River Street Streetcar

The city of Savannah purchased the River Street Branch line right-of-way from Norfolk Southern in 2004[5] for approximately $600,000.

[6] The streetcar ran along abandoned railroad tracks set in cobblestones on River Street east and west of City Hall.

[2] This was the last of several long-term shutdowns for maintenance, ultimately leading to an indefinite cessation of service and its replacement by trolley-replica buses.

No formal declaration of abandonment was ever published and the Chatham Area Transit website quietly removed all references to the streetcar sometime in 2015.

The planned construction on the West end of River Street will soon interfere with the streetcar track and facility.

[11] The River Street Line may be extended to the city's Georgia State Railroad Museum and Visitor Center, provided that Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard could have new streetcar tracks laid along it.

River Street as it appeared on September 10, 2005, with streetcar rails clearly visible. This photo was taken four years before the start of service.
Car 756, "Dottie", at the carhouse