| Loyola-Riverfront | |
| Color: | 556eb4 |
| Owner: | New Orleans Regional Transit Authority |
| Linenumber: | 49 |
| Locale: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Start: | New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal (UPT) |
| End: | French Market |
| Stations: | 19 |
| Type: | Heritage streetcar |
| System: | Streetcars in New Orleans |
| Character: | Exclusive right-of-way (Riverfront Line), neutral ground (Canal Street), and inside traffic lanes (Loyola Avenue) |
| Depot: | A. Philip Randolph Operations Facility |
| Stock: | 2000 Series Perley Thomas replica streetcars |
| Linelength: | 2.4miles |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Map State: | collapsed |
The Loyola-Riverfront Streetcar Line is a historic streetcar line in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA). Utilizing trackage from the Rampart–Loyola Streetcar Line, Canal Streetcar Line, and Riverfront Streetcar Line, it runs for a total length of 2.5 miles (4.0 km). The line is officially designated Route 49 and is denoted with a light blue color on most RTA publications.[1]
The line was created in 2021 when RTA, as a result of the Hardrock Hotel Collapse, combined the Loyola-UPT portion of the Rampart-St. Claude Streetcar Line and part of the Riverfront Streetcar Line to create the UPT-Riverfront Line. It inherited the former route number of the Rampart-St. Claude Streetcar Line. Following the reopening of the Rampart Streetcar Line, it was renamed Loyola-Riverfront Streetcar Line—numbered 49—while the Rampart-St. Claude Streetcar Line was renamed to the Rampart-Loyola Streetcar Line—renumbered 46.[2]
The Loyola-Riverfront Streetcar Line begins at the French Market Stop near the intersection of Peters Street and Esplanade Avenue with access to the French Market and New Orleans Mint in the French Quarter. This portion of the line operates on a separated right of way as it utilizes the Riverfront Streetcar Line. It then turns right onto Canal Street, running in the neutral ground (the median strip). The route continues on Canal Street until it turns left onto Loyola Avenue, running on the inside traffic lanes, where it continues until terminating at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal.[3]
From French Market to UPT
| Stop | Neighborhood(s) | Other streetcar lines | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By way of the Riverfront Line | ||||
| Near the intersection of Peters Street and Esplanade Avenue. Serves French Market and New Orleans Mint. | ||||
| Ursulines Street | French Quarter | Serves French Market. | ||
| Dumaine Street | French Quarter | Serves Jackson Square, Preservation Hall, St. Louis Cathedral and Woldenberg Park. | ||
| Toulouse Street | French Quarter | Serves Jax Brewery and Woldenberg Park. | ||
| Bienville Street | French Quarter | Serves Woldenberg Park. | ||
| Downtown, Central Business District, French Quarter | Connects with Canal Street Ferry Terminal. Serves Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Harrah's Casino, Woldenberg Park, and World Trade Center. | |||
| By way of Canal Street | ||||
| Harrah's Casino | Serves Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Harrah's Casino, Woldenberg Park, World Trade Center | |||
| Peters Street | Serves Audubon Insectarium, Harrah's Casino and The Shops at Canal Place | |||
| Magazine/Decatur Streets | Downtown, Central Business District, French Quarter | |||
| Camp/Chartres Streets | Downtown, Central Business District, French Quarter | |||
| Downtown, Central Business District, French Quarter | ||||
| Carondelet/Bourbon Streets | Downtown, Central Business District, French Quarter | Transfer point to St. Charles Streetcar Line | ||
| Baronne/Dauphine Streets | Downtown, Central Business District, French Quarter | |||
| Downtown, Central Business District, French Quarter | Transfer point to Rampart-St. Claude Streetcar Line and many RTA buses | |||
| By way of Loyola Avenue | ||||
| Tulane Avenue | Downtown, Central Business District, Biomedical District | Serves LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, New Orleans Public Library, and Tulane Hospital Loyola Avenue transitions from Elk Place | ||
| Downtown, Central Business District | Serves Champions Square, City Hall, Civil District Court, Duncan Plaza, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, and Smoothie King Center | |||
| Hyatt Regency New Orleans Hotel | Downtown, Central Business Street | Serves Hyatt Regency New Orleans Hotel Stop located near Girod Street in the Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza Linked by walkway leading from South Rampart and Lafayette Streets | ||
| Julia Street | Downtown, Central Business District | |||
| Union Passenger Terminal (UPT) | Downtown, Central Business District | Connects with Amtrak and Greyhound Lines | ||