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Facts and Figures

Operator Kenosha Transit
System Type Heritage Trolley
Year Opened
# of Lines 1
# of Cars 6
Mileage 1.6
Gauge Std
Stations
Power Overhead
Fare Media Cash
Website
Data Date 4/05
1st Visit 4/05
Last Visit 4/05
% Rode 100%

Great Lakes States Transit
Kenosha, Wisconsin

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Kenosha

Kenosha has built a small trolley loop around an area of town they are trying to develop. It links the METRA commuter train station with service to Chicago, downtown and the new harbor front area. It also serves the transit center for Kenosha's bus system. The trolley line is new, but uses rebuilt PCC cars. Like San Francisco, they painted the cars to represent cities that had PCC's in the past. It is a neat system. The five cities represented are Johnstown (Kenosha), Toronto, Chicago, Cincinnati & Pittsburgh. It takes streetcar about 10~15 minutes to round the loop. It is well worth the trip. Hopefully someday they will extend the system!

ken-vt-042405-01.jpg (52440 bytes)McCarthy Transit center is the main bus center, plus streetcar barn. McCarthy is the man that brought streetcars to Kenosha. (4/05) ken-vt-042405-13.jpg (42420 bytes)Another view of the transit center, with 3 streetcar bays, busses meet in the front. (4/05)
ken-vt-042405-24.jpg (79423 bytes)Pittsburgh car in the barn (4/05) ken-vt-042405-23.jpg (80411 bytes)Toronto car in the barn (4/05)
ken-vt-042405-05.jpg (46154 bytes)Johnstown, or Kenosha color scheme car coming into the transit center. (4/05) ken-vt-042405-02.jpg (58145 bytes)Side view of the car in front of the transit center. (4/05)
ken-vt-042405-11.jpg (77633 bytes)Streetcars run in the grassy median of 56th St. (4/05) ken-vt-042405-08.jpg (64231 bytes)Heading through downtown. (4/05)
ken-vt-042405-06.jpg (58085 bytes)The car is entering the redevelopment area of the harbor front, which was a former Auto factory site. (4/05) ken-vt-042405-22.jpg (50738 bytes)Where are the rails? The car has just left the eastern most station at the Harbor walk. (4/05)

 

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