TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN NORTH CAROLINA

RALEIGH/DURHAM


Raleigh

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1881-1894 - Raleigh Street Railway
1894-1908 - Raleigh Electric Co.
1908-1921 - Carolina Power & Light Co.
1921-1925 - Carolina Power & Light Co. (Electric Bond & Shares Co.)
1925-1946 - Carolina Power & Light Co. (National Power & Light Co.)
1930's - streetcars discontinued
1946-1950 - Carolina Power & Light Co.
1950-1958 - White Transportation Co.
After 1958 - Raleigh City Coach Lines (City Coach Lines, Inc.)

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Capital Area Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Wake County - Wake County Transportation
New additional metropolitan counties:
Franklin County - Kerr Area Transportation Authority
(regional rural system based in Henderson)
Johnston County - Coordinated Transportation System
Commuter service
Triangle Transit Authority


Durham

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1891-1902 - Durham Street Railway Co.
1902-1913 - Durham Traction Co.
1913-1921 - Durham Traction Co. (Cities Service Co.)
1921-1943 - Durham Public Service Co. (Cities Service Co.)
1930 - streetcars discontinued
After 1943 - Duke Power Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Durham Area Transit Authority
Serves Durham County
New additional metropolitan counties:
Chatham County - Chatham Transit Network
Orange County - Orange Public Transportation
Person County (Roxboro) - Kerr Area Transportation Authority
(regional rural system based in Henderson)
Commuter service
Triangle Transit Authority

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (ROXBORO)
Private bus co. in 1952 - Person Transit Lines


Dunn

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Private bus co. in 1952 - Safeway Suburban Lines

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Harnett Area Rural Transit System
Serves Harnett County


Commuter bus service connects Raleigh, Durham


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