St Charles Avenue Streetcar
National Historic Landmark · New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest continuously operating street railway line in the world, running since 1835, and still worked by olive-green Perley Thomas cars built in the 1920s with wooden seats, brass fittings and windows you push up by hand. It runs thirteen miles from Canal Street out through the Garden District and Uptown under a tunnel of live oaks to Carrollton and back. It costs a dollar twenty-five, it takes about ninety minutes round trip, and it is the best value in the city — with one significant caveat about access.
St Charles Avenue at Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70130, United States
Runs daily, roughly every 10-15 minutes through the day and less frequently late at night, from Canal Street to Carrollton and back — about 45 minutes each way. $1.25 per ride, exact change only with no change given, or a Jazzy Pass. SERVICE IS SUSPENDED during Mardi Gras parades on St Charles Avenue and after major storms. THE HISTORIC CARS ARE NOT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE; the Canal Street and Riverfront lines are.
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