St. Charles Avenue streetcar line

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historic transportation system public transit route streetcar line tourist attraction

The St. Charles Avenue streetcar line is a historic New Orleans streetcar route, famed as the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world and a scenic ride past the city's grand mansions and live oak-lined boulevards.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
St. Charles Avenue streetcar line canonical 2
St. Charles Streetcar Line 2
St. Charles Avenue Streetcar 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic transportation system ⓘ
public transit route ⓘ
streetcar line ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of New Orleans ⓘ
electrification overhead line ⓘ
fareSystem integrated with New Orleans RTA fares NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuredIn A Streetcar Named Desire (setting inspiration) NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsStreet Carrollton Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Charles Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasColorScheme dark green streetcars with cream trim ⓘ
hasPredecessor New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRouteNumber St. Charles Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor green streetcars ⓘ
live oak-lined boulevards ⓘ
views of historic mansions ⓘ
laterMode electric streetcar ⓘ
steam dummy ⓘ
locatedIn Louisiana ⓘ
New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
openedAsElectricLine 1893 ⓘ
operatedBy New Orleans Regional Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatingAllYear yes ⓘ
originalMode horse-drawn streetcar ⓘ
partOfNetwork New Orleans streetcar system NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesBy Audubon Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loyola University New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tulane University NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough Garden District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uptown New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUsers commuters ⓘ
tourists ⓘ
propulsionSystem electric streetcar ⓘ
recognizedAs oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world ⓘ
runsOn reserved neutral ground (median) for much of its length ⓘ
safetySystem street-running mixed with traffic ⓘ
serviceType local transit ⓘ
tourist service ⓘ
survivedEvent Hurricane Katrina NERFINISHED ⓘ
conversion of many U.S. streetcar systems to buses ⓘ
terminus Canal Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Carrollton Avenue and South Claiborne Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
trackType double track on most of route ⓘ
usesRollingStockType Perley Thomas streetcars NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uptown New Orleans → knownFor → St. Charles Avenue streetcar line ⓘ
Uptown New Orleans → servedBy → St. Charles Avenue streetcar line ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Charles Avenue Streetcar
accessible by St. Charles Avenue streetcar → accessibleBy → St. Charles Avenue streetcar line ⓘ
subject surface form: Garden District
this entity surface form: St. Charles Avenue streetcar
accessible by St. Charles Avenue streetcar → transportation → St. Charles Avenue streetcar line ⓘ
subject surface form: Garden District
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority → operates → St. Charles Avenue streetcar line ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Charles Streetcar Line
New Orleans Central Business District → servedBy → St. Charles Avenue streetcar line ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Charles Streetcar Line