TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN FLORIDA

MIAMI AREA


Miami

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (MIAMI)
1906-1914 - Miami Electric Railway Co.
1914-1921 - Miami Traction Co.
1921-1940 - City of Miami (city owned)
1940 - streetcars discontinued
1940-1962 - Miami Transit Co. (privately owned)
HAS RAPID TRANSIT (opened 1984)

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (MIAMI BEACH)
1920-1925 - Miami Beach Railway Co.
1925-1941 - Miami Beach Railway Co. (Electric Bond & Shares Co.)
1939 - streetcars discontinued
1941-1962 - Miami Beach Railway Co.

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (CORAL GABLES)
1925-1927 - Coral Gables Rapid Transit Corp.
1927-1975 - Coral Gables Municipal Transit System
1935 - streetcars discontinued

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Miami-Dade Transit
Serves Miami-Dade County
Additional metropolitan counties:
Connecting fixed route systems
Broward County (Fort Lauderdale) - Broward County Transit
Palm Beach County (West Palm Beach) - Palm Tran
Commuter rail service
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (FORT LAUDERDALE)
Prior to 1967 - Fort Lauderdale Transit Lines
1967-1969 - Beach Transit

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (WEST PALM BEACH)
1925-1959 - Florida Cities Bus Co.
1959-1971 - Transit Co. of the Palm Beaches
1971-1995 - CoTran


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