CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (ALLENTOWN)
1865-1891 - Allentown Passenger Railway
1891-1893 - Allentown & Bethlehem Rapid Transit Co.
1893-1899 - Allentown & Lehigh Valley Traction Co.
1899-1905 - Lehigh Valley Traction Co.
1905-1921 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co.
1921-1925 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (Electric Bond & Shares Co.)
1925-1951 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (National Power & Light Co.)
1951-1955 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (Allen & Co.)
1953 - streetcars discontinued
1955-1972 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (ATE)
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (BETHLEHEM)
1891-1893 - Allentown & Bethlehem Rapid Transit Co.
1893-1899 - Allentown & Lehigh Valley Traction Co.
1899-1905 - Lehigh Valley Traction Co.
1905-1921 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co.
1921-1925 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (Electric Bond & Shares Co.)
1925-1951 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (National Power & Light Co.)
1951-1955 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (Allen & Co.)
1953 - streetcars discontinued
1955-1972 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (ATE)
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (EASTON)
Prior to 1892 - several companies
1892-1899 - Easton Transit Co.
1899-1922 - Easton Consolidated Electric Co.
1922-1925 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (Electric Bond & Shares Co.)
1925-1951 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (National Power & Light Co.)
1929 - streetcars discontinued
1951-1955 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (Allen & Co.)
1955-1972 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (ATE)
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (BANGOR)
1900-1921 - Slade Belt Electric Street Railway Co.
1921-1929 - Bangor & Nazareth Transit Co.
1901-1902 - Bangor East Bangor & Portland Transit Co.
1902-1904 - Bangor & East Bangor Street Railway Co.
1904-1923 - Bangor & Portland Traction Co.
1923-1927 - Bangor & Portland Transit Co.
1902-1912 - Northampton Traction Co.
1912-1933 - Northampton Transit Co.
1933 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Waer Bus Lines
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Lehigh And Northampton Transportation Authority
Serves Lehigh, Northampton Counties
New additional metropolitan counties:
Carbon County - Carbon County Community Transit
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (LEHIGHTON/MAUCH CHUNK)
1893-1908 - Carbon County Electric Railway Co.
1908-1919 - Carbon Transit Co.
1919-1926 - Mauch Chunk & Lehighton Transit Co.
1926-1928 - East Penn Electric Co. (National Power & Light Co.)
1928-1932 - East Penn Traction Co. (National Power & Light Co.)
1932 - streetcars discontinued
1932-1939 - East Penn Transit Co. (National Power & Light Co.)
After 1939 - Lehighton Transportation Co.
Private bus co. in 1952 - Mauch Chunk Transportation Co.