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Route 10 was established sometime before 1887. On December 15, 1906, the line was integrated into the subway–surface trolley system by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and was extended to 63rd & Malvern Streets. [4] In 1929, it was rerouted so that it went on Landsowne and 61st rather than on Girard, replacing part of Route 44.
It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present. About 65 [1]: 78 trolleybus systems have existed in the U.S. at one time or another. In this list, boldface type in the "location" column and blue background colored row indicates one of the four U.S. trolleybus systems still in operation.
The first one built, SEPTA's No. 800, was tested on the Dayton trolley bus system in fall 1978. [26] [27] The remainder of SEPTA's 110 units were built in 1979, and they arrived and entered service in 1980. They were the system's first air-conditioned trolley buses. The last active Brill and Marmon-Herrington trolley buses were retired in 1981.
List of rail transit systems in the United States, which also includes subway/metro and commuter rail systems. In the state-by-state tables below: A diamond (♦) symbol denotes a system that operates or operated in the same area as another independent system. Names and cities of currently operating systems appear in bold on blue backgrounds.
The SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines are a collection of five SEPTA trolley lines that operate on street-level tracks in West Philadelphia and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and also underneath Market Street in Philadelphia's Center City. The lines, Routes 10, 11, 13, 34, and 36, collectively operate on about 39.6 miles (63.7 km) of route. [2]
The MATA Trolley is a heritage streetcar transit system in Memphis, Tennessee. It began operating on April 29, 1993. [ 1 ] Service was suspended in June 2014, following fires on two cars. [ 7 ]
The El Chino Mine near Santa Rita, New Mexico installed trolleytrucks in 1967. [23] The trucks are equipped with diesel engines and the trolley power is used to assist the trucks up and down the ramp that leads into the mine. This type of double power arrangement is known as a trolley assist system. [24]
The M-Line Trolley (previously McKinney Avenue Trolley) is a heritage streetcar line in the Uptown neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. The trolley line, which has been in service since 1989, is notable for its use of restored historic streetcar vehicles, as opposed to modern replicas. The M-Line Trolley operates 7 days per week, 365 days per year. [6]