TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN PENNSYLVANIA

HARRISBURG AREA


Harrisburg

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (HARRISBURG)
1861-1891 - Harrisburg City Passenger Railway
1891-1895 - East Harrisburg Passenger Railway
1895-1903 - Harrisburg Traction Co.
1903-1912 - Central Pennsylvania Traction Co.
1912-1955 - Harrisburg Railways Co.
1939 - streetcars discontinued
1955-1973 - Harrisburg Railways Co. (ATE)

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (MECHANICSBURG)
1894-1904 - Harrisburg & Mechanicsburg Electric Railway Co.
1904-1913 - Valley Traction Co.
1913-1938 - Valley Railways
1938 - streetcars discontinued
1938-1969 - Valley Transportation Co.
1969-1973 - Harrisburg Railways Co. (ATE)

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (CARLISLE)
1895-1904 - Cumberland Valley Traction Co.
1904-1913 - Valley Traction Co.
1913-1930 - Valley Railways
1930 - streetcars discontinued
1930-1969 - Valley Transportation Co.
1969-1973 - Harrisburg Railways Co. (ATE)

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (HERSHEY)
1904-1913 - Hummelstown & Campbellstown Street Railway
After 1913 - Hershey Transit Co.
1946 - streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Capitol Area Transit
Serves Dauphin, Cumberland Counties
New additional metropolitan counties:
Perry County - Perry County Transportation Authority
Commuter service
Capitol Trailways
Connects Harrisburg with Reading/Berks County
(separate metropolitan area)

OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (WILLIAMSTOWN)
1899-1915 - Lykens & Williams Valley Street Railway
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service


Lebanon

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1891-1899 - Lebanon & Annville Street Railway Co.
1899-1910 - Lebanon Valley Street Railway Co.
1910-1913 - Reading Transit Co.
1913-1919 - Reading Transit & Light Co.
1919-1929 - Reading Transit Co. (General Gas & Electric Co.)
1929-1930 - Reading Street Railway Co. (Associated Gas & Electric Co.)
1930 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Lebanon Valley Transit

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
County Of Lebanon Transit
Serves Lebanon County


Fixed route systems connect Lebanon with Harrisburg


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