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Loop Trolley
The Loop Trolley is a , 10-station heritage streetcar line in and near the Delmar Loop area of greater St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The line and its three replica-historic streetcars are owned by the Loop Trolley Transportation Development District and operated by the Metro Transit division of the Bi-State Development Agency, whose board has voted to continue running the trolley through 2028. The tracks start in western St. Louis, at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. They run north on DeBaliviere Avenue, with stops at MetroLink's Forest Park–DeBaliviere station and in the neighborhoods of DeBaliviere Place, Skinker/DeBaliviere, and the West End. They turn west on Delmar Boulevard to MetroLink's Delmar Loop station and cross the border of St. Louis County into University City, where they enter the Delmar Loop district and terminate at the University City Library just west of Kingsland Avenue. The line was built for $51 million (about $ in ), more than half of which came from federal funds. Its annual operating expenses of $1.3 million were to be covered mostly by a one-cent sales tax collected by businesses along and near the line but also by fares and advertising. The Loop Trolley opened for service in 2018. Ridership and revenue fell far short of expectations, in part because operations were limited to four days a week.…
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The Loop Trolley is a , 10-station heritage streetcar line in and near the Delmar Loop area of greater St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The line and its three replica-historic streetcars are owned by the Loop Trolley Transportation Development District and operated by the Metro Transit division of the Bi-State Development Agency, whose board has voted to continue running the trolley through 2028. The tracks start in western St. Louis, at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. They run north on DeBaliviere Avenue, with stops at MetroLink's Forest Park–DeBaliviere station and in the neighborhoods of DeBaliviere Place, Skinker/DeBaliviere, and the West End. They turn west on Delmar Boulevard to MetroLink's Delmar Loop station and cross the border of St. Louis County into University City, where they enter the Delmar Loop district and terminate at the University City Library just west of Kingsland Avenue. The line was built for $51 million (about $ in ), more than half of which came from federal funds. Its annual operating expenses of $1.3 million were to be covered mostly by a one-cent sales tax collected by businesses along and near the line but also by fares and advertising. The Loop Trolley opened for service in 2018. Ridership and revenue fell far short of expectations, in part because operations were limited to four days a week.…
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