TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN MAINE

All outlying counties are part of a statewide rural public transportation program, further described at the Rural Page for this section.

MICROPOLITAN AREAS/HISTORICALLY WITH TRANSIT


Augusta/Waterville

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (AUGUSTA)
1890-1902 - Augusta Hallowell & Gardiner Railroad
1902-1908 - Augusta Winthrop & Gardiner Railroad
1908-1919 - Lewiston Augusta & Waterville Street Railway
1919-1932 - Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway
1932 - streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service
1946-1952 - Maine Central Transportation Co.
After 1952 - E. L. Haskell

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (WATERVILLE)
1887-1891 - Waterville & Fairfield Railroad Co.
1891-1911 - Waterville & Fairfield Railway & Light Co.
1911-1925 - Waterville Fairfield & Oakland Railway
1925-1933 - Waterville Fairfield & Oakland Railway (Middle West Utilities Co.)
1933-1937 - Waterville Fairfield & Oakland Railway (New England Public Service Co.)
1937 - streetcars discontinued
Prior to 1969 - Community Bus Lines, Inc.
After 1969 - Dwyer Bus Lines, Inc.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Kennebec County served by regional rural system


Rockland

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1889-1892 - Rockland Street Railway Co.
1892-1925 - Rockland Thomaston & Camden Street Railway Co.
1925-1931 - Rockland Thomaston & Camden Street Railway Co. (Middle West Utilities Co.)
1931 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Camden Rockland & Thomaston Bus Line

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Knox County served by regional rural system


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