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The first streetcar company in Fort Worth was the Fort Worth Street Railway Company.

Its first line began operating in December 1876, and traveled from the courthouse down Main Street to the T & P Depot.

By 1890, there were more than 20 private companies operating streetcar lines in Fort Worth.

The Fort Worth Street Railway Company bought out many of its competitors, and was eventually itself bought out by the Bishop & Sherwin Syndicate in 1901.

The new ownership changed the company's name to the Northern Texas Traction Company.

The Northern Texas Traction Company operated 84 miles of streetcar railways in 1925, and their lines connected downtown Fort Worth to TCU, the Near Southside, Arlington Heights, Lake Como, and the Stockyards.