CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1881-1893 - Asheville Street Railway Co.
1893-1897 - Asheville Street Railroad
1897-1921 - Asheville Electric Co.
1921-1925 - Asheville Electric Co. (Electric Bond & Shares Co.)
1925-1946 - Carolina Power & Light Co. (National Power & Light Co.)
1934 - streetcars discontinued
1946-1950 - Carolina Power & Light Co.
1950-1968 - White Transportation Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Asheville Transit Authority
Primarily city service
Outlying Buncombe County - rural system
New additional metropolitan counties:
Haywood County (Canton) - Haywood Public Transit
Henderson County (Hendersonville) - Henderson County Community Transit
Madison County - rural system
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (CANTON)
Private bus co. in 1952 - Canton City Bus Line
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (HENDERSONVILLE)
1891-1904 - Hendersonville Street Railway
After 1904 - Appalachian Interurban Railroad
Streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - City Bus Co.
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1911 - Fayetteville Street Railway & Power Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - City Rapid Transit Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST)
Primarily city service
Outlying Cumberland County - no local transit service
Additional metropolitan counties:
Hoke County - rural system
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1909 - Goldsboro Traction Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Goldsboro Transportation Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
GATEWAY
Primarily city service
Outlying Wayne County - rural system
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Private bus co. in 1952 - Greenville Transit Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Greenville Area Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Pitt, Greene Counties - rural system
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Private bus co. in 1952 - City Bus Lines (Hickory)
Private bus co. in 1952 - Lenoir Motor Coach Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Piedmont Wagon Transit System (Hickory)
Serves Catawba County
Caldwell County Area Transit System (Lenoir)
Serves Caldwell County
Burke County Transit Administration (Morganton)
Serves Burke County
Additional metropolitan counties:
Alexander County - rural system
Proposed fixed route system
Western Piedmont Regional Transit Authority
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
None known
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Jacksonville Onslow Local Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Onslow County - rural system
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Private bus co. in 1952 - Safety Transit
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Tar River Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Nash County - no local transit service
Additional metropolitan counties:
Edgecombe County (Tarboro) - no transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (TARBORO)
Private bus co. in 1952 - Tarboro Bus Co.
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1887-1902 - Wilmington Street Railway Co.
1902-1907 - Consolidated Railway Light & Power Co.
1907-1923- Tide Water Power Co.
1923-1928- Tide Water Power Co. (National Public Service Corp.)
1928-1933- Tide Water Power Co. (Middle West Utilities Co.)
1933-1935- Tide Water Power Co. (Penn-Southern Power Corp.)
1935-1944- Tide Water Power Co. (Associated Gas & Electric Co.)
1940 - streetcars discontinued
1944-1945- Tide Water Power Co.
After 1945 - Safeway Transit Co.
1974-2003 - Wilmington Transit Authority
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Wave Transit
Serves New Hanover County
Additional metropolitan counties:
Brunswick County - rural system
Pender County - no transit service
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
None known in North Carolina
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Currituck County - Intercounty Public Transportation Authority
(regional rural system based in Elizabeth City)