TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN GEORGIA

SMALLER CITIES


Albany

Steam Dummy
1891-1894 - Albany Street Railway

Mule Car
1892-1896 - Artesian City Railroad Co.

Electric Streetcar
1912-1920 - Albany Transit Co.
1920 - streetcars discontinued

1950's - Cities Transit

Americus

1890-1892 - Americus Electric Street Railway Co.

Brunswick

Mule Car
1888-1896 - Brunswick Street Railroad Co.

Electric Streetcar
1909-1921 - City & Suburban Railway Co.
1921-1926 - Brunswick & Interurban Railway Co.
1926 - streetcars discontinued

1940's-1957 - Georgia City Coaches

Covington

Horse Car
1888-1896 - Covington & Oxford Street Railroad Co.
1896-1917 - Covington & Oxford Street Railway Co.
1917 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Callaway Coach Co.

Dahlonega

1902-1904 - Gainesville & Dahlonega Electric Railway Co.
1904-1905 - North Georgia Electric Co.
1905 - streetcars discontinued

Dalton

1950's - Georgia Tennessee Coaches

Gainesville

Mule Car
After 1875 - Gainesville Street Railway Co.
1884-1902 - Gainesville & Hall County Street Railroad Co.

Electric Streetcar
1903-1909 - Gainesville Electric Railway Co.
1909-1916 - Gainesville Railway & Power Co.
1916-1925 - Georgia Railway & Power Co. (United Gas Improvement Co.)
1925 - streetcars discontinued

Griffin

Mule Car
1892-1895 - Griffin Street Railway Co.

Private bus co. in 1952 - Griffin Motor Coaches

La Grange

1940's - La Grange Coach Co.
1950 La Grange City Lines
1950's - La Grange City Coaches

Milledgeville

Steam Dummy
1887-1895 - Milledgeville & Asylum Dummy Line Railroad

Valdosta

1900-1924 - Valdosta Street Railway Co.
1924 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Valdosta Coaches

Waycross

1912-1917 - Waycross Street & Suburban Railway Co.
1917 - streetcars discontinued

Washington

1889-1920 - Washington Street Railway Co.
1920 - streetcars discontinued


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.

Bainbridge - City Transit Co.
Cedartown - City Bus Lines
Fitzgerald - McCall Bros.
Thomaston - Thomaston Motor Coaches
Thomasville - Thomasville Bus Lines
West Point - Valley Transit


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