Old Town Trolley Tours of St. Augustine

Old Town Trolley Tours of St. Augustine

The Welcome Center for Old Town Trolley Tours, next door to the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum.
Parent	Historic Tours of America, Inc.
Founded	Company founded in 1970s by Chris Belland, Mo Mosher, Ed Swift; Old Town Trolley Tours of St. Augustine founded 2001
Headquarters	Corporate headquarters Key West, Florida, U.S.; Old Town Trolley Tours of St. Augustine headquarters in St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.
Locale	St. Augustine, Florida
Service area	Various cities in U.S.; locally in St. Augustine, Anastasia Island, Vilano Beach, two beaches north of Vilano Beach
Service type	Hop on and hop off tour bus
Routes	St. Augustine (Trolley Route), Anastasia Island (Beach Bus Route)
Stops	Twenty-two in St. Augustine, approximately six on Beach Bus Route
Destinations	St. Augustine area
Hubs	one
Stations	one
Chief executive	Chris Belland
Website	http://www.trolleytours.com

Old Town Trolley Tours of St. Augustine is one of the two large tour bus companies in St. Augustine, Florida. The other is Red Train Tours. Both companies run trolleys of open cars that run on the streets of the city. Neither runs on tracks, both having pneumatic tires.

History

In the early 1970s Chris Belland, Mo Mosher, and Ed Swift combined efforts to restore historic storefronts in Key West, Florida. They saw that an increasing number of tourists were coming to the area, and therefore started Old Town Trolley tours to provide tours for visitors. They started with a converted bread truck and a homemade trailer. By the 1980s they were able to buy completely new equipment and they started touring trolleys in various cities, including Boston, Nashville, San Diego, Savannah, St. Augustine, and Washington, D.C.. The St. Augustine touring trolleys, the latest of the various city tours, were added in 2001.