page_title: Cincinnati Bell Connector
section_title: Equipment
hierarchical_section_title: Cincinnati Bell Connector / Equipment
caption_attribution_description: English: Cincinnati Streetcar (number 1175) being unloaded
context_page_description: The Cincinnati Bell Connector, previously known as the Cincinnati Streetcar, is a streetcar system in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The system opened to passengers on September 9, 2016. The streetcar operates on a 3.6-mile loop from The Banks, Great American Ball Park, and Smale Riverfront Park through Downtown Cincinnati and north to Findlay Market in the northern edge of the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. Future extensions have been proposed to the Uptown area, home to the University of Cincinnati, the regional hospitals on Pill Hill, and the Cincinnati Zoo; and to Northern Kentucky.
  Due to the cost, and lack of distance, the project faced opposition on several occasions after being first proposed in 2007. Challenges included ballot initiatives to stop the project in 2009 and 2011, opposition from members of Cincinnati City Council, Governor John Kasich, and Mayor John Cranley. However, both of the anti-rail ballot initiatives were rejected by voters, and a pro-streetcar majority was elected to City Council in 2011, allowing the project to move forward. Naming rights to the system were purchased by Cincinnati Bell in a $3.4 million, 10-year deal in August 2016.
context_section_description: Five low-floor Urbos 3 streetcars were ordered from Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) of Beasain, Spain, with an original delivery date of July 2014. The first streetcar vehicle arrived on October 30, 2015.
caption: Streetcar number 1175 being unloaded on to the rails
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