TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN WASHINGTON

MICROPOLITAN AREAS/HISTORICALLY WITH TRANSIT


Aberdeen

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1904-1906 - Grays Harbor Electric Co.
1906-1910 - Grays Harbor Railway & Light Co.
1910-1930 - Grays Harbor Railway & Light Co. (Federal Light & Traction Co.)
1930-1940 - Grays Harbor Railway & Light Co. (Cities Service Co.)
1932 - streetcars discontinued
1940-1947 - Grays Harbor Railway & Light Co.
Prior to 1974 - Tri-City Transit Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Grays Harbor Transportation Authority
Serves Grays Harbor County


Centralia/Chehalis

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1910-1929 - Twin City Light & Traction Co. (Stone & Webster)
1929 - streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Twin Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Lewis County - rural system


Moses Lake

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
None known

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Grant Transit Authority
Serves Grant County


Port Angeles

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Private bus co. in 1952 - Port Angeles Transit
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Clallam Transit
Serves Clallam County


Walla Walla

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Prior to 1910 - Walla Walla Valley Traction Co.
1910-1921 - Walla Walla Valley Railway (American Power & Light Co.)
1921-1969 - Walla Walla Valley Railway
1931 - streetcars discontinued
After 1969 - Walla Walla City Bus

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Walla Walla Valley Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Walla Walla County - no transit service


NEWER MICROPOLITAN AREAS

Ellensburg
Kittitas County Coordinated Transportation
Serves Kittitas County

Pullman
Pullman Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Whitman County - no transit service


RURAL CITIES/AREAS HISTORICALLY WITH TRANSIT


Port Townsend

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Streetcar co. - Port Townsend Street Railway Co.
After 1891 - Port Townsend Electric Street Railway Light & Power Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Jefferson Transit
Serves Jefferson County


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