Canal and Carrollton
Von Dullen Car 2011, turning from N. Carrollton Avenue onto the riverbound Canal track, for a run into downtown. Unlike the original Canal line, the modern line includes a spur that branches off at N. Carrollton Ave. and runs down Carrollton to City Park, where it ends in a two-track terminal.
This is the first time in New Orleans history that streetcars have run on N. Carrollton Avenue. The neutral ground on Carrollton isn’t big enough to handle two-track operation, so the cars run in the inside traffic lanes along the spur. The spur services riders from the neighborhood and brings visitors staying downtown out to City Park and the New Orleans Museum of Art. It’s also not that far of a walk to St. Louis Cemetery Number Three on Esplanade Avenue or Pitot House on Moss Street. A rider with a VisiTour 1-day or 3-day pass can also re-create the days of the Canal Belt line by transferring to the Esplanade bus and riding back downtown along the tree-lined avenue that is the downriver boundary of the French Quarter.
For those who don’t want to immediately return to the CBD, N. Carrollton Avenue offers a host of restaurants, cafes, shops, and tourist sites. We’ll be featuring a number of these both here on the website and in the CanalStreetCar (dot com) Weekly newsletter.
