CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (PHILADELPHIA)
1857-1895 - several companies
1895-1902 - Union Traction Co.
1902-1940 - Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
1940-1955 - Philadelphia Transportation Co.
1955-1966 - Philadelphia Transportation Co. (National City Lines)
1966-1968 - Philadelphia Transportation Co.
1923-2003 - operated trolleybuses
Still has streetcars
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (UPPER DARBY)
1859-1895 - several companies
1895-1936 - Philadelphia & West Chester Traction Co.
1936-1970 - Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co.
Still has streetcars
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (CHESTER)
1883-1894 - several companies
1894-1910 - Chester Traction Co.
1910-1913 - Southern Pennsylvania Traction Co.
1913-1920 - Southern Pennsylvania Traction Co. (National Properties Co.)
1920-1923 - Southern Pennsylvania Traction Co. (American Railways Co.)
1923-1928 - Southern Pennsylvania Traction Co. (American Electric Power Co.)
1928-1940 - Southern Pennsylvania Traction Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1940 - streetcars discontinued
1923-1928 - Southern Pennsylvania Bus Co. (American Electric Power Co.)
1928-1951 - Southern Pennsylvania Bus Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1951-1960 - Southern Pennsylvania Bus Co.
1936-1970 - Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co.
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY (NORRISTOWN)
1878-1895 - several companies
1895-1933 - Schuylkill Valley Traction Co.
1933 - streetcars discontinued
1933-1976 - Schuylkill Valley Lines
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Southeastern Pennsylania Transportation Authority
Serves Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery Counties
Pottstown Urban Transit
Serves Montgomery County (part)
Suburban Transit Network
Serves Montgomery County (part)
Bucks County Transport
Serves Bucks County (part)
Rush Bus
Serves Bucks County (part)
Krapf Bus Co.
Serves Chester County (part)
Commuter service
Capitol Trailways
Connects Philadelphia with Reading/Berks County
Bieber Tourways
Connects Philadelphia with Allentown area
(separate metropolitan area)
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (WEST CHESTER)
1891-1929 - West Chester Street Railway Co.
1929 - streetcars discontinued
1927-1933 - Chester Valley Bus Lines
After 1933 - The Short Line
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (POTTSTOWN)
1890-1905 - Pottstown Passenger Railway
1905-1912 - Pottstown & Reading Street Railway
1912-1922 - Pottstown & Phoenixville Railway
1922-1937 - Pottstown Passenger Railway
1937 - streetcars discontinued
After 1937 - Pottstown Rapid Transit
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1874-1893 - Reading City Passenger Railway
1893-1895 - Reading Traction Co.
1895-1910 - United Traction Co. of Reading
1910-1913 - Reading Transit Co.
1913-1919 - Reading Transit & Light Co.
1919-1929 - Reading Transit Co. (General Gas & Electric Co.)
1929-1943 - Reading Street Railway Co. (Associated Gas & Electric Co.)
1943-1950 - Reading Street Railway Co.
1950-1973 - Reading Bus Co.
1952 - streetcars discontinued
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority
Serves Berks County