TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN ARKANSAS

SMALLER CITIES

Blytheville

1950's - Blytheville Coach Lines
After 1960 - Blytheville Bus Line

El Dorado

1950's - El Dorado Bus Lines

Eureka Springs

Horse Car
1891-1899 - Eureka Springs Electric Light & Street Railway Co.
1896-1897 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1899-1910 - Citizens Electric Co.
1910-1920 - Eureka Traction Co.
1920 - streetcars discontinued

Fayetteville

Until 1950 - University City Lines
After 1950 - University City Transit Co.

Helena

Horse Car
1889-1897 - Citizens Street Railway Co.

Electric Streetcar
1910-1915 - Interurban Railway Co.
1915-1933 - West Helena Consolidated Co.
1933 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new company

After 1933 - Twin City Transit Co.

Historic suburban/interurban bus lines:
Brocato Bus Line (to Marvell and Brinkley, until 1957)
Helena Bus Line (to Clarksdale MS, until 1956)

Hot Springs

Horse Car
1874-1887 - Hot Springs Railroad Co.
1887-1910 - Hot Springs Street Railroad Co.
1893-1895 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1910-1966 - Hot Springs Street Railway Co.
1938 - streetcars replaced with buses

1966-1976 - Spa Transit

Pine Bluff

Mule Car
1886-1897 - Citizens Street Railway Co.

Electric Streetcar
1903-1911 - Citizens Light & Transit Co.
1911-1925 - Pine Bluff Power & Transit Co.
1925-1936 - Arkansas Power & Light Co.
1933 - buses introduced
1936 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new company

1936-1974 - Southeast Arkansas Bus Co.

Texarkana

Horse Car
1894-1896 - Texarkana Street Railway Co.
1896-1902 - Texarkana Railway Co.
1902-1903 - Texarkana Traction Co.
1903 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1903-1907 - Texarkana Light & Traction Co.
1907-1912 - Texarkana Gas & Electric Co.
1912-1934 - Southwestern Gas & Electric Co.
1935 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new company

1935-1959 - Texarkana Bus Co.
After 1959 - Twin City Transit Corp.

Walnut Ridge/Hoxie

1904-1917 - Walnut Ridge & Hoxie Light Power & Transit Co.
1917-1928 - Central Power & Light Co.
1928 - streetcars discontinued

ADDITIONAL CITIES WITH HORSE CARS ONLY

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

Searcy - Searcy & West Point Railroad Co. (1882-1902, horse)
Searcy - Searcy & West Point Railroad Co. (1891-1902, steam dummy)
Stuttgart - Stuttgart Improvement Co.

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.

Arkadelphia - Arkadelphia Transit Co.
Conway - Inter City Transit Co.
Forrest City - White Bus Co.
Jonesboro - City Transit Co.
Paragould - City Transportation Co.
West Memphis - West Memphis Transportation Co.

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