TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN COLORADO

MICROPOLITAN AREAS/HISTORICALLY WITH TRANSIT


Canon City

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1900-1906 - Florence Electric Street Railway Co.
1906-1907 - Canon City Florence & Royal Gorge Interurban
After 1907 - Canon City & Royal Gorge Railroad
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Fremont County - RIDE Transit Services
Also serves Custer County (classified as rural county)


Durango

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1892 - Durango Railway & Realty Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Durango - LIFT
Primarily city service
Outlying La Plata County - rural system


Edwards

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
None known

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
ECO Transit
Serves Eagle County
Additional micropolitan counties:
Lake County (Leadville) - no transit service

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (LEADVILLE)
After 1882 - Leadville Street Railroad Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service


NEWER MICROPOLITAN AREAS

Fort Morgan
Morgan County - Northeastern Colorado Transit Authority

Montrose
Montrose County Senior Citizens' Accessible Transportation
Serves Montrose County

Silverthorne
Summit Stage
Serves Summit County

Sterling
Logan County - Northeastern Colorado Transit Authority
Also serves Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma (classified as rural counties)


RURAL CITIES/AREAS HISTORICALLY WITH TRANSIT


Aspen

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1890 - Aspen City Railway
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Pitkin County - Roaring Fork Transportation Authority


Trinidad

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1891-1904 - Trinidad Street Railroad Co.
1904-1908 - Trinidad Electric Railway
1908-1909 - Southern Colorado Power & Railway
1909-1911 - Colorado Railway Light & Power Co.
1911-1923 - Trinidad Electric Transmission Railway & Gas Co. (Federal Light & Traction Co.)
1923 - streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Las Animas County - South Central Council of Governments
Also serves Huerfano County (classified as rural county)


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