District of Columbia
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | Horse | 29 Jul 1862 | 26 May 1900 | ||
| Cable | 12 Apr 1890 | 23 Jul 1899 | |||
| Electric | 17 Oct 1888 | 28 Jan 1962 | see Washington streetcars, Northern Virginia trolleys. Reintroduction planned (Anacostia Corridor Demonstration Project). See DC Streetcar. |
- Notes for Washington, D.C.:
- Operation into Maryland, ? – 2 January 1960.
- Operation into Virginia, 1923 – 25 August 1956.
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