CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1868-1870 - Houston City Railroad
1870-1874 - service suspended
1874-1896 - Houston City Street Railway
1896-1901 - Houston Electric Railway
1901-1946 - Houston Electric Co. (Stone & Webster)
1946-1951 - Houston Transit Co. (Stone & Webster)
1951-1961 - Houston Transit Co.
1961-1966 - Rapid Transit Lines
1966-1974 - Rapid Transit Lines (National City Lines)
1974-1979 - HouTran
Has new light rail
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Serves Harris County
New additional metropolitan counties:
Connecting rural system
Brazoria, Galveston Counties - Connect Transit
(city service - Island Transit)
Regional rural systems
Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto Counties - The District
Austin, Waller Counties - Colorado Valley Transit District
Fort Bend County - rural system
Chambers County - no regional transit service
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (GALVESTON)
1867-1900 - Galveston City Railroad Co.
1900-1905 - Galveston City Railway Co.
1905-1947 - Galveston Electric Co. (Stone & Webster)
1938 - streetcars discontinued
1947-1951 - Galveston Transit Co. (Stone & Webster)
After 1951 - Galveston Transit Co.
OUTLYING TRANSIT HISTORY (TEXAS CITY)
Streetcar co. - Texas City Street Railway
Streetcar co. - Texas City Traction Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Channel City Transit