TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN MINNESOTA

OLDER METROPOLITAN AREAS


Some of these metropolitan areas are served by regional rural transit systems, covered further at the Rural Page for this section.

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.


NEWER METROPOLITAN AREAS


Rochester

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


St. Cloud

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


East Grand Forks

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


Moorhead

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


La Crescent

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


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