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====Streetcar==== [[File:El_Paso_Street_Car.jpg|thumb|El Paso Street Car on Stanton street]] The [[El Paso Streetcar]] is a [[streetcar]] system that opened for service on November 9, 2018, and uses a fleet of restored [[PCC streetcar]]s<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=El Paso streetcars make their return after 45-year absence |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2018/11/09/el-paso-streetcars-make-return-after-45-year-absence/1947542002/ |access-date=November 10, 2018 |newspaper=[[El Paso Times]] |date=November 9, 2018}}</ref> that had served the city's previous system until its closure in 1974.<ref name="EPTimes-2018mar11">{{cite news |last=Perez |first=Elida S. |title=Downtown El Paso streetcars roll closer to completion; Sun Metro prepares to take over |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/el-paso/2018/03/11/el-paso-streetcar-project-closer-completion-sun-metro/385896002/ |access-date=November 10, 2018 |newspaper=El Paso Times |date=March 11, 2018}}</ref> The system covers {{convert|4.8|mi}}<ref name="EPT-2016sep23">{{cite news|last=Ramirez|first=Cindy|title=Streetcar work remains on time, budget|url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/2016/09/23/streetcar-work-remains-time-budget/90869508/|access-date=December 14, 2016|newspaper=El Paso Times|date=September 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=El Paso streetcar project on schedule, on budget|url=http://www.elpasoproud.com/news/local/el-paso-news/el-paso-streetcar-project-on-schedule-on-budget|access-date=December 14, 2016|publisher=[[KTSM-TV]]|date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> (round trip) in two loops from [[Downtown El Paso]] to [[University of Texas at El Paso]]. The system was constructed under the authority of the Camino Real [[Regional Mobility Authority]], but when the major construction was completed, around spring 2018, it was transferred to [[Sun Metro]], for operation and maintenance.<ref name="EPTimes-2018mar11"/> {{As of|2016}}, construction of the system was projected to cost $97 million.<ref name="EPT-2016sep23"/> In 2019, it was reported that the system is losing money and that the number of people using it only reached half its goal in the inaugural year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ottilie|first=Madeline|date=2019-11-11|title=Streetcars losing money, ridership levels below expectations after 1st year in El Paso|url=https://kvia.com/news/el-paso/2019/11/11/streetcars-losing-money-ridership-levels-below-expectations-after-first-year/|access-date=2020-10-04|website=KVIA|language=en-US}}</ref>
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