Red Car Trolley

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Red Car Trolley
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Car 717 wears Pacific Electric's better-known later paint scheme featuring orange wing-like designs
Disney California Adventure
Area Buena Vista Street / Hollywood Land
Coordinates 33°48′30″N117°55′09″W / 33.808471890568406°N 117.91905804697684°W / 33.808471890568406; -117.91905804697684
StatusOperating
Opening dateJune 15, 2012 (2012-06-15)
Ride statistics
Attraction typeTrolley
Manufacturer Brookville Equipment Corporation
Designer Walt Disney Imagineering
Theme Pacific Electric Railway
Length1,744 ft (532 m)
Speed4 mph (6.4 km/h)
Vehicles2
Riders per vehicle21
Wheelchair symbol.svg Wheelchair accessible

The Red Car Trolley is a 3 ft 3+38 in (1,000 mm) meter gauge tramway and transportation attraction at Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. [1] Construction began on January 4, 2010, and the attraction opened on June 15, 2012, as part of the re-dedication of the park. [2] [3] The attraction features cars inspired by the Pacific Electric Railway's "Red Cars" that once traversed much of Southern California, and provides transportation between the park's main entry at Buena Vista Street and Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood Land. [4]

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Operation

Frequency

Trolleys run approximately every 8 minutes while the park is open. [5] Unlike the Main Street Vehicles that travel through neighboring Disneyland, the Red Car Trolley runs all day, only briefly pausing service when a parade travels down Hollywood Boulevard.

Vehicles

Car 623 wears a paint scheme the Pacific Electric's "Hollywood" cars originally wore as-delivered. Red Car Trolley No. 623 at Disney California Adventure in 2015.jpg
Car 623 wears a paint scheme the Pacific Electric's "Hollywood" cars originally wore as-delivered.

The line has two trolley cars, [6] built by Brookville Equipment, a manufacturer of diesel switcher locomotives and a rebuilder of classic trolley cars. The design of the Red Car Trolley rolling stock are inspired by the Pacific Electric "Hollywood" class cars, built in the 1920s.

Unlike the original Pacific Electric trolley cars, which drew their power from an overhead wire, the "Red Car Trolley" cars are battery-operated. The onboard batteries are fully recharged overnight in the car barn, and the battery is periodically "topped off" through non-contact charging using induction coils in the ground where the cars rest at the Sunset Boulevard stop. [7] [8] The trolley poles on the cars and the overhead catenary lines through the park are not energized and were added to enhance authenticity. [6]

Stops

Red Car Trolley
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Car barn
(not open to public)
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Sunset Boulevard
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Hollywood Boulevard
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Carthay Circle
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Buena Vista Street
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Bus and parking lot tram transfers
(via short walks outside park)

The Red Car Trolley line has four stops throughout Buena Vista Street and Hollywood Land: [5]

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