There are 3 article(s) tagged trolleys:

• August 2026

  • Ask the Memphian: When and why did Memphis install trolley lines?

    In this week’s Ask the Memphian, we take a look at the costly, controversial, but ultimately successful effort to bring a trolley system to Memphis. 

    By John Klyce August 10, 2026

• August 2025

  • MATA proposes hope for Downtown trolleys but says it needs more money to run them

    MATA does not have enough money to operate the trolleys even as it works to ready vehicles for a potential return. 

    By Samuel Hardiman August 11, 2025

• April 2023

  • Trolleys gone from two Downtown lines for nearly a decade

    Nine years ago this month all trolleys stopped running following a fire on the Madison line. Nine years later, the Riverfront loop and Madison Avenue line are still down. 

    By Bill Dries April 17, 2023