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The New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Company began passenger train service on September 26, 1835. Steam-powered trains and mule-drawn cars transported New Orleanians between Canal and Carrollton via St. Charles Avenue. Improved technology led to the development of electric traction streetcars, and the St. Charles Line became the first electrified route, opened in 1893. By 1900, the single line had grown to 28 lines running over 178 miles. As New Orleans' first and last streetcar route, the St. Charles Avenue line is the world’s oldest operating streetcar line.
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