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This is a route-map template for the Main Street Line (MATA Trolley), a Memphis, Tennessee, heritage streetcar.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Riverfront Loop is a line of the Memphis Area Transit Authority trolley system.It began operation in 1997, as the second line in the system. It runs for 4.1 mi (6.6 km) through downtown Memphis and along the Mississippi riverfront, with 18 stops along the way.
The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) is the public transportation provider for Memphis, Tennessee.It is one of the largest transit providers in the state of Tennessee; MATA transports customers in the City of Memphis and parts of Shelby County on fixed-route buses, paratransit vehicles, demand-responsive service, and the MATA Trolley system.
These lines are the Main Street Line, the Riverfront Loop and the Madison Avenue Line; however, service on the last two lines remains indefinitely suspended in May 2024. [9] In the 2011–12 fiscal year, 1.34 million trips were made on the system, a 23.1% year-on-year growth – the highest of any light rail system in the contiguous United States.
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The Main Street Line is a line of the Memphis Area Transit Authority trolley system. It began operations in 1993, becoming the first streetcar line to operate in Memphis since 1947. [ 3 ] It runs for about 2 mi (3.2 km) along Main Street, with 14 stops in Downtown Memphis .
Resurrected as a 1-mile heritage streetcar line, operational; expansion into commuter interurban proposed and discussed 1999–2016. [96] [97] [98] Lynn: Horse 1854 ? Lynn and Boston Railroad: Electric November 19, 1888 [99] [100] 1937 The first electric trolley / streetcar in Massachusetts [101] [102] New Bedford: Horse c. 1870s? Electric ? 1947
Memphis Central Station, referred to as Grand Central Station prior to 1944, is a passenger terminal in Memphis, Tennessee.Located along Main Street and G.E. Patterson Boulevard in Downtown Memphis, it currently a service stop for Amtrak's City of New Orleans route, arriving in late evening northbound and in the morning southbound.