Streetcars in Kenosha, Wisconsin

The tram from Kenosha, Wisconsin was opened on 17 June 2000 and one of the youngest companies in the United States.

The railway is the successor to the circulating in the city between 1 February 1903 to February 15, 1932 train. The annular path through the 1998 incurred on the former factory grounds of Chrysler district Harbour Park was completed in April 2000 after the overhead lines had already been installed in 1999. The first tracks that had been purchased from Toronto by the Toronto Lakefront Streetcar Line, arrived in the city on May 4. Since the Canadian cars had a track width of 1495 mm, they had to be fitted with bogies of discarded cars from Chicago.

The route is about 2.7 kilometers long and is traversed counterclockwise. The " beginning " of the track is the station of the Metra, at the end the trains to and from Chicago. About 80 percent of the route have a separate roadbed, so conflicts with the private transport are largely excluded. Overall, the train has 17 stops and takes you past the major facilities of daily life.

The purpose of the railway was to make the newly created district where attractive and to attract potential residents and thus users of the web. First, at the time of opening of the railway passenger numbers were around 600 passengers per day, quite modest. Hazards was. Weekdays 11-19 clock and on weekends between 10 and 17.30 clock in 15 -minute intervals The fare was 25 cents per trip.

Since February 16 2002 drives the nostalgia tram - it operate old PCC railcar from 1951 - only on weekends. Daily operation is only in summer between Memorial Day, Labour Day and the end of May, beginning of September (Labour Day ). This was due to austerity measures of the state of Wisconsin. Thus, the payments to the municipalities has been drastically reduced.

The initiative for this path went to the Director of Public Transport Joseph McCarthy (not to be confused with the Senator ), who sat through the introduction of gas-powered buses in the city. Since he died suddenly before completion of the railway age of 48, it was decided to give the custodian 's name. It is since Joseph McCarthy Transit Center.