St. Charles Avenue streetcars delayed again

The St. Charles line won%26#39;t be fully back in service in spring 2008.

RTA hopes to have the line working from Canal to Napoleon (which would cover the Garden District, at least) by late fall.

St. Charles Avenue streetcars delayed again

what the heck...I%26#39;m coming back March %26#39;08 and it better be back up, that was my favorite part of my trip my first time there...pay like $1.50 and get to see all the mansions and universities...better late than never I guess!

St. Charles Avenue streetcars delayed again

Hi CajunWave -

Randomly, I was looking for info about riding the St. Charles Ave streetcars...and I ran across this post!

:-)

We%26#39;ll be there this weekend, and would like to ride...where can I go on it, given the limited route, and where can I get on/off? Is there a website to get info?

Thanks,

Stephanie

Now it goes only to Lee Circle. Too bad, it would have been more scenic than the ride on Canal Street to City Park.

Smiley, I%26#39;d forget the St. Charles line if you just want to ride the streetcars. Try the Canal Street line to City Park instead. It%26#39;s currently using the historic St. Charles cars and it%26#39;s a nice ride.

Most of the uptown St. Charles line is still run by bus. :-(

Hi All - thanks for your responses.

My main deal isn%26#39;t the activity of riding the streetcars, I%26#39;d like to see more of the city than just the FQ (I%26#39;ll be with other 6 adults and 1 active 7-year old). So we were looking for a ';not-me-driving'; way to see some other parts of NO.

I%26#39;d welcome any suggestions for seeing more parts of the city ! We%26#39;ll be going on this Saturday. I think that the child would like to ride the streetcar for the experience, while the adults will like seeing different parts of the city.

Thank you!

The mule and buggy tour groups have tours of the Garden District in their big carriages but by pre arranged reservation only. Its expensive on an individual basis but quite unique and less costly for a large group renting the whole buggy.

We took the street car out to City Park and walked through the Sculpture Garden, there is a children%26#39;s area called Toyland or some such, the botanical gardens are worth a walk trhough, we toured the grounds than attended a Thursday night concert with dinner at Ralph%26#39;s after then a cab ride back to the FQ, great fun.

During the day we rode the St. Charles bus to the Garden District and did the walking tour plus Lafeyette Cemetary, on the way back we stopped by the WWII museum for 2 hours but could have spent more time there.

After our Garden District/Lafayette Cemetery walking tour we got on the city bus and rode for quite a distance past the colleges and Audobon park just to see the sights and we got off crossed the street and took the St. Charles bus back hopped off at Cannon%26#39;s Restaurant had lunch, hopped back on the bus and took it back to Canal Street. It was a great way to site see. Actually when we first got on the bus we realized we were not headed back to Canal Street but just enjoyed the ride to the end and the bus driver told us to just cross the street and wait for the St. Charles bus to go back.

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