TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN OHIO

NEWER METROPOLITAN AREAS


Bellaire

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1891-1893 - Bellaire Street Railway
1893-1901 - Bellaire Bridgeport & Martins Ferry Street Railway
1901-1917 - Wheeling Traction Co.
1917-1933 - Wheeling Traction Co. (American Water Works & Electric Co.)
1931 - streetcars discontinued
After 1933 - Cooperative Transit Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Belmont County - Community Action Commission of Belmont County


Mansfield

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Prior to 1898 - Mansfield Electric Street Railroad Co.
1898-1903 - Citizens Electric Railway Light & Power Co.
1903-1914 - Mansfield Railway Light & Power Co.
1914-1918 - Mansfield Public Utility & Service Co. (Cities Service Co.)
1918-1922 - Richland Public Service Co. (Cities Service Co.)
1922-1937 - Ohio Public Service Co. (Cities Service Co.)
1934 - streetcars discontinued
1937-1962 - Mansfield Rapid Transit, Inc.
1962-1972 - Mansfield Bus Lines
1972-1977 - no transit service
1977-1978 - Mansfield Area Transit System

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Richland County Transit
Serves Richland County


Marietta

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1888-1896 - several companies
1896-1901 - Marietta Electric Co.
1901-1916 - Parkersburg Marietta & Interurban Railway
1916-1920 - Kanawha Valley Traction and Electric Co.
1920-1923 - Monongahela Valley Traction Co.
1923-1934 - Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co. (American Water Works & Electric Co.)
1934 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Marietta Bus Lines

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Community Action Bus Lines
Serves Washington County
Also serves Morgan County (classified as rural county)


Sandusky

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1891-1902 - People's Electric Railway
1902-1938 - Lake Shore Electric Railway Co.
1938 - streetcars discontinued
1938-1943 - Lake Shore Coach Co. (Cities Service Co.)
After 1943 - Sandusky Rapid Transit

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Sandusky Transit System
Primarily city service
Outlying Erie County - no transit service


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