The Atlanta Streetcar, also known as the Downtown Loop, opened after three years of construction and 18 month of delays on December 30, 2014. [17] The route runs 2.7 miles (4.3 km) east-west from Centennial Olympic Park to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, with tracks that converge at Woodruff Park. The line serves 12 stops.

The Atlanta Streetcar is a 2.7-mile loop that makes 12 stops connecting Centennial Olympic Park with the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park and nearby neighborhoods east of Downtown.

Atlanta Streetcar, Inc. (ASC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 with the mission to bring streetcars back to downtown Atlanta.

Take an easy ride onboard Atlanta’s climate-controlled streetcar with large viewing windows and comfortable seating. The Streetcar’s current route connects the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site to the east and the Centennial Olympic Park area to the west, with 10 other stops in …

Streetcars run approximately every 10 to 15 minutes, depending on ridership demand and traffic conditions. Start times may vary. Visit @MARTAService on Twitter for up-to-date service alerts for rail, bus, and Atlanta Streetcar. Need more information about the Atlanta Streetcar? Click here.

Jan 26, 2021 · Here are five things to know before you go. The all-electric Streetcars (there are four of them) hold nearly 200 passengers and help curb air pollution and gas emissions by reducing the car traffic in the area. Streetcars use an overhead power system – a trolley wire – that operates on streets shared with regular cars.

We used the Atlanta Streetcar as a hop-on hop-off type transport for our day tour around downtown Atlanta. The streetcar runs about every 15 minutes in a loop from Centennial Park to MLK National Historic Site. The streetcar costs only $3 for a day pass with unlimited use (the printed boards say $9, but the charge is just $3).

This article is about the first-generation 19th and 20th century streetcar system in Atlanta. For the modern Downtown Loop streetcar line opened in 2014, see Atlanta Streetcar.

And for a nearly 80-year period smack in the middle of Atlanta’s history (1871-1949), streetcars were a mode of transportation that not only moved people through the city, but also shaped urban development and the built environment.

Atlanta Streetcar, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization founded in 2003 to explore the return of the electric streetcar to Peachtree, Atlanta's signature street.