CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1884-1890 - Birmingham Street Railway Co.
1890-1901 - Birmingham Railway & Electric Co.
1901-1911 - Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co.
1911-1922 - Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co. (American Cities Co.)
1922-1925 - Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co. (Electric Bond & Shares Co.)
1925-1951 - Birmingham Electric Co. (National Power & Light Co.)
1951-1964 - Birmingham Transit Co.
1953 - streetcars discontinued
1947-1958 - operated trolleybuses
1964-1972 - Birmingham Transit Co. (American Transit Corp.)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority
Serves Jefferson County
New additional metropolitan counties:
Walker County - Northwest Alabama Transportation System
Also serves Fayette, Lamar Counties (classified as rural counties)
Blount, Chilton, Shelby (Calera) Counties - rural systems
Bibb, St. Clair Counties - no transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (CALERA)
After 1891 - South Calera Street Railway Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1887 - Gadsden Railway
1919-1924 - Alabama Power Co.
1924-1929 - Alabama Power Co. (Southeastern Power & Light Co.)
1929-1934 - Alabama Power Co. (Commonwealth & Southern Corp.)
1934 - streetcars discontinued
1934-1954 - Crescent Motors
After 1954 - Gadsden Transit
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Gadsden Trolley Company
Primarily city service
Outlying Etowah County - rural system
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1887-1892 - Mobile Street Railway
1892-1897 - Mobile Street Railroad Co.
1897-1939 - Mobile Light & Railroad Co.
1939 - sold to National City Lines/streetcars discontinued
1939-1971 - Mobile City Lines
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
The Wave Transit System
Primarily city service
Outlying Mobile County - no transit service
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1886-1894 - Capitol City Railway Co.
1894-1906 - Montgomery Street Railway Co.
1906-1911 - Montgomery Traction Co.
1911-1923 - Montgomery Light & Traction Co.
1923-1924 - Alabama Power Co.
1924-1929 - Alabama Power Co. (Southeastern Power & Light Co.)
1929-1936 - Alabama Power Co. (Commonwealth & Southern Corp.)
1936 - sold to National City Lines/streetcars discontinued
1936-1974 - Montgomery City Lines
1955 - Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat on bus
1956 - U. S. Supreme Court bans segregation on buses after year of boycotts
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Montgomery Area Transit System
Primarily city service
Outlying Montgomery County - no transit service
New additional metropolitan counties:
Lowndes County - West Alabama Public Transportation
(regional rural system also serving Tuscaloosa area)
Autauga County - rural system
Elmore County - no transit service
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Private bus co. in 1952 - Randall Bus Line
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Phenix City Express
Primarily city service
Outlying Russell County - no transit service
Russell County is actually part of the Columbus GA Metropolitan Area/transit systems connect in Columbus