New Orleans Streetcar Expansion
Two new streetcar projects are currently underway with one already under construction. The New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal (UPT)/Loyola Avenue corridor streetcar line started construction in August 2011 and is planned to begin revenue service starting in June 2012. The line will be less than a mile long, and will connect the Canal Streetcar Line through the Central Business District to the UPT Amtrak Station and Greyhound Depot.
The French Quarter Rail Expansion is scheduled to begin construction in Spring 2012 with revenue service planned for Fall 2013. The French Quarter Route will be 2.48 miles (4 km) long and have 13 stops. It will extend from a loop via North Rampart, Canal, and Basin Streets, down N. Rampart and St. Claude Avenue to Press Street. A branch is to extend from St. Claude via Elysian Fields Avenue to connect with the Riverfront line at the foot of Elysian Fields and Esplanade Avenues. A future extension is projected down St. Claude Avenue past Press Street to Poland Avenue, next to the Industrial Canal. This would require crossing the Norfolk Southern Railroad at Press Street, which the railroad opposes on safety grounds.
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