Courtesy DDOT

For folks who get excited about any and all streetcar news, the District Department of Transportation has just announced that they are planning a public event to show off their three new streetcars, which they say arrived at the Greenbelt Rail Yard from Baltimore overnight.

According to a press release, the event will take place sometime early next year (no word yet on a tentative date, but we’re told sometime in late January/early February), and will allow members of the public to climb aboard the streetcars for the first time.

“The residents of the District of Columbia own these streetcars, and we want to give them a chance to see them up close for themselves as soon as the vehicles are cleaned up and ready to roll,” said DDOT Director Gabe Klein in a statement. “We’re also thrilled to have the streetcars here locally so we can familiarize ourselves with them, test them and prepare for the day when we will put them in service.”

We’ll be sure to keep you posted on the event as the details get firmed up. In the meantime, DDOT says it will be busy cleaning up and testing the streetcars after their long journey from the Czech Republic.