CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1891-1892 - Columbus Consolidated Street Railway Co.
1892-1899 - Columbus Street Railway Co.
1899-1914 - Columbus Railway Co.
1914-1924 - Columbus Railway Power & Light Co.
1924-1937 - Columbus Railway Power & Light Co. (United Light & Power Co.)
1937-1945 - Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co. (United Light & Power Co.)
1945-1949 - Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co.
1948 - streetcars discontinued
1933-1965 - operated trolleybuses
1949-1974 - Columbus Transit Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Central Ohio Transit Authority
Serves Franklin County
New additional metropolitan counties:
Connecting rural system
Delaware County (Delaware) - Delaware Area Transit Agency
Rural system with commuter service
Licking County (Newark) - Licking County Transit Board
(city service - Heath Taxi-Token Program)
Fairfield County (Lancaster) - city service only - Lancaster Public Transit System
Morrow, Pickaway, Union Counties - rural systems
Madison County - no transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (DELAWARE)
1892-1898 - Delaware Electric Street Railway
1898-1901 - Delaware Street Railway
1901-1930 - Columbus Delaware & Marion Railway Co.
1926 - streetcars discontinued
1930-1931 - Columbus Delaware & Marion Railway Co. (Middle West Utilities Co.)
Period of no transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (NEWARK)
Prior to 1892 - Newark City Railway
1892-1899 - Newark Consolidated Electric Railway
1899-1904 - Newark & Granville Street Railway
1904-1925 - Columbus Newark & Zanesville Electric Railway
1925-1926 - Southern Ohio Public Service Co. (American Gas & Electric Co.)
1926 - streetcars discontinued
1926-1964 - City Rapid Transit Co.
After 1964 - City Rapid Transit Lines
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (LANCASTER)
1895-1898 - Lancaster Electric Railway
1898-1906 - Lancaster Traction Co.
1906-1937 - Lancaster Traction & Power Co.
1937 - streetcars discontinued
After 1937 - Lancaster Transit