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 (North American English for the European word tram) were once the chief mode of public transit in hundreds of North American cities and towns. Most of the original urban streetcar systems were either dismantled in the mid-20th century or converted to other modes of operation, such as light rail. Today, only Toronto still operates a streetcar network essentially unchanged in layout and mode of operation.
Older surviving lines and systems in Boston, Cleveland, Mexico City, Newark, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco were often infrastructure-heavy systems with tunnels, dedicated right-of-way, and long travel distances. Most of these older streetcar systems are largely rebuilt as light rail systems. About 22 North American cities, starting with Edmonton, Calgary and San Diego, have installed new light rail systems, some of which run along historic streetcar corridors. A few recent cases feature mixed-traffic street-running operation like a streetcar. Portland, Oregon, Seattle, and Salt Lake City have built both modern light rail and modern streetcar systems, while Tucson, Oklahoma City and Atlanta have built new modern streetcar lines. A few other cities and towns have restored a small number of lines to run heritage streetcars either for public transit or for tourists; many are inspired by New Orleans' St. Charles Streetcar Line, generally viewed as the world's oldest continuously operating streetcar line.
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Streetcars or trolley(car)s (NorthAmerican English for the European word tram) were once the chief mode of public transit in hundreds of North American...
vehicular traffic with streetcars stopping on demand at frequent stops like buses. Since 2019, the network has used low-floor streetcars, making it fully accessible...
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The streetcar system was established in 1861, and used a variety of vehicles in its history, including horse-drawn streetcars, Peter Witt streetcars, the...
of the 20th century. The first electric streetcars began operation in 1889, and at its maximum, the streetcar system had 222 miles (357 km) of track and...
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running down Rio Salado Parkway and Dobson Road. StreetcarsinNorthAmerica Valley Metro Rail "Tempe streetcar service launches with free rides to be provided...
of the cars in the present fleet were manufactured by the Gomaco Trolley Company. List of heritage railways StreetcarsinNorthAmerica "River Rail Route...
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cost of 13.7 million per mile. Ten replica historic streetcars and one restored historic streetcar are used on the line. The replica cars themselves cost...
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interurban streetcars or radial railways inNorthAmerica. Historically, the rail gauge has had considerable variations, with a variety of gauges common in many...
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Road in the city's Northeast quadrant. The streetcars are the first to run in the District of Columbia since the dismantling of the previous streetcar system...
The El Paso Streetcar is a streetcar system in El Paso, Texas, that uses a fleet of restored PCC streetcars that had served the city's previous system...
This is a list of cities and towns inNorthAmerica that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport...
used in most parts of the world. InNorthAmerica, such systems are referred to as "streetcar" or "trolley" systems. In Germany, such systems are called...
current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems as part of their regular public transit systems. In other words...
are called streetcars or trolleys inNorthAmerica and trams or tramcars elsewhere. The first two terms are often used interchangeably in the United States...
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first-generation streetcar systems inNorthAmerica. The San Francisco Municipal Railway was created in 1909 and opened its first streetcar lines in 1912. Five...
have re-introduced streetcars. In the latter half of the 19th century, transit systems were generally rail, first horse-drawn streetcars, and later electric...
purchase of two additional streetcars, with the intent to allow streetcars to run every 10 minutes. In 2005 the Portland Streetcar project was awarded the...
along with LRVs and streetcars from Kinki Sharyo, Brookville Equipment Corporation and Škoda/Inekon/United StreetcarinNorthAmerica. Flexity trams and...
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