Washington, DC ― Streetcar Shop

Rail Transit Online, August 2006

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is soliciting proposals for detailed design and construction of a multi-level operations and maintenance facility for the six-station, 2.7-mi. (4.3 km) Anacostia demonstration streetcar line.  The yard and shop will be located between South Capitol Street and Interstate 295 in southeast Washington.  The procurement will be a negotiated “best value” contract, and proposals are due on Aug. 4.  A groundbreaking ceremony for the modern streetcar line was held in November 2004 and the project was supposed to be completed in the fall of this year.  Three double-ended cars were ordered in February 2005 from DPO Inekon, a joint venture of the Czech commercial house Inekon and the transit authority of Ostrava in the Czech Republic, which has a large, modern maintenance facility capable of building new streetcars. The project is a cooperative venture between District of Columbia Department of Transportation and WMATA.