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STREETCAR ROUTES
Operator: Memphis Street Railway Co.
| 2 | Fairgrounds - Park | Downtown - Madison Av. - Cooper St. - E Parkway |
| 3 | National | Downtown - Poplar Av. - Broad Av. - National St. - National Cemetery |
| 7 | Crosstown | Riverside - McLemore Av. - Bellevue Blvd. - L&N Railroad |
| 12 | Chelsea - Florida | I.C.R.R. - Chelsea Av. - Main St. - Florida St. - Bodley Av. |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Streetcar lines: ? km.
HISTORY
- Horse-drawn streetcars: 2 June 1866 – 1895.
- Steam-dummy streetcars: 1886 - 1895.
- Electric streetcars (first generation): 6 Oct. 1890 – 15 June 1947.
- Interurbans (Memphis and Lakeview Traction): 1910 – 30 Apr. 1928.
- Modern (heritage) streetcars: 29 Apr. 1993 - today.
- Memphis Suspension Railway (Monorail): 3 July 1982 - today.
GAUGE
- All rail systems: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Simons, V. "Memphis: City with a real role for streetcars", Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2010 (73: 872), p.303-305.
- Simons, V. "Memphis streetcars are back on track", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2018 (81: 967), p.252-253.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
- Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA)
- Memphis Street Railway Street Cars
- Mud Island River Park Monorail
Also, many thanks to Mr Russell Powers of Lone Tree, CO, USA, for kindly sending me information and documents concerning the history of the Memphis streetcar system.
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