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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.
Incorporated in 1892 and opened in 1895, the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company (WGFERC) began in Georgetown at the Georgetown Car Barn on 36th and Prospect Streets and ran in a private right-of-way along the lands of the Washington Aqueduct to Glen Echo and from there along the old tracks of the Glen Echo Railroad to Cabin ...
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.
DC Streetcar: Washington (second era) Electric February 27, 2016 [41] ... Fort Meade Street Car Company Fort Meade: Horse January 1, 1887 1913 [48]
DC Transit 0522 and 0509*, pre-1900 wooden street cars; Washington Railway and Electric Company 650, a 1912 center door car; Capital Transit 766, a 1918 deck-roof standard car (under restoration as Capital Traction Company 27) Capital Transit 1053*, the only complete preserved pre-PCC streamliner; DC Transit 1101, Washington's first PCC street car
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DC Streetcar (2 C, 3 P) ... 14th Street Line (Washington, D.C.) ... Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway; Georgetown Car Barn;