![]() ![]() ^ Phoenix 2000 - The Phoenix Transit Plan.^ "Wires Held Useless For Trolley Buses".^ "Commission Adopts Ordinance for Paving Jefferson and Sixteenth Streets".^ "City Transportation Service is Extended".Trade Investigation and Directory Department of the Electric Railway Journal. ^ McGraw Electric Railway List August, 1918."Phoenix's First Light Rail System – Arizona Capitol Times". Ride A Mile and Smile the While A history of the Phoenix Street Railway 1887-1948. Metro Light Rail (Valley Metro is the Phoenix light rail system).List of town tramway systems in the United States.List of heritage railroads in the United States.Return trip north and via Monroe back to right-hand track and north again on 3rd Street. Looped west at Washington and terminated at 2nd Avenue station. Ran south from Indian School Road along 3rd Street, with double-track mainline as far as the loop at Monroe. along 5th Avenue, past the Kenilworth School, and terminated at 2nd Avenue station. Ran east from 22nd Avenue, across the Santa Fe Railway tracks, to end of the line at 16th 1/2 Street. ![]() Adams - East Lake Park (Washington Street Line). Return trip traveled north from 2nd Avenue, east on Monroe, to 4th Street, and north via Pierce. Ran south on 10th Street from Sheridan to Pierce, west on Pierce, south on 4th Street, west on Washington Street, and terminated at 2nd Avenue station. The City of Phoenix Street Railways, in 1938 were numbered and operated as follows: Rail transit returned when Valley Metro Light Rail opened its modern light-rail system on December 28, 2008-nearly sixty years after the Street Railway's last run. A 1913 Phoenix car is in storage at Old Pueblo Trolley in Tucson, pending restoration. Three of the city-bought 1928 streetcars are being stored until the Phoenix Trolley Museum, on Grand Avenue, constructs a new trolley barn. However, most of the companies involved were convicted in 1949 of conspiracy to monopolize interstate commerce in the sale of buses, fuel, and supplies to NCL subsidiaries, but were acquitted of conspiring to monopolize the transit industry. The destruction of the streetcar system may have been part of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy. The Phoenix area turned its focus to the automobile, suburbs, and highways and until recently relied solely on buses for public transportation. Buses were ultimately chosen, and the streetcar system was abandoned in February 1948. Trolleybuses had previously been considered but the overhead system was found incompatible. City officials faced the decision to either rebuild the fleet or use buses. On October 3, 1947, a catastrophic fire destroyed most of the streetcar fleet. Streetcars were withdrawn from Grand Avenue in 1934 and from the Kenilworth line in April 1947 as the city purchased more buses and as suburban growth surpassed the former city boundaries. A fleet of new streetcars entered service Christmas Day 1928, although a few of the older cars continued to serve the Grand Avenue line. City operation saw faster speeds, increased frequency, and late-night "Owl" service, leading to increased ridership and profits even through the Depression. In 1925, the city of Phoenix purchased the Street Railway line. The Salt River company later announced its lines would "connect Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, Alhambra, Glendale and Peoria." However, other than some digging on Van Buren and Monroe Streets, the line never managed to complete any construction, and was abandoned in 1914. Ī potential competitor, the Salt River Valley Electric Railway, in 1912 hired engineers to build lines east from downtown Phoenix to Mesa via Tempe and Scottsdale, and a Southside line, to run from Phoenix to Tempe on the south side of the Salt River. Line voltage was 550 Volts direct current. By 1925, there were 33.6 miles (54.1 km) of track on six lines. The system reached its height in the 1920s with several line extensions. In 1911, the first of several planned interurban lines opened to Glendale additional lines were planned but never built to Tempe, Mesa, and Scottsdale. ![]() The line was popular with the locals and was partly responsible for the growth patterns observed in the early history of Phoenix. Beginning in 1893, however, the railway was completely electrified. Many of these lines were built to subdivisions that were being developed by Sherman's land development interests. The line was founded in 1887 by Moses Hazeltine Sherman and used horse-drawn carts. The motto was "Ride a Mile and Smile the While." History The Phoenix Street Railway provided streetcar service in Phoenix, Arizona, from 1888 to 1948. The main exhibit of the museum is trolley car #116. The museum has since relocated to 1117 Grand Avenue. The Phoenix Trolley Museum, when it was located at 25 W. ![]()
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