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AIR
TRANSPORTATION The metropolitan area is served by the Louis
Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, located in the suburb
of Kenner. New Orleans
also has several regional airports located throughout the metropolitan
area. For ground transportation upon arrival or departure visit
http://www.airportshuttleneworleans.com/arrival-departure-info.html
Taxi service is also available.
The
city is served by rail via Amtrak. The New Orleans
Union Passenger Terminal is the central rail depot, and is served
by three trains: the Crescent, operating
between New Orleans and New York City; the City of New Orleans,
operating between New Orleans and Chicago; and the Sunset
Limited, operating through New Orleans between Orlando, Florida,
and Los Angeles, California.
New
Orleans proper is served by Interstate 10, Interstate 610
and Interstate 510. I-10 travels
east-west through the city as the Pontchartrain Expressway.
In the far eastern part of the city, New Orleans East,
it is known as the Eastern Expressway. I-610 provides a direct shortcut
for traffic passing through New Orleans via I-10, allowing that traffic
to bypass I-10's southward curve.
New
Orleans has three active streetcar lines. The St. Charles line
is the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in America and each
car is a historic landmark. The Riverfront line runs parallel to the river
from Esplanade Street through the French Quarter to Canal Street to the
Convention Center above Julia Street in the Arts District. The Canal Street
line uses the Riverfront line tracks from the intersection of Canal Street
and Poydras Street, down Canal Street, then branches off and ends at the
cemeteries at City Park Avenue, with a spur running from the intersection
of Canal and Carrollton Avenue to the entrance of City Park at Esplanade,
near the entrance to the New Orleans Museum of Art.
The
Canal Street Ferry
connects the heart of New Orleans with the neighborhood of Algiers Point
on the other side of the Mississippi River. This service has been in continuous
operation since 1827. Pedestrians ride for free, while automobiles are
charged a fee. Service is from 6 am until midnight.
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