TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN MASSACHUSETTS

OLDER METROPOLITAN AREAS


Pittsfield

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1886-1910 - Pittsfield Electric Street Railway
1910-1963 - Berkshire Street Railway Co.
1932 - streetcars discontinued
1963-1970 - Yellow Coach Lines
1970-1972 - no transit service
1972-1974 - DuFour Bros.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Berkshire Regional Transportation Authority
Serves Berkshire County

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (NORTH ADAMS)
1886-1906 - Hoosac Valley Street Railway
After 1906 - Berkshire Street Railway Co.
Streetcars discontinued


Springfield

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (SPRINGFIELD)
1868-1909 - Springfield Street Railway Co.
1909-1939 - Springfield Street Railway Co. (New England Investment & Security Co.)
1939-1974 - Springfield Street Railway Co.
1940 - streetcars discontinued

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (PALMER)
1898-1901 - Palmer & Monson Street Railway
1901-1910 - Springfield & Eastern Street Railway
After 1910 - Springfield Street Railway Co. (New England Investment & Security Co.)
Streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Palmer Motor Coach Service

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (HOLYOKE)
1884-1974 - Holyoke Street Railway Co.
1936 - streetcars discontinued

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (NORTHAMPTON)
1865-1952 - Northampton Street Railway
1933 - streetcars discontinued
After 1952 - Western Massachusetts Bus Lines

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (GREENFIELD)
1895-1905 - Greenfield & Turner's Falls Street Railway
1905-1924 - Connecticut Valley Street Railway Co.
1924-2007 - Greenfield-Montague Transportation Area
Streetcars discontinued

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Pioneer Valley Transit Authority
Serves Hampden, Hampshire Counties
Franklin Regional Transit Authority
Serves Franklin County (Greenfield)

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (CONWAY)
After 1894 - Conway Street Railway
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (SHELBURNE FALLS)
After 1896 - Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service


NEWER METROPOLITAN AREAS


Barnstable

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
None known

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority
Serves Barnstable County


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