About the Streetcar

About George Benson

About the Equipment

Waterfront streetcars were built in Australia for the Melborne and Metropolitan Tramways Board between 1925 and 1930. The cars are double end, double truck, and designed for two-person operation.

 

A Timeline of the Waterfront Streetcar Line

May 29, 1982: Seattle Waterfront Streetcar Line begins service.

June 1, 2002: The streetcar line was officially named the George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line ("The Benson Line") by King County Executive Ron Sims.

November 19, 2005: Seattle Waterfront Streetcar Line service is "temporarily" ended and replaced with buses.

2007: Waterfront Streetcar line named as one of world's ten best by the National Geographic Society.

More Seattle streetcar history

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