Fifty years later in 1988, a heritage streetcar system, Galveston Island Trolley, was opened and continued to operate until September 13, 2008, when Hurricane Ike made landfall, covering much of the island in up to 12 feet of storm surge, severely damaging all four of the vintage trolley cars.Īfter Hurricane Ike, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Transit Authority agreed to fund repairs to the streetcar system and the trolleys are expected to return to operation later this year. Original streetcars were pulled by mules until the electric trolleys were officially established in 1891, and remained in service until 1938. Steeped in history, Galveston Island has had a longstanding love affair with street-cars, which debuted on the island in 1867.
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