New Orleans, Louisiana - Canal Street
Other cities have trucks here in New Orleans, we have trams and they are as much a part of the city like rice red beans on Monday Here they're more of a tourist destination as they are a way for commuters and access their desktop.
The price is only 1 25 each way and 0 25 transfer can be by an all day pass that gives you access to all 3 lines for a bargain at 3 You will pay for your ride when you board the tram using money or coins Don t worry if you do not have the exact amount - a credit for future walks will be issued with the excess.
Moreover during parades of Mardi Gras, trams will run from morning to late at night during peak hours, you never have to wait more than five minutes for the next streetcar.
Visit New Orleans Streetcars official website for schedules and routes WDSU Transit Tracker is also a great tool for keeping track tram Download on Android or iPhone and you'll get the location of every streetcar moving at hand.
Trams New Orleans has the distinction as one of the first passenger railway in the United States and one of the railway's oldest street continuously operating worldwide.
Their history dates back to 1835, with the line St. Charles Avenue There was then a passenger railway between New Orleans and a distant city suburbs and the station called Carrollton Finally, Carrollton became part of the city, but the line St. Charles Avenue still exists today.
The first trams traveling through the suburbs or as we like to call the fabourgs ran on steam After the Civil War, a former Confederate general praised the tram line and replaced the steam engines with a horse power this was a technological step wise and less effective return, but they were calmer and ended up staying around for twenty years before being replaced.
There were attempts to replace the trams pulled by horses with engines running on ammonia, dummy steam engines and electric batteries, but it wasn t until 1893 that the electric horse power is replaced the power system that is still used today.
As the city grew, the tram network In the early 20th century, a number of private companies operate different lines compete with each throughout the city, however, there were a number of problems, including inconsistent Service for runners and costly inefficiencies for the owners the result was the next city and the creation of an organization called the public Service New Orleans NOPSI Inc., which took over running street cars Finally, NOPSI would be replaced by New -Orléans regional Transport Authority jointly managing trams today.
Throughout the history of New Orleans, Canal Street was a major route of travel Mule drive cars were the first form of public transport along this line, but in 1910 they were replaced by trams.
In the 1960 buses have become popular throughout the country, including in Crescent City bus lines began to replace trams and residents began to fear that all historical trams disappear.
In many cases, their fears were realized in May 1964, the trams were completely removed from Canal Street Fortunately, in 1973, the preservationists were able to add the line St. Charles to the National Register of Historical Monuments Because of this historical status, the St. Charles streetcar to look and run as they were in 1920.
Fast forward a few years and the Riverfront line was built in 1988, was the first new line to be built in New Orleans since 1926.
After being away for forty years in 2004, the Canal Street line was brought back to life.
The newest addition is the line that connects the Canal Street Loyola Avenue with the Union Passenger Terminal He started running in time for the Super Bowl in 2013.
A walk along the St. Charles Avenue is like a journey through the history of New Orleans.
Trams on this line today still have seats in mahogany, brass fittings and bulbs exposed to a time before plastic seats and aluminum rails.
The St. Charles Avenue line travel 13 2 miles from just in front of the French Quarter at Carondelet and Canal Street It crosses the central business district, the oldest part of the city on this side of Canal Street in the beautiful Garden district and picturesque tree-lined streets of Uptown.
On the way, the tram line passes hundreds of exquisite homes, historical monuments, lush gardens of Audubon Park and two universities Loyola and Tulane Not to mention the dozens of restaurants and famous hotels on the road is a perfect way to see the rest of the city outside the french quarter.
The Canal Street line travel nearly six miles from the Mississippi River and along Canal Street in the middle of the city, it brings runners historic cemeteries or via a spur to City Park and New Orleans Museum of Art It brings also visitors in walking distance of the fairgrounds racetrack that features races of many months of horses and is the home of the annual jazz Heritage Festival each spring.
This line is very popular with locals commute to work, as well as visitors wishing to explore the city, along the way, it passes through art galleries, entertainment venues, many shops and dozens of delicious restaurants.
Unlike the St. Charles Line fleet on this line is a little more modern, but has not lost the contact history that is New Orleans You will notice the difference especially in the summer months, these trams look conditioning.
For maps and schedules, click here or here Museum City Park.
The river was the line of a dream come true for New Orleans business owners, developers and tram fans, it connects the inhabitants and visitors of congressmen points along the Mississippi River.
The river moves online January 5 miles past the legendary French Market, Aquarium of the Americas, Riverwalk and shopping at the Ernest Morial Convention million.
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