Duluth
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1883-1900 - Duluth Street Railway
1900-1933 - Duluth-Superior Traction Co.
1933-1970 - Duluth-Superior Transit Co.
1939 - streetcars discontinued
1931-1957 - operated trolleybuses
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Duluth Transit Authority
Serves city and nearby suburbs only
Outlying St. Louis County - regional rural system
(city service/Hibbing - Hibbing Area Transit System)
New additional metropolitan counties:
Carlton County - regional rural system
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (HIBBING)
1914-1927 - Mesaba Electric Railway Co.
1927 - streetcars discontinued
After 1927 - Mesaba Transportation Co.
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (TOWER)
After 1892 - Tower & Soudin Railway
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (VIRGINIA)
Private bus co. in 1952 - Pickering Motor Coach Co.
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Private bus co. in 1952 - Rochester Bus Line
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Rochester Public Works
Primarily city service
Outlying Olmsted County - no transit service
Additional metropolitan counties:
Dodge County - regional rural system
Wabasha County - rural system
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1887-1898 - St. Cloud City Street Car Co.
1898-1906 - Benton Power & Traction Co.
1906-1915 - Granite City Railway
1915-1924 - St. Cloud Public Service Co.
1924-1937 - Northern States Power Co. (Standard Gas & Electric Co.)
1936 - streetcars discontinued
Prior to 1973 - St. Cloud Bus Lines
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit
Serves city and nearby suburbs only
Outlying Benton, Stearns Counties - regional rural system
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1904-1908 - Grand Forks Transit Co.
1908-1936 - Grand Forks Street Railway Co.
1934 - streetcars discontinued
1936-1959 - Grand Forks Transportation Co.
After 1959 - Grand Forks Motor Coach Co.
Prior to 1976 - Yellow Bus Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Grand Forks City Bus
Primarily city service
Outlying Polk County - regional rural system
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (CROOKSTON)
Private bus co. in 1952 - Crookston Transportation Co.
Polk County is actually part of the Grand Forks ND Metropolitan Area/same transit system operates in two states
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1904-1912 - Fargo & Morehead Street Railway
1912-1936 - Northern States Power Co. (Standard Gas & Electric Co.)
After 1936 - Northern Transit Co.
1937 - streetcars discontinued
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Metropolitan Area Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Clay County - rural system
Clay County is actually part of the Fargo ND Metropolitan Area/same transit system operates in two states
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
None known
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Houston County - regional rural system
Houston County is actually part of the La Crosse WI Metropolitan Area/transit systems connect in La Crescent