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Frank IBC on September 22, 2018 at 2:05 pm

The primary reason given for the closure of the 10/12 lines was the poor terminal facilities on either end. The terminal at 15th Street and New York Avenue NW was in a congested area, and both that terminal and those in Kenilworth and Seat Pleasant were stub tracks rather than track loops, requiring the use of old double-ended cars. PCC cars were single-ended and required track loops to turn around.

Unfortunately the demographics of the Far Northeast neighborhoods the lines served also probably had a role in the closure.

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