TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN KENTUCKY

SMALLER CITIES


Bowling Green

Horse Car
1895-1898 - Park City Railway Co.
1895 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1898-1914 - Bowling Green Railway Co.
1914-1920 - Southern Traction Co.
1920 - streetcars discontinued

1940's-1950's - Bowling Green Transit Co.

Georgetown

Horse Car
1890-1897 - Georgetown Street Railway Co.
1897 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1897-1901 - Georgetown Street Railroad Co.
1901-1904 - Georgetown & Lexington Traction Co.
1904-1905 - Blue Grass Consolidated Traction Co.
1905-1911 - Lexington & Interurban Railways Co.
After 1911 - Kentucky Traction & Terminal Co.
1922 - streetcars discontinued

Henderson

Horse Car
1886-1895 - Henderson Street Railway Co.
1895 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1895-1904 - Henderson Electric Street Railway Co.
1904-1907 - Henderson City Railway Co.
1907-1919 - Henderson Traction Co.
1919-1939 - Evansville & Ohio Valley Railway Co.
1929 - streetcars replaced with buses

Prior to 1957 - City Bus Lines

Maysville

Mule Car
1886-1887 - Maysville Street Railway & Transfer Co.
1887-1929 - Maysville Street Railroad & Transfer Co.
1890-1892 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars

1929-1941 - Maysville Transit Co.
1937 - streetcars discontinued

Prior to 1962 - Duke Transit Co.

Pikeville

Private bus co. in 1954 - City Bus Co.

Somerset

1906-1911 - Somerset Water Light & Traction Co.
1911-1912 - United Water Light & Traction Co.
1912-1925 - Kentucky Utilities Co.
1925 - streetcars discontinued

Winchester

Mule Car
1800's - Winchester City Railway Co.
1901-1904 - Winchester Railway Light & Ice Co.
1904-1911 - Central Kentucky Traction Co.
1906 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1911-1922 - Kentucky Traction & Terminal Co.
1922 - 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.

Corbin - Ken-Ten Coach Lines
Hopkinsville - Hopkinsville Transit System
Madisonville - Madisonville Transit Co.
Mayfield - Mayfield Bus Co.


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