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#REDIRECT [[West Main Streetcar]]
Charlottesville's first '''streetcar''' system was built along '''West Main''' Street in 1887 by the [[Charlottesville and University Street Railway Company]] with privately raised local capital.  This track carried horse-drawn cars initially, until the [[Charlottesville City & Suburban Railway Company]] ran the first electric streetcar in 1895<ref>{{cite web|title=This Day in Charlottesville History|url=http://www.charlottesville.org/Index.aspx?page=3193|author=|work=|publisher=City of Charlottesville|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=March 12, 2012}}</ref>, collecting 2,000 fares in its first two days of operation<ref name='getaround'>{{cite web|title=Getting Around: Transportation in Turn-of-the-Century Charlottesville and Albemarle|url=http://www.charlottesville.org/Index.aspx?page=672|author=Charlottesville Historical Society|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Area Transit|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=Nov 18, 2011}}</ref>.  The horse-drawn and electric-powered streetcar tracks were combined in 1896, leading to the end of horse-powered streetcars in [[Charlottesville]]<ref name='nom'>{{cite web|title=Charlottesville National Register of Historic Places nomination document|url=http://www.livingplaces.com/VA/Independent_Cities/Charlottesville_City.html|author=Charlottesville Department of Community Development|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service|location=Washington, D.C.|publishdate=1981|accessdate=18 Nov, 2011}}</ref>.
 
Charlottesville's streetcar lines served more than 1.5 million passengers annually by the early 1900s.  It eventually closed in 1935 due to declining ridership and profitability<ref name='nom' />.
 
 
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