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| Above: YouTubeCA video - The history of streetcars in Austin - Length: 6:37 mins. |
MAP
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STREETCAR ROUTES
Operator: Austin Transit Co.
All routes with the exception of the Main Line originated downtown, but streetcars were through-lined between two routes and it is not possible to assign downtown terminuses to them.
| D | Duval | Downtown - Congress Av. - U of Texas at Austin - Duval St. - E 34st & Duval |
| E | East Avenue | Downtown - Congress Av. - East Av. - Calvary Cemetery |
| EE | East End | Downtown - Sixth St. - 12th & Chicon / H & T.C. Yard |
| M | Main Line | E First & Canadian - First St. - Congress Av. - Downtown - Congress Av. - Lavaca St. - Guadalupe St. - W 43rd & Avenue B |
| RG | Rio Grande | Downtown - Sixth St. - Rio Grande St. - 28th & Guadalupe |
| SA | South Austin | Downtown - Congress Av. - Mary & Congress |
| T | Travis Heights | Downtown - Congress Av. - Milam Pl. |
| WE | West End | Downtown - Sixth St. - Dam Blvd. [now Lake Austin Blvd.] - Dam & Power House |
Note: Lettered route designations are for convenience only; they were not used by the operator.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Streetcar lines: ? km.
HISTORY
- Mule-drawn streetcars: Jan. 1875 - 1891.
- Electric streetcars: 28 Feb. 1891 - 7 Feb. 1940
- LRT (Diesel-electric): 22 March 2010 - today.
GAUGE
- Electric sreetcars: ?
- LRT system: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Simons, V. "Houston and Austin: A tale of two networks", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2011 (74: 879), p.102-105.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
Also, many thanks to Mr Russell Powers of Lone Tree, CO, USA, for kindly sending me information and documents concerning the history of the Austin streetcar systems.
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