River Rail System Opened Monday
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The River Rail streetcar system that links
Little Rock and North Little Rock starts service today.
The system is offering free rides for its first week.
The 20 million dollar trolley system will have stops in the
downtowns of Little Rock and North Little Rock. The streetcars will
use the Main Street Bridge to get from city to city.
Eventually, the system will extend to the Clinton Presidential
Library, east of downtown Little Rock.
Both cities have had streetcar lines in the past. Little Rock`s
line ended in 1947, and North Little Rock stopped running its cars
in 1938.
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The rail line is to hold ceremonies this morning in North Little
Rock and Little Rock. Because of rain, the events have been moved
indoors, at each city`s chamber of commerce building.
