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
The Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail is a 3.9-mile-long rail trail within the cities of College Park, Riverdale Park, and Hyattsville, Maryland. It connects to the Anacostia Tributary Trail System an
Streetcars in Washington, D.C., and Maryland
…Street in Mount Rainier used to be a streetcar turnaround Part of Rhode Island Avenue/Route 1 from the District Line to Farragut Street in Hyattsville Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail The Washington, Woodside and Forest Glen Railway, aka the "Forest Glen Trolley", was incorporated on July 26, 1895, and built a 2.9-mile line that…
One of the wayfinding signs on the Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail