Horse Car
1886-1897 - Santa Ana Orange & Tustin Street Railway Co.
1897 - horse cars replaced with steam dummy operated by new company
1897-1903 - Santa Ana & Orange Motor Co.
1903-1911 - Los Angeles Interurban Railway Co.
1911-1930 - Pacific Electric Railway Co.
1914 - steam dummy replaced with electric streetcars
1930 - streetcars/interurban trains discontinued
After 1922 - various bus companies
Prior to 1972 - Santa Ana Transit Corp.
Prior to 1972 - South Coast Transit Corp. (American Transit Corp.)
1972-1991 - Orange County Transit District
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1991)
Orange County Transportation Authority
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)
Riverside
Horse Car
1886-1895 - Riverside Railway Co.
1887-1895 - Halls Addition Street Railway Co.
1887-1897 - Riverside & Arlington Street Railway
1897-1911 - Riverside & Arlington Railway Co.
1899 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1911-1943 - Pacific Electric Railway Co.
1943 - streetcars discontinued
1943-1961 - Riverside Bus Lines
1961-1963 - Riverside City Lines (city owned)
1963-1964 - Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority
1964-1977 - Southern California Rapid Transit District
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1977)
Riverside Transit Agency
Newer Transit Systems
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM/BEAUMONT/BANNING
Pass Transit
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM/PALM SPRINGS
SunLine Transit Agency
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)
San Bernardino
Steam Dummy
1887-1895 - Southern California Motor Road Co.
Horse Car
1892-1895 - San Bernardino Street Railway Co.
Horse Car
1895-1900 - City Street Railway Co.
1900 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1900-1901 - City Electric Railway Co.
1901-1903 - San Bernardino Traction Co.
1903-1911 - San Bernardino Valley Traction Co.
1911-1942 - Pacific Electric Railway Co.
1917 - buses introduced
1942 - streetcars discontinued
1942-1961 - San Bernardino Valley Transit Co.
1961-1975 - Municipal Transit System
Ontario
Mule Car
1887-1912 - Ontario & San Antonio Heights Railway Co.
1895 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars
1912-1928 - Pacific Electric Railway Co.
1928 - streetcars discontinued
Redlands
Horse Car
1888-1903 - Redlands Street Railway Co.
1899 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1903-1911 - San Bernardino Valley Traction Co.
1911-1936 - Pacific Electric Railway Co.
1921 - buses introduced
1936 - streetcars discontinued
Colton
Horse Car
1888-1891 - Colton & San Bernardino Railway
1891 - streetcars discontinued
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1976)
Omnitrans
Big Bear Valley
Private bus co. in 1952 - Mountain Auto Line
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Mountain Transit
Twenty Nine Palms
Private bus co. in 1952 - Twenty Nine Palms Stages
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Morongo Basin Transit Authority
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)
Ventura
1918-1926 - several companies
1926-1933 - Webster Transportation Co.
1933-1942 - Citizens Transit Co.
1942-1972 - Citizens Transit Lines (city owned)
1972-1973 - Ventura Transit Lines
1973-2007 - South Coast Area Transit
Oxnard
1941-1956 - Harbor Transit Co.
1956-1973 - Oxnard Municipal Bus Lines
1973-2007 - South Coast Area Transit
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 2007)
Gold Coast Transit
Newer Countywide Transit System
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1994)
Ventura County Transportation Commission