The rail system reopened in 2021, after having been out of service for 13 years following severe damage caused by Hurricane Ike in 2008.

[2] At that time, the trolleys were expected to be ready to return to service in 2018,[3][4] but the date was later postponed to 2019[5] and later to 2021.

[7] Galveston Island Trolley, a heritage streetcar system, was opened on July 23, 1988.

[citation needed] Service had been suspended in 2008 when the cars and tracks sustained heavy damage from Hurricane Ike.

Substitute service with replica buses was later put into place during the restoration process of the rolling stock.

[6] When trolley service was restarted on October 1, 2021, following the 13-year suspension, it was scheduled to run on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.[14][9] Media related to Galveston Island Trolley system at Wikimedia Commons Other transit in the United States: