following the war, CTS undertook a program of replacing all existing ...
The city's first horse-powered tramway was a single line of 1.5 km (0.9 mi) long and used a track gauge of 1450 mm (57 inches). Sociedad Anónima Tranvía de Mayagüez Horse 28 May 1895 1912 The city's second horse-powered tramway was a network of 8.6 km (5.3 mi) long with two branches and used a track gauge of 610 mm (24 inches).
Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway [2] 1913: 1933: Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway [2] 1914: 1949: Later Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad. Freight traffic continued until 1963 Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway [2] 1903: 1934: Earlier Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway; later Kansas City, Merriam and Shawnee ...