Via Trolleys

Love A great way to get around! Why walk through some possible shady areas when you can use the trolley. Great for business travelers. Not difficult to figure out and there are stops near most hotels

Waste of taxpayer dollars, but fun nevertheless.

Who says public transportation can’t be fun? Via trolley proves otherwise. I live across the street from one of its stops & average taking it 2−5x a week. I have friends & family that purposely come to my place in order to take the trolley somewhere. Why is it fun? The routes are crucial, it takes you to the happening spots in the downtown area; king William, south town, riverwalk & five points. Each stop has a easy to read map with the 3 lines being color coded. It’s simple, look for your destination on the map, see what color passes its way & then look at the stop to see if that color line runs there. The ride of course is fun. Inside a «old» streetcar reminiscent of San Fran trolleys. The ride is bumpy & on your wooden seats w/​a pull cord to stop, you got to be on your toes. The trolley won’t stop until you pull! It is an inexpensive way to also tour the city. For less than $ 1.25 you can get a roundtrip transfer, must ask driver, but the transfer can be used on your return trip or to board another line. I also love interacting w/​the tourists. Who doesn’t love the excitement of people as the gaze at the Alamo or hear them talk about the river. This is fun & friendly ride with great views as you ride. You won’t be sorry you rode, via trolley.

Via Trolleys are such a fun (and inexpensive) way to get around downtown San Antonio!
You’ll get this nostalgic sense of times gone by (and maybe even of bigger cities) as ride through the streets of downtown SA, past the Alamo and other icons of our city.
Rides cost a dollar, routes are clearly marked, and drivers are super friendly if you’re not sure how to get where you’re going.
The only downside is the area covered isn’t huge. But, if you’re looking to get around the downtown area, Via Trolleys are a really fun and very inexpensive way to do it!

It was mere minutes before 9 o’clock. We had just dropped the car back at our friend’s place, and we were waiting to take the trolley back to somewhere closer to our hotel.
Oh no! The sign says that this route stops running at 9! But we had just seen the trolley go in the other direction, so doesn’t common sense mean that it has to come back this way to get to it’s end point?!
Fingers crossed.
And yes, the trolley did have to come back and pass us. We mad the last trolley of the night, and it made me so happy! Plus, it only cost a buck.

Pretty neat thing to do when you just feel like focusing on stuff downtown. Each trolley runs on propane and has open-​air seating. They also travel on four color lines (red, blue, yellow and purple) and it’s not difficult at all to follow where each one goes. At 50 cents a ride, there’s no better priced way to take in the downtown area. Just make sure to bring a pillow for your @ss cause as a lot of people find out later that the wooden seats hurt like a mofo!
p. s. Thanks JT for updating me on that — last I went it was 50 cents. It’s a buck now. Holla!