Streetcars in Washington, D.C. transported people across the city and region from 1862 until 1962.
A Washington, D.C., streetcar, c. 1890
Horsecars on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, c. 1880
Tracks and underground conduit system being repaired at 14th & G Streets, NW, July 1941
Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway's opening day at the terminus at Seventh Street and New York Avenue NW
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The DC Streetcar was a streetcar system in Washington, D.C. that operated from 2016 to 2026 along a single 2.2-mile line on H Street and Benning Road in the city's Northeast quadrant.
Streetcars in Washington, D.C.
…Following the abandonment of the system, there were efforts to restart it or build a replacement which culminated with the construction and opening of the DC Streetcar in 2016, which closed ten years later, again leaving the city without a streetcar system. In 1984, the District used a $250,000 federal grant to study…
DC Streetcar at Union Station stop at the end of the H Street NE line
A United Streetcar-built streetcar to be used on the DC Streetcar system being tested along H Street NE in December 2014.
Construction of the H Street NE/Benning Road Line in October 2009
DC Streetcar at Union Station stop at the end of the H Street NE line.