Editing Bellaire, Texas (section)

== Transportation ==
[[File:Toonerville Trolley.jpg|thumb|Bellaire, Texas' Toonerville Trolley]]
[[File:BellaireTransitCenterBellaireTX.JPG|thumb|Bellaire Transit Center]]

Bellaire is a member city of the [[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas]] (METRO).<ref>[http://www.ridemetro.org/AboutUs/Default.aspx A Comprehensive Look at the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Houston, Texas] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524073342/http://www.ridemetro.org/AboutUs/Default.aspx |date=May 24, 2009 }}. ''[[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas]]''. Retrieved September 10, 2008.</ref> The city is served by bus lines 2 (Bellaire), 9 (Gulfton/Holman),  20 (Canal/Memorial), 49 (Chimney Rock/S Post Oak), 65 (Bissonnet), 309 (Gulfton Circulator), and [[Quickline|402 Bellaire Quickline]].<ref>[http://www.ridemetro.org/SchedulesMaps/Pdfs/METRO-System-Map.pdf System Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031074654/http://www.ridemetro.org/SchedulesMaps/Pdfs/METRO-System-Map.pdf |date=October 31, 2008 }}. ''[[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas]]''. Retrieved on November 16, 2008.</ref> The Bellaire Transit Center, located at 5100 [[Bellaire Boulevard]] at South Rice Avenue, has six lines (2, 20, 49, 65, 309, 402).<ref>[http://www.ridemetro.org/SchedulesMaps/TransitCenter/Bellaire.aspx Bellaire Transit Center] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114190737/http://www.ridemetro.org/SchedulesMaps/TransitCenter/Bellaire.aspx |date=January 14, 2009 }}. ''[[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas]]''. Retrieved on November 16, 2008.</ref> As of 2010 METRO has proposed to build the Bellaire Station as part of the [[METRORail]] [[University Line (METRORail)|University Line]].<ref>"[http://www.metrosolutions.org/posted/1068/Univ_Align_w_Statns_11x17_v033109s.264346.pdf METRO Solutions Phase 2 University Corridor.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621074908/http://www.metrosolutions.org/posted/1068/Univ_Align_w_Statns_11x17_v033109s.264346.pdf |date=June 21, 2010 }}" [[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas]]. Retrieved on January 22, 2010.</ref>

In Bellaire's early history, Bellaire Boulevard and a historic [[streetcar|street car]] line connected Bellaire to Houston. The street car line, which ran a four-mile (6&nbsp;km) stretch from central Bellaire to Houston's Main Street, started construction in 1909. The streetcar line consisted of one railway track and an overhead electric wire. A waiting pavilion and a turnaround loop were located at the terminus in Bellaire. The Houston Electric Company had simultaneously constructed a south end line from Eagle Avenue to what is now Fannin Street to connect to the Bellaire Boulevard line. Service, with one required transfer at Eagle Avenue, began on December 28, 1910. The streetcar was nicknamed the "Toonerville Trolley". On September 26, 1927, the trolley line was abandoned and replaced by a bus line. This was due to frequent derailments caused by a worn-out track and the advent of the [[automobile]].<ref name="Handbook" /> In 1985, a similar streetcar was acquired in Portugal and brought to Bellaire for permanent display.<ref name="trolley1985">{{cite journal|title=Sesquicentennial trolley: Bellaire project comes through Barbours Cut Terminal |url=http://www.portarchive.com/1985/10-October%20Page%201%20to%2028.pdf |access-date=September 25, 2013 |newspaper=Port of Houston Magazine |date=October 1985 |page=19 (PDF document 21/30) |issn=0032-4825 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928031813/http://www.portarchive.com/1985/10-October%20Page%201%20to%2028.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2013 }} ()</ref>