CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1859-1873 - several companies
1873-1880 - Cincinnati Consolidated Railway
1880-1952 - Cincinnati Street Railway
1951 - streetcars discontinued
1936-1965 - operated trolleybuses
1952-1973 - Cincinnati Transit Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
Serves Hamilton County
New additional metropolitan counties:
Connecting rural systems
Butler County (Hamilton) - Butler County Regional Transit Authority
(city service/Middletown - Middletown Transit System)
Clermont County - Clermont County Transportation Connection
Brown, Warren Counties - rural systems
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (HAMILTON)
Prior to 1889 - Hamilton Street Railroad
1889-1902 - Hamilton Street Railway & Electric Co.
1902-1918 - Cincinnati Dayton & Toledo Traction Co.
1918-1926 - Cincinnati & Dayton Traction Co.
1926-1929 - Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Co.
1929-1933 - Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad Co.
1933 - streetcars discontinued
1933-1946 - Hamilton City Lines (Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad Co.)
1946-1959 - Hamilton City Lines
1959-1960 - Hamilton Transit Lines
1960-1961 - no transit service
1961-1973 - Hamilton City Lines (new company)
1973-1996 - The Bus Company
1996-1999 - no transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (MIDDLETOWN)
Streetcar co. - Middletown & Madison Street Railroad Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Prior to 1973 - Ortman-Stewart Transportation Co.