Provides comprehensive transit coverage throughout entire state.
Route History (Newark/Jersey City Local Routes)
Route History (Routes To New York City)
Route History (Camden/Southern New Jersey)
Route History (Atlantic City/Trenton Routes)
Route History (Passaic County/Bergen County Routes)
Route History (Middlesex County/Morris County Routes)
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Asbury Park/Long Branch/Sea Girt
1887-1895 - Seashore Electric Railway Co. (Asbury Park)
1893-1898 - Asbury Park & Belmar Street Railway
1898-1899 - Asbury Park & Sea Girt Electric Railroad Co.
1898-1901 - Long Branch Electric Railway Co.
1896-1913 - West End & Long Branch Railway Co.
1904-1913 - Seacoast Traction Co. (Sea Girt)
1895-1896 - Atlantic Coast Railway Co.
1896-1927 - Atlantic Coast Electric Railroad Co.
1927-1931 - Coast Cities Railway Co.
1931 - streetcars discontinued
1931-1979 - Coast Cities Coaches
1979-1992 - Monmouth Bus Lines
Keyport
Horse Car
1887-1901 - Keyport & Matawan Street Railroad Co.
1901-1923 - Jersey Central Traction Co.
1902-1903 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1923 - streetcars discontinued
1923-1926 - James Doukas
1926-1971 - Marathon Bus Line
1971-1981 - Bayview Bus Co.
1981-1987 - Middlesex Bus Co.
1987-1992 - Middlesex Metro
After 1992 - Central Jersey Transit
Red Bank/Atlantic Highlands
1896-1901 - Atlantic Highlands Red Bank & Long Branch Electric Railway Co.
1901-1921 - Monmouth County Electric Railway Co.
1921 - streetcars discontinued
1921-1984 - Boro Busses
1984-1992 - Monmouth Bus Lines
Point Pleasant
1895-1896 - South Jersey Street Railway Co.
1896-1902 - Bay Head & Point Pleasant Street Railroad Co.
1902-1920 - Point Pleasant Traction Co.
1920 - streetcars discontinued
Horse Car
Until 1890 - Atlantic City Railway Co.
1889 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1890-1905 - Atlantic City Electric Railway
1905-1945 - Atlantic City & Shore Railroad Co.
1945-1985 - Atlantic City Transportation Co.
1955 - streetcars discontinued
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Atlantic City-Ocean City (1906-1948)
ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY
1904-1908 - Atlantic City & Suburban Traction Co.
After 1908 - Atlantic & Suburban Railway Co.
ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY
After 1906 - Central Passenger Railway Co.
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)
Brigantine
1895-1897 - Brigantine Transit Co.
1897-1904 - Brigantine Transportation Co.
1904 - streetcars discontinued
Cape May
Horse Car
1881-1887 - Cape May & Schellinger Landing Horse Railroad Co.
1887-1894 - Cape May & Schellinger Landing Railroad Co.
1893-1894 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1893-1916 - Cape May Delaware Bay & Sewells Point Railroad Co.
1916 - streetcars discontinued
Ocean City
After 1897 - Ocean City Electric Railroad Co.
1930 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Ocean Drive Tours
Sea Isle City
1907-1920 - New Jersey Rapid Transit Co.
1920 - streetcars discontinued
Wildwood
1903-1932 - Five Mile Beach Electric Railway Co.
1932- streetcars discontinued
Bridgeton/Millville
1895-1899 - South Jersey Traction Co. (Bridgeton)
1899-1922 - Bridgeton & Millville Traction Co. (Bridgeton)
1894-1926 - Millville Traction Co.
1922-1931 - Cumberland Traction Co.
1931 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Bridgeton Transit
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Bridgeton-Millville (1892-1931)/Bridgeton-Bivalve (1902-1922)
Salem/Penns Grove
1915-1933 - Salem & Penns Grove Traction Co.
1933 - streetcars discontinued
1933-1935 - South Jersey Coach Co.
1935-1962 - Salem County Coach Co.
1962-1977 - no transit service
After 1977 - Salem County Transit
Horse Car
1895-1904 - Mt. Holly Street Railway Co.
1895-1901 - Burlington & Mt. Holly Traction Railroad Co. (Burlington)
1903-1904 - Burlington County Traction Co. (Moorestown)
1904-1910 - Burlington County Railway Co.
1905 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
After 1910 - Burlington County Transit Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Horse Car
1863-1891 - Trenton Horse Railroad Co.
1876-1891 - City Railway Co.
1891-1898 - Trenton Passenger Railway Co.
1892-1895 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1898-1929 - Trenton Street Railway Co.
1929-1959 - Trenton Transit Co.
1922 - buses introduced
1934 - streetcars discontinued
1959-1969 - Capital Transit Co.
1969-1984 - Mercer County Metro
ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
1899-1910 - Mercer County Traction Co. (Trenton-Princeton)
1902-1910 - Trenton Pennington & Hopewell Street Railway Co. (Trenton-Hopewell)
1906-1910 - Trenton Hamilton & Ewing Traction Co.
After 1910 - Trenton & Mercer County Traction Co.
HISTORIC INTERURBAN TYPE RAILWAY
Trenton-Princeton
1901-1903 - Trenton Lawrenceville & Princeton Railroad Co.
1903-1917 - New Jersey & Pennsylvania Traction Co.
1917-1924 - Pennsylvania-New Jersey Railway Co.
1904-1928 - Morris County Traction Co.
1923 - buses introduced
1928 - streetcars discontinued
1928-1971 - Public Service Coordinated Transport
1971-1980 - Transport of New Jersey
Phillipsburg
Horse Car
1868-1887 - Phillipsburg Horse Car Railway Co.
1887-1916 - Phillipsburg Horse Car Railroad Co.
1905 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1916-1931 - Phillipsburg Transit Co.
1931 - streetcars discontinued
1929-1943 - Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
After 1943 - Delaware River Coach Lines
Washington
1906-1910 - Easton & Washington Traction Co.
1910-1911 - Penn-Jersey Electric Railway
1911-1923 - Northampton Easton & Washington Traction Co.
1923-1925 - New Jersey Interurban Co.
1925 - streetcars discontinued
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Phillipsburg-Port Murray (1906-1925)
Replacement interurban bus service operated by New Jersey Interurban Coach Co. (until 1941)