TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN IOWA

RURAL CITIES/AREAS HISTORICALLY WITH TRANSIT


Albia

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1907-1916 - Albia Interurban Railway
1916-1925 - Albia Light & Railway Co.
1925 - streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Monroe County served by regional rural system (see below)


Centerville

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1887 - People's Street Railway
After 1900 - Citizens Electric Light & Gas Co.
1906-1926 - Centerville Light & Traction Co.
1926-1933 - Southern Iowa Utilities Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Appanoose County served by regional rural system (see below)


Charles City

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1915 - Charles City Western Railway
Streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Nixt City Bus Line

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Charles City Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Floyd County - part of regional rural system (see below)


Independence

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1894 - Independence & Rush Park Railway
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Buchanan County served by regional rural system (see below)


Red Oak

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1895 - Red Oak Street Railroad Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Montgomery County served by regional rural system (see below)


Toledo

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1894-1910 - Tama & Toledo Electric Railway Co.
1910-1919 - Tama & Toledo Railway Co.
1919-1925 - Tama & Toledo Railroad Co.
After 1924 - Iowa Railway & Light Co.
1925 - streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Tama County served by regional rural system (see below)


OTHER RURAL AREAS

Rural public transportation is available throughout the entire state, which has been divided into 16 multi county regions. The Iowa Public Transit Association Web site includes a map, along with further information.

Region 1 - Northeast Iowa Community Action Transit
Serves Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek Counties

Region 2 - North Iowa Regional Transit System
Serves Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock, Kossuth, Mitchell, Winnebago, Worth Counties

Region 3 - RIDES
Serves Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Sioux Counties

Region 4 - Siouxland Regional Transit System
Serves Cherokee, Ida, Monona, Plymouth, Woodbury Counties

Region 5 - Mid-Iowa Development Association
Serves Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster, Wright Counties

Region 6 - Central Iowa Regional Transit System
Serves Hardin, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama Counties

Region 7 - Iowa Northland Regional Transit Commission
Serves Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw, Grundy Counties

Region 8 - Delaware Dubuque & Jackson County Regional Transit Authority
Serves Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson Counties

Region 9 - River Bend Transit
Serves Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott Counties

Region 10 - East Central Iowa Transit
Serves Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Washington Counties

Region 11 - Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Authority
Serves Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Story, Warren Counties

Region 12 - Western Iowa Transit System
Serves Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie, Sac Counties

Region 13 - Southwest Iowa Transit Agency
Serves Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawatomie, Shelby Counties

Region 14 - Southern Iowa Trolley
Serves Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Union Counties

Region 15 - 10-15 Regional Transit Agency
Serves Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Van Buren, Wapello, Wayne Counties

Region 16 - Southeast Iowa Transit System
Serves Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa Counties


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