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CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1859-1899 - several companies
1899-1935 - United Railways & Electric Co.
1922-1931 - operated trolleybuses
1935-1944 - Baltimore Transit Co.
1944-1970 - Baltimore Transit Co. (National City Lines)
1938-1959 - operated trolleybuses
1963 - streetcars discontinued
Has new light rail
HAS RAPID TRANSIT (opened 1984)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Mass Transit Administration
Serves Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County
Connect-A-Ride
Serves Anne Arundel County
(city service/Annapolis - Annapolis Transit)
New additional metropolitan counties:
Connecting fixed route systems
Harford County - Harford County Transit
Howard County - Howard Transit
Rural systems
Carroll County - Carroll Area Transit System
Queen Annes County - Maryland Upper Shore Transit
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (ANNAPOLIS)
1900-1902 - Washington & Annapolis Electric Railway Co.
1902-1935 - Washington Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroad Co.
1935-1949 - Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad Co.
1949 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Arundel Bus Co.
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1859-1933 - several companies
1933-1947 - Capital Transit Co. (North American Co.)
1947-1956 - Capital Transit Co.
1956-1973 - DC Transit System
1962 - streetcars discontinued
HAS RAPID TRANSIT (opened 1976)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Serves Montgomery, Prince Georges Counties
Ride On
Serves Montgomery County
TheBus
Serves Prince Georges County
(fixed route systems interconnect)
Additional metropolitan counties:
Isolated fixed route system (other than commuter service)
Frederick County (Frederick) - Transit Services of Frederick County
Rural systems
Calvert County - Calvert County Public Transportation
Charles County - VanGO
St. Marys County - St. Marys Transit System
Commuter service
Mass Transit Administration
Serves Frederick, Calvert, Charles, St. Marys Counties
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (FREDERICK)
1894-1908 - Frederick & Middletown Electric Railway.
1909-1913 - Frederick Railroad
1913-1923 - Hagerstown & Frederick Railway
1923-1937 - Potomac Edison Co. (American Water Works & Electric Co.)
1937 - streetcars discontinued
1937-1938 - Blue Ridge Transportation Co. (American Water Works & Electric Co.)
1938-1941 - no transit service
After 1941 - Frederick Transit Co.
Washington DC area also includes Virginia and District of Columbia/same transit system operates in two states and District