TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN UTAH

SALT LAKE CITY AREA


Salt Lake City

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1872-1901 - Salt Lake City Railroad Co.
1901-1904 - Consolidated Railway & Power Co.
1904-1912 - Utah Light & Railway Co.
1912-1925 - Utah Light & Traction Co. (Electric Bond & Shares Co.)
1925-1944 - Utah Light & Traction Co. (Electric Power & Light Corp.)
1944-1968 - Salt Lake City Lines (National City Lines)
1945 - streetcars discontinued
1928-1946 - operated trolleybuses
1968-1970 - Union Street Railway Co.
Has new light rail

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Utah Transit Authority
Serves Salt Lake County
Additional metropolitan counties:
Summit County - Summit County Transit
Tooele County - no regional transit service

Ogden

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1884-1891 - Ogden City Railway Co.
1891-1897 - Ogden City Street Railway Co.
1897-1900 - Ogden Electric Railway
1900-1914 - Ogden Rapid Transit Co.
1914-1918 - Ogden Logan & Idaho Railway
1918-1920 - Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Co.
1920-1935 - Utah Rapid Transit Co. (Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Co.)
1935 - streetcars discontinued
1935-1952 - Ogden Transit Co.
1952-1974 - Ogden Bus Lines

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Utah Transit Authority
Serves Weber, Davis Counties
Additional metropolitan counties:
Morgan County - no transit service

Fixed route system connects the two metropolitan areas

INTERURBAN TRANSIT HISTORY (SALT LAKE CITY-OGDEN)
1910-1917 - Bamberger Electric Railroad
1917-1953 - Bamberger Electric Railway
1952 - interurban trains discontinued
1953-1974 - Lake Shore Motor Coach Lines

INTERURBAN TRANSIT HISTORY (SALT LAKE CITY-PROVO)
1913-1945 - Salt Lake & Utah Railroad
1945 - interurban trains discontinued
1945-1948 - Rio Grande Motor Way/Rio Grande Trailways
1948-1984 - Continental Trailways


Brigham City
No city service
Outlying Box Elder County - no transit service


Heber
Wasatch County Senior Citizens Dept.
Serves Wasatch County


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