page_title: Streetcars in Atlanta
section_title: Streetcars 1871-1949
hierarchical_section_title: Streetcars in Atlanta / Streetcars 1871-1949
caption_attribution_description: English: Atlanta transit system 1946
context_page_description: Streetcars originally operated in Atlanta downtown and into the surrounding areas from 1871 until the final line's closure in 1949.
  The first such transportation began with horsecars in 1871, and electric streetcar service started in the 1880s. In addition to streetcars in Atlanta proper, there were also interurban railways from Atlanta to outlying towns. The last streetcar service on the old network ended in 1949; the streetcar system was quickly replaced by a trolleybus system and with buses.
  After decades of planning, construction of a new streetcar system, the Atlanta Streetcar, began in early 2012. Consisting initially of a single route, this new streetcar line opened in December 2014. Planning for a larger network, including on an abandoned loop of intown rail tracks now known as the BeltLine is under way.
caption: Map of Atlanta's streetcar system and other transit in 1946
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