TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN INDIANA

SMALLER CITIES

Angola

1904-1918 - Angola Railway & Power Co.
1918 - streetcars discontinued

Bedford

After 1929 - Bedford City Bus Co.
Private bus co. in 1952 - Dillon Bus Lines

Columbus

Mule Car
1892-1904 - John S. Crump Street Railway
1893-1901 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars

1904-1912 - Columbus Street Railway & Light Co.
1912-1931 - Interstate Public Service Co.
1931-1932 - Public Service Co. of Indiana
1932 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new company

After 1932 - Leppert Bus Lines

Elwood

1893-1898 - Elwood Electric Street Railway Co.
1898-1899 - Union Traction Co. of Anderson
1899-1924 - Union Traction Co. of Indiana
1924 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Elwood Transit

Huntington

Private bus co. in 1946 - City Bus Co.
Private bus co. in 1952 - Huntington City Lines Co.

Logansport

Mule Car
1883-1885 - Logansport Street Railway Co.
1885-1899 - Logansport Railway Co.
1891-1892 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars

1899-1904 - Indianapolis & Logansport Traction Co.
1904-1911 - Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Co.
1911-1920 - Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Co.
1920-1932 - Indiana Service Corp.
1932 - streetcars discontinued

Prior to 1962 - City Transit Co.
After 1962 - Logansport Bus Co.

Madison

Mule Car
1873-1896 - Madison Street Railway Co.
1896-1920 - Madison Light & Railway Co.
1897-1898 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars
1920 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - City Bus Line

New Castle

Private bus co. in 1952 - Browning Bus Line Co.

Peru

1901-1904 - Wabash River Traction Co.
1904-1911 - Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Co.
1911-1920 - Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Co.
1920-1934 - Indiana Service Corp.
1934 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Leppert Bus Lines

Vincennes

Horse Car
1881-1887 - Vincennes Street Railway Co.
1887-1906 - Citizens Street Railway Co.
1891 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1906-1910 - Vincennes Traction & Light Co.
1910-1922 - Vincennes Traction Co.
1922-1938 - Vincennes Electric Railway Co.
1938 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Vincennes Transit

Wabash

1901-1904 - Wabash River Traction Co.
1904-1911 - Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Co.
1911-1920 - Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Co.
1920-1933 - Indiana Service Corp.
1931 - streetcars replaced with buses

Prior to 1952 - Leppert Bus Lines

Warsaw/Winona

1904-1926 - Winona Interurban Railway Co.
1926-1945 - Winona Railroad Co.
1938 - streetcars replaced with buses

Private bus co. in 1952 - Warsaw & Winona Bus Corp.

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Peru-Goshen (1904-1938)

Washington

1896-1935 - Washington Street Railway Co.
1935 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - City Service Co.

SMALLER INTERURBAN RAILWAYS

Minor historic interurban railways connecting towns without local streetcar service.

Bluffton-Geneva

1910-1917 - Bluffton Geneva & Celina Traction Co.

Lebanon-Thorntown

1905-1926 - Lebanon-Thorntown Traction Co.

ADDITIONAL CITIES WITH HORSE CARS ONLY

In several smaller cities in Indiana, horse car routes were constructed in the late 1800's. But those routes were abandoned early, never converted to electric power.

Brownstown - Brownstown & Ewing Street Railroad Co. (1890-1908, horse)
Greencastle - Greencastle City Street Railway Co. (1886-1896, horse)
North Vernon/Vernon - North Vernon & Vernon Street Railroad Co. (1892-1899, horse)

ADDITIONAL CITIES NEVER WITH STREETCARS

The only history found for transit systems in these cities, is from the 1952 "Mass Transportation's Directory", identifying these bus systems in existence as of 1952.

Clinton - City Bus Line
Connersville - Perry Bus Line
Crawfordsville - Crawfordsville City Bus Co.
Greensburg - Tree City Bus Lines
Lawrenceburg - Dearborn & Ohio Counties Transportation Co.
Princeton - Princeton City Lines
Shelbyville - Shelbyville Bus Line

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