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The electric trolleys were replaced with trackless electric trolleys in 1938. Motor buses were first introduced in 1925. The Wilmington City Railroad Company introduced electric trolley service in 1888, the first such service in Delaware. History ĭART First State traces its origins back to June 30, 1864, when the Wilmington City Railroad Company began trolley service powered by horses and mules along city streets in Wilmington. In 2022, the system had a ridership of 7,004,100, or about 29,100 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2022.ĭART was awarded the prestigious Public Transportation System Outstanding Achievement Award by the American Public Transportation Association in 2003.

DART First State is a subsidiary of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT).Īlthough most of its bus routes run in and around Wilmington and Newark in New Castle County, DART operates bus route networks in the Dover area of Kent County seven year-round bus routes serving Georgetown and Sussex County and additional seasonal routes connecting Rehoboth Beach, other beach towns in Sussex County, and Ocean City, Maryland. The agency also operates statewide paratransit service for people with disabilities. DART First State provides local and inter-county bus service throughout the state and also subsidizes commuter rail service along SEPTA Regional Rail's Wilmington/Newark Line serving the northern part of the state. The Delaware Transit Corporation, operating as DART First State, is the only public transportation system that operates throughout the U.S. A DART First State bus at Christiana Mall Park & Ride