A TECO streetcar picking up passengers in Ybor City
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
City of Tampa
Locale
Tampa, Florida
Termini
Whiting Station
Centennial Park Station
Stations
11[1]
Website
TECO Line Streetcar
Service
Type
Heritage streetcar
System
HART
Services
1[1]
Operator(s)
HART
Rolling stock
Birney
Daily ridership
2,500[2]
History
Opened
October 19, 2002
Technical
Line length
2.7 mi (4.35 km)[3]
Character
At-grade
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification
Overhead line, 600 V DC[4]
1900's Tampa streetcar route maps
Original 1920-40s (tampaheights.org)
1920's Modern Redraw (Jake Berman)
Route diagram
Legend
Centennial Park
Centro Ybor
Streetcar Society
Cadrecha Plaza
Maintenance facility
CSX Tampa Terminal Subdivision
Tampa Union Station
SR 618
Lee Roy Selmon
Expressway
Publix
York Street
Cumberland Avenue
Whiting
Amalie Arena
HSBC
Dick Greco Plaza
All stations are accessible
The TECO Line Streetcar is a heritage streetcar transit line in Tampa, Florida, run by the Hillsborough Area Regional Transportation Authority (HART), owned by the city of Tampa, and managed by Tampa Historic Streetcar, Inc. It connects Downtown and Channelside to the historic Ybor City district. There is also an "In-Town" trolley-replica bus system that connects Downtown, Channelside, and Harbour Island.[1]
The line opened on October 19, 2002, at 2.4 mi (3.86 km) long, and expanded to 2.7 mi (4.35 km) in 2010,[5] with 11 stations.[1] The system is single-track with several passing sidings, which mostly follows a reserved right-of-way at a 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 $745,000 each. A $2.7 million grant from the Florida Department of Transportation awarded in 2018 allowed HART to eliminate fares and increase frequency on the line, causing a significant increase in ridership.[6]
Despite a $67 million state grant, a proposed expansion to 4.0 miles (6.4 km) and 6 more stations has faced funding issues.[7][8] A county tax to help pay for the development was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Florida in 2021 after being passed locally.[9]
^ abcd"Downtown Network Map - Downtown Network of Services" (PDF). Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART). 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
^"Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2019" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association.
^"TECO Line Streetcar". TECOline Streetcar. 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
^"Tampa's TECO Line Streetcar System Inventing the Future. Respecting the Past" (PDF). TECO line Streetcar. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
^"TECO Line Streetcar". tampagov.net. City of Tampa. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^"How Tampa Tripled Ridership on its Streetcar". Streetsblog USA. 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
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