CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1865-1903 - several companies
1903-1922 - Nashville Railway & Light Co.
1922-1925 - Tennessee Electric Power Co.
1925-1929 - Tennessee Electric Power Co. (Commonwealth Power Co.)
1929-1940 - Tennessee Electric Power Co. (Commonwealth & Southern Corp.)
1940-1941 - Nashville Coach Co.
1941 - streetcars discontinued
1941-1953 - Southern Coach Lines (United Transit Co.)
1953-1962 - Nashville Transit Co. (United Transit Co.)
1962-1973 - Nashville Transit Co. (ATE)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Serves Davidson County
Additional metropolitan counties:
Rural systems
Cannon, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Macon, Robertson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, Wilson, Maury Counties - part of regional rural system
Commuter service
Regional Transportation Authority
Serves Cheatham, Dickson, Maury, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson Counties
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (MURFREESBORO)
After 1891 - Murfreesboro Street Railroad Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (COLUMBIA)
After 1888 - Columbia Street Railway Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Service Bus System