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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.
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 H Street/Benning Road Line is a currently operating line of DC Streetcar.It has eight stations and began operation on February 27, 2016. The 2.4-mile (3.9 km) line runs along H Street NE and Benning Road NE in Washington, D.C. [1] In September 2016 service was increased from six days a week to seven, and with shorter 12-minute headways.
Returned to independent operations, the railroad ran its last car on September 15, 1935, the last car ran its route. When the line south of the Kensington was replaced with buses, the railway no longer had access to power and operations were suspended. It never reopened. [26] The right-of-way was eventually converted into Kensington Parkway.
The 7th Street line was switched to a cable car system on April 12, 1890, with 16 cars traveling on the route at 6 mph (9.7 km/h) at three-minute intervals, from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily. The entire system was in operation by August 18, 1892, [ 1 ] [ 7 ] with two cables pulling the cars up and down Pennsylvania Avenue NW/SE between the Navy Yard ...
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Routes 42 and 43 operate at nearly all hours of the day during the week, with slightly reduced hours on weekends. Route 43 operates between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily operating every other trip alongside the 42. Both routes operate out of Western division. Routes 42 and 43 begin at Mount Pleasant Street NW and 17th Street NW in Mount Pleasant.
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