Streetcars and interurbans operated in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., between 1890 and 1962.
System diagram of all electric railway lines in the Washington area. Not all lines operated at the same time.
1939 photo of streetcar at Glen Echo Park
Diagram of electric railroad routes near the Potomac River, showing the Glen Echo Electric Railroad" (the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway), the "Great Falls Electric Railroad" (the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad) and the East Arlington branch and the Washington-Mount Vernon line of the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway
Streetcars in Washington, D.C. transported people across the city and region from 1862 until 1962.
Streetcars in Washington, D.C., and Maryland
…as separate legal entities, most with grand plans in mind, but none succeeded financially. Eventually they were all owned or leased by DC Transit (see Streetcars in Washington, D.C.). Unlike the Virginia lines, the combined Washington and Maryland lines were scheduled as a single system. A combination of the rise of the automobile…
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