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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. The streetcars are the first to run in the District of Columbia since the dismantling of the previous streetcar system in 1962.
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.
On November 12, 2015, an X2 bus and a DC Streetcar collided along H and 7th Streets NE. No injuries were reported. [43] On June 2, 2017, another collision occurred between an X2 bus and the DC Streetcar injuring 10 people. [44] On August 20, 2017, an X2 bus spun out of control and hit multiple cars and nearly hitting a building in Gallery Place.
Many current routes operate under former streetcar routes. The streetcars provided the main transportation in the Maryland area from the 1800s to the 1960s. [3] Two separate companies, Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Company (WV&M), and the Washington Marlboro and Annapolis Motor Lines (WM&A) would also operate on the former streetcar routes and provide service to parts of MD when the ...
The last streetcar company to begin operation during the horsecar era was the Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway. It was incorporated on March 3, 1875, and began operation later that year. It ran on a circular route around downtown D.C. A track on P Street NW was added in 1876.
Many current routes operate under former streetcar routes. The streetcars provided the main transportation in the Washington, D.C. area from the 1800s to the 1960s. [3] DC Transit would also operate on the former streetcar routes when the Streetcars ended service.
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] It began operations in 1890 on a route that ran up from M Street NW up 32nd Street NW [3] and then onto the Georgetown and Rockville Road (now Wisconsin Avenue NW) to the extant village of ...
DC Circulator was a downtown circulator bus system owned by the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, with routes connecting points of interest in the city center. The DC Circulator used to include 139 stops across 6 lines (with a 7th coming seasonally).