The Riverfront Streetcar Line is a streetcar route in New Orleans, Louisiana, operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority  (RTA). It opened on August 14, 1988, becoming the first new streetcar line in the city in 62 years. The route runs for 2 miles (3.2 km. along the east bank of the Mississippi River, between Esplanade Avenue in the French Quarter and Julia Street near the New Orleans Convention Center.