TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN OKLAHOMA

MAJOR CITIES


Enid

1907-1929 - Enid City Railway Co.
1929 - streetcars discontinued

1930's-1940's - Enid Motor Lines
1940's-1950's - Enid City Bus Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Enid Public Transportation Authority


Muskogee

1905-1959 - Muskogee Electric Traction Co.
1933 - streetcars replaced with buses

1960's - Muskogee City Bus Lines

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1986)
Muskogee County Transit

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Muskogee-Fort Gibson (1911-1934)


Oklahoma City

1903-1904 - Metropolitan Railway Co.
1904-1907 - Oklahoma City Railway Co.
1907-1947 - Oklahoma Railway Co.
1927 - buses introduced
1947 - streetcars discontinued

1947-1966 - City Bus Co.
1966-1975 - Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority
1975-1992 - MassTrans
1992-2013 - Metro Transit

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 2013)
EMBARK

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Oklahoma City-El Reno/Guthrie/Norman (1911-1947)

Replacement interurban bus service operated most years by Oklahoma Transportation Co.

Historic suburban/interurban bus lines:
Mid-Continent Coaches


Tulsa

Mule Car
1907-1928 - Tulsa Street Railway Co.
1907 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars

1925 - buses introduced
1928-1936 - United Service Co.
1936 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new National City Lines subsidiary

1936-1957 - Tulsa City Lines (National City Lines)
1957-1968 - MK&O Transit Lines

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1968)
Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Tulsa-Sapulpa
1912-1915 - Oklahoma Union Traction Co.
1915-1917 - Tulsa Traction Co.
1917-1933 - Oklahoma Union Railway Co.

Replacement interurban bus service operated by Union Transportation Co. (until 1959)

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Sapulpa-Mounds
1908-1917 - Sapulpa & Interurban Railway Co.
1917-1918 - Sapulpa Electric Interurban Railway
1918-1928 - Oklahoma Union Railway Co.

Replacement interurban bus service operated by Union Transportation Co. (until 1959)

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Tulsa-Sand Springs
1911-1955 - Sand Springs Railway Co.

Replacement interurban bus service operated by Sand Springs Railway Co. (1953-1956)


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