Stop located near Girod Street in the Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza Hyatt Regency New Orleans Hotel (inbound only) Serves Champions Square, City Hall, Civil District Court, Duncan Plaza, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, and Smoothie King Center Serves LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, New Orleans Public Library, and Tulane Hospital Major transfer point to Canal Streetcar Line and many RTA busesīy way of Elk Place from Canal to Tulane, then Loyola Avenue to UPTĭowntown, Central Business District, Biomedical District Serves Louis Armstrong Park (including Congo Square, Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, Municipal Auditorium and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park)ĭowntown, Central Business District, French Quarter Claude line.īy way of McShane Place (two blocks), then North Rampart Streetįrench Quarter, Marigny, Seventh Ward, Tremé
The Loyola-UPT portion of the line, along Loyola Avenue, is served by Canal-Cemeteries streetcars 24 hours a day.Ī typical light rail-style streetcar stop on the Rampart–St. Currently, the portion of the line between Canal and Elysian Fields cannot be served by rail.
Rampart Street collapsed, blocking the line (see Hard Rock hotel collapse). However, on October 12, 2019, a building under construction at the corner of Canal Street and N. and midnight, with a frequency of every 20 minutes throughout service times. Claude line normally operates between approximately 6 a.m. Claude, the route signs displayed on the streetcars often show the name Loyola-UPT. Īlthough RTA literature consistently refers to this line as Rampart–St. The former Loyola-UPT line went down Canal to Harrah's at the Mississippi River, and on weekends, it continued further down the Riverfront tracks to the French Market terminal at Esplanade Avenue. It features solar powered passenger shelters along Loyola Avenue. The line operates the same type of Von Dullen cars as the Canal Street line. Claude Avenue to its terminus at Elysian Fields Avenue. It continues through the French Quarter and Tremé neighborhoods, then continues onto St. The route continues on Canal Street for one block before turning onto North Rampart Street, primarily with trackage operating in mixed street traffic.
It is also unique in New Orleans in that the streetcar stops are built to light rail system standards as opposed to typical streetcar stops that utilize a simple concrete platform sometimes with a bench and/or a canopy. With the exception of only two blocks, this portion of the line does not operate on neutral ground, but rather on the inside traffic lanes. From there, it runs for 0.8 mi (1.3 km) on Loyola Avenue in the New Orleans Central Business District to Canal Street. Claude Streetcar line begins at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal (UPT) where it connects with RTA bus routes, Amtrak, and Greyhound Lines.
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