TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

MICROPOLITAN AREAS/HISTORICALLY WITH TRANSIT


Berlin

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1898 - Berlin Street Railway
1938 - streetcars discontinued

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Coos County - North Country Transportation


Claremont

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1903-1918 - Claremont Railway & Lighting Co.
1918 - streetcars discontinued
Private predecessor bus co. - Claremont Municipal Bus Line

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Community Transportation Services
Serves Sullivan County


Concord

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1881-1890 - Concord Horse Railroad Co.
1890-1901 - Concord Street Railway
1901-1933 - Concord Street Railway (Boston & Maine Railroad)
1933 - streetcars discontinued
1933-1957 - Boston & Maine Transportation Co.
After 1957 - Capital Transit Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Concord Area Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Merrimack County - Central New Hampshire Transportation


Keene

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1900 - Keene Electric Railway
Streetcars discontinued
Private predecessor bus co. - Cheshire Transportation Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
City Express
Primarily city service
Outlying Cheshire County - no transit service


Laconia

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1882-1926 - Laconia Street Railway
1926 - streetcars discontinued
1926-1938 - Laconia Street Railway Co., Inc.
1938-1956 - Laconia Transit Co., Inc.
1956-1957 - Laconia Bus Co.
1957-1960 - Laconia Street Railway Co., Inc.
1960-1980 - Guyer's Bus Service
1980-1992 - Lakes Region Transit
1992-1994 - Lakes Region Community Service Council
1994-2006 - Greater Laconia Transit Agency

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Winnipesaukee Transit System
Serves Belknap County


NEWER MICROPOLITAN AREAS

Lebanon
Advance Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Grafton County - North Country Transportation


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