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The line was built at a cost of $51 million (about $65.6 million in 2023 [8]), more than half of which came from federal funds, by the Loop Trolley Transportation Development District, which owns the line and the three replica-historic streetcars. Originally, the service was operated by a separate non-profit entity called the Loop Trolley Company.
Ewing Yard with some SD-400 and SD-460 cars. Metro Transit, the public transit operator in the Greater St. Louis area, operates two rail yards for the MetroLink light rail system, four bus depots for MetroBus and Metro Call-A-Ride services, and one streetcar barn for the Loop Trolley.
The Loop Trolley on Delmar Boulevard in 2018. The Loop Trolley is a 2.2-mile (3.5 km) heritage streetcar line that runs from City Hall in University City to the Missouri History Museum and Forest Park in St. Louis. The 10 station line travels along Delmar Boulevard through the Delmar Loop and DeBaliviere Avenue between Delmar and Forest Park.
On July 26, 2022, the Delmar Loop station was impacted by a flash flood that shut down MetroLink for nearly 72 hours and caused roughly $40 million in overall damage. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Damage near the Delmar Loop station included roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) of track bed, a communications room and a two-car train. [ 9 ]
A new elevated loop was built at Ashmont – part of a major reconstruction of the station – and the aging canopy at Mattapan was replaced. The intermediate stations were also rebuilt; all stations except Valley Road were made accessible. [10] Buses again replaced service on the line from October 14–29, 2023, to allow for track work. [11] [12]
In 2018, a 2.2-mile (3.5 km) heritage trolley line opened to connect the old trolley loop area in University City with the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. The Loop Trolley shut down in 2019 after ridership and revenue fell far short of projections, but was reopened in 2022 after the federal government threatened to demand the return of ...
Location Motive power Type [a] Opened Closed Notes Alabama Power Company: Anniston: Horse ? ? Electric 1888: April 20, 1932: Formerly Anniston Electric and Gas Company [2] Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company: Birmingham: Horse January 24, 1884: April 16, 1898 Steam May 25, 1885: February 26, 1904 Electric October 10, 1891: April 19, 1953
The Lake Compounce amusement park, which started in 1846, had by 1895 established trolley service to its rural Connecticut location. Although outside trolley service to Lake Compounce stopped in the 1930s, the park resurrected its trolley past with the "Lakeside Trolley" ride from 1997-2024, when the car was returned to the Shoreline Trolley ...