CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1876-1889 - Decatur Street Railroad Co.
1889-1891 - Decatur Electric Street Railway Co.
1891-1900 - City Electric Railway Co.
1900-1903 - Decatur Traction & Electric Co.
1903-1904 - Decatur Railway & Light Co.
1904-1923 - Illinois Power & Light Co.
1923-1934 - Illinois Power & Light Co. (North American Light & Power Co.)
1934-1936 - Illinois Power & Light Co. (North American Co.)
1936 - sold to National City Lines/streetcars discontinued
1936-1972 - Decatur City Lines
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Decatur Public Transportation System
Primarily city service
Outlying Macon County - no transit service
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1870-1906 - several companies
1906-1923 - Illinois Power & Light Co.
1923-1934 - Illinois Power & Light Co. (North American Light & Power Co.)
1934-1937 - Illinois Power & Light Co. (North American Co.)
1937-1943 - Illinois-Iowa Power Co. (North American Co.)
1943-1946 - Illinois Power Co. (North American Co.)
1946 - sold to National City Lines/streetcars discontinued
1931-1946 - operated trolleybuses
1946-1950 - Peoria Transportation Co.
1950-1955 - Peoria Transit Lines
1955-1964 - Peoria City Lines
1964-1970 - Peoria City Lines (new owners)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Greater Peoria Mass Transit District
Primarily city service
Outlying Peoria County - rural system
Additional metropolitan counties:
Tazewell County (Pekin) - city service only - City of Pekin
New additional metropolitan counties:
Marshall County (Henry) - city service only - MSW Projects of Henry
Stark, Woodford Counties - no transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (PEKIN)
Horse cars - Pekin City Railway Co.
1911-1913 - Pekin & Petersburg Interurban Ry. Co.
1913-1915 - Pekin Street Railway Co.
After 1915 - City of Pekin
1935 - streetcars discontinued
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1866-1906 - several companies
1906-1912 - Tri-City Railway Co.
1912-1941 - Tri-City Railway Co. (United Light & Power Co.)
1940 - streetcars discontinued
1941-1950 - Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co. (United Light & Power Co.)
1950-1970 - Rock Island-Moline City Lines (National City Lines)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District
Serves cities and nearby suburbs only
Outlying Rock Island County - no transit service
New additional metropolitan counties:
Henry County (Kewanee) - city service only - Abilities Plus
Mercer County - no transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (KEWANEE)
Prior to 1902 - Galesburg & Oneida Electric Railway Co.
1902-1924 - Galesburg & Kewanee Electric Railway Co.
1924-1926 - Kewanee Public Service Co.
1926-1934 - Kewanee Public Service Co. (North American Light & Power Co.)
1934-1936 - Kewanee Public Service Co. (North American Co.)
1936 - sold to National City Lines/streetcars discontinued
1936-1937 - Kewanee City Lines
After 1937 - Kewanee City Lines, Inc.
Period of no transit service
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1881-1890 - Rockford Street Railroad Co.
1890-1898 - Rockford City Railway Co.
1898-1902 - Rockford Railway Light & Power Co.
1902-1910 - Rockford & Interurban Railway Co.
1910-1911 - Rockford City Traction Co.
1911-1913 - Rockford City Traction Co. (Union Railway Gas & Electric Co.)
1913-1930 - Rockford City Traction Co. (Commonwealth Power Railway & Light Co.)
1930-1931 - Rockford City Traction Co.
1931-1951 - Rockford City Traction Co. (Central Illinois Electric & Gas Co.)
1936 - streetcars discontinued
1936-1947 - operated trolleybuses
1951-1963 - Rockford Transit Co. (CNS&M Ry)
1963-1970 - Rockford Transit Corp. (American Transit Corp.)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Rockford Mass Transit District
Primarily city service
Outlying Winnebago County (part) - Stateline Mass Transit District
New additional metropolitan counties:
Boone County (Belvidere) - Boone County Public Transportation
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (BELVIDERE)
1895-1915 - Belvidere City Railway Co.
1915 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Belvidere Bus Co.
Period of no transit service
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1865-1893 - several companies
1893-1909 - Springfield Consolidated Railway Co.
1909-1913 - Springfield Consolidated Railway Co. (Union Railway Gas & Electric Co.)
1913-1921 - Springfield Consolidated Railway Co. (Commonwealth Power Railway & Light Co.)
1921-1929 - Illinois Power Co. (Commonwealth Power Railway & Light Co.)
1929-1933 - Illinois Power Co. (Commonwealth & Southern Corp.)
1933-1943 - Springfield Transportation Co. (Commonwealth & Southern Corp.)
1937 - streetcars discontinued
1943-1945 - Springfield Transportation Co.
1945-1962 - Springfield Transportation Co. (United Transit Co.)
1962-1968 - Springfield Transportation Co. (ATE)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Springfield Mass Transit District
Primarily city service
Outlying Sangamon County - no transit service
New additional metropolitan counties:
Menard County - no transit service