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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 DC Streetcar is a surface streetcar network in Washington, D.C. that consists of a single line running 2.2 miles (3.5 km) in mixed traffic along H Street and Benning 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 in 1962.
DC Streetcar (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Streetcars in Washington, D.C." ... Baltimore and Washington Transit Company; Benning Road–H Street Limited Line;
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 ...
A trio of streetcar companies provided service from Georgetown north and ultimately to Rockville, Maryland. The first one was the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway, chartered on August 22, 1888, and just the third D.C. streetcar company to incorporate. [2]
DC Streetcar (at Union Station) District of Columbia: 12,056 Mar 29, 1976: Van Dorn Street — Alexandria, Virginia: 1280 Jun 15, 1991: Van Ness–UDC — District of Columbia: 2872 Dec 5, 1981: Vienna† — Fairfax County, Virginia: 3136 Jun 7, 1986: Virginia Square–GMU — Arlington County, Virginia: 1952 Dec 11, 1979: Waterfront ...
Chartered on August 22, 1888, the G&T was the third streetcar company to incorporate in the nation's capital city. The G&T began operations in 1890 on a route that ran north from M Street NW up 32nd Street NW [5] and then onto the Georgetown and Rockville Road (now Wisconsin Avenue NW) through the extant village of Tenleytown.
The following list shows companies with headquarters in Washington, D.C. Fortune 500's 2022 list of largest companies includes 16 with headquarters in the D.C. region. [ 1 ] Companies based in Washington D.C.