TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN MARYLAND

NEWER METROPOLITAN AREAS


Cumberland

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1890-1924 - Cumberland Electric Railway
1924-1932 - Potomac Edison Co. (American Water Works & Electric Co.)
1932 - streetcars discontinued
1932-1948 - Blue Ridge Transportation Co. (American Water Works & Electric Co.)
1948-1949 - Blue Ridge Transportation Co. (West Penn Electric Co.)
1949-1958 - Cumberland Transit Lines
After 1958 - Queens City Bus Lines

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Allegany County Transit
Serves Allegany County


Hagerstown

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Prior to 1898 - Hagerstown Electric Light & Power Co.
1898-1913 - Hagerstown Railway
1913-1923 - Hagerstown & Frederick Railway
1923-1939 - Potomac Edison Co. (American Water Works & Electric Co.)
1939 - streetcars discontinued
1939-1948 - Blue Ridge Transportation Co. (American Water Works & Electric Co.)
1948-1955 - Blue Ridge Transportation Co. (West Penn Electric Co.)
1955-1957 - Blue Ridge Transportation Co. (Greyhound Lines)
1957-1970 - Antietam Transit Co.
1970-1972 - no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Washington County Commuter
Serves Washington County


Salisbury

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Private bus co. in 1952 - Salisbury Transit Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Shore Transit
Serves Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester Counties


Elkton

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
None known

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Community Transit
Serves Cecil County

Cecil County is actually part of the Philadelphia PA/Wilmington DE Metropolitan Area/transit systems connect in Elkton


MICROPOLITAN AREAS

Cambridge
Dorchester County - Maryland Upper Shore Transit (regional rural system)

Easton
Talbot County - Maryland Upper Shore Transit (regional rural system)

Maryland Upper Shore Transit also serves Queen Annes County in the Baltimore metropolitan area, along with Caroline and Kent Counties, both classified as rural counties.


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