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A lawsuit was filed against the city of New Orleans and the Regional Transit Authority saying the streetcar line was in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Major changes are coming ...
Corrosion is eating away at the poles that support the St. Charles streetcar line's power system, officials said, and about half of the line will be shut down while crews repair the damage.
This reporter made his first ride, a good two-thirds or more of the full St. Charles route (from Lowerline to Canal) on Monday, and am happy to report that the line appeared to be keeping its ...
NEW ORLEANS — The downtown loop of the St. Charles Streetcar line will reopen this weekend after being closed since last year. The stretch of streetcar tracks was closed in 2021 so that crews ...
Riders who take the St. Charles streetcar line will notice some changes that kicked in over the weekend.The Regional Transit Authority, or RTA, said crews will be performing maintenance starting ...
On Sunday, meanwhile, the St. Charles streetcar will make its first full run, providing a morale boost for the city. RTA will expand operating hours of other lines as well. The St. Charles line ...
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority announced a two-day shutdown of a portion of the St. Charles streetcar route for planned maintenance. Beginning at 6 a.m. on ...
The St. Charles streetcar line, now the 54th designated landmark in Louisiana, has long been listed on the less exclusive National Register of Historic Places. That list includes about 90,000 sites.
“We don’t really have an estimate for bringing the lines back.” The St. Charles streetcar line – the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world – is on the National ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -Portions of the St. Charles Streetcar line has closed after a historic home in the Garden District caught fire Wednesday morning. According to RTA, the streetcar line from ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal court settlement requires New Orleans transit officials to make the city's historic St. Charles Streetcar line accessible to people in wheelchairs. The settlement was ...
An historic Perley Thomas 900 series streetcar still in operation on the St. Charles Line, one of nine new national historic landmarks announced Tuesday by the Department of the Interior.