CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
None known
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Aiken County Transit System
Serves Aiken County
Additional metropolitan counties:
Edgefield County - rural system
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1861-1899 - Charleston City Railway
1899-1910 - Charleston Consolidated Railway Gas & Electric Co.
1910-1926 - Charleston Consolidated Railway & Light Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1926-1929 - South Carolina Power Co. (Southeastern Power & Light Co.)
1929-1948 - South Carolina Power Co. (Commonwealth & Southern Corp.)
1938 - streetcars discontinued
1948-1990's - South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority
Serves city and nearby suburbs only
Outlying Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester Counties - TriCounty Link
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1882-1905 - several companies
1905-1924 - Columbia Railway Gas & Electric Co.
1924-1925 - Columbia Railway Gas & Electric Co. (General Gas & Electric Co.)
1925-1929 - Broad River Power Co. (General Gas & Electric Co.)
1929-1937 - Broad River Power Co. (Associated Gas & Electric Co.)
1936 - streetcars discontinued
1937-1946 - South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. (Associated Gas & Electric Co.)
1946-2002 - South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority
Serves Richland County
New additional metropolitan counties:
Kershaw County (Camden) - Santee Wateree Regional Transportation Authority
(regional rural system based in Sumter)
Fairfield County - rural system
Lexington County - no regional transit service
Calhoun, Saluda Counties - no transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (CAMDEN)
Private bus co. in 1952 - City Transit Co.
CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1912-1925 - Southern Public Utilities Co.
1925-1935 - Southern Public Utilities Co. (Duke Power Co.)
1935-1955 - Duke Power Co.
1937 - streetcars discontinued
1934-1956 - operated trolleybuses
1955-1976 - Greenville City Coach Lines (City Coach Lines, Inc.)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Greenville Transit Authority (Greenlink)
Primarily city service
Outlying Greenville County - no local transit service
New additional metropolitan counties:
Pickens County - no regional transit service
Laurens County - no transit service