Horse Car
1885-1887 - Gloucester City Railroad
1886-1900 - Gloucester Street Railway Co.
1891-1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
Electric Streetcar
1896-1900 - Rockport Street Railway Co.
1900-1901 - Lynn & Boston Railroad Co.
1901-1911 - Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
1911-1919 - Bay State Street Railway Co.
1919-1920 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1920 - streetcars discontinued
1921-1966 - Gloucester Auto Bus Co.
1966-1967 - Michaud Bus Line/Cape Ann Transit
1967-1971 - McNiff-Dominick Transit Co.
1971-1977 - Community Bus Lines
ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
1895-1900 - Gloucester Essex & Beverly Street Railway Co.
(Gloucester-Beverly/Ipswich)
1900 to Gloucester Street Railway Co./above
1895-1903 - Gloucester & Rockport Street Railway Co.
(Gloucester-Rockport)
1903 to Boston & Northern Street Railway Co./above
1900-1906 - Georgetown Rowley & Ipswich Street Railway Co.
(Ipswich-Newburyport/Haverhill)
1906 to Boston & Northern Street Railway Co./above
1896-1905 - Haverhill Georgetown & Danvers Street Railway Co.
1905 to Georgetown Rowley & Ipswich Street Railway Co./above
Interurban railway service discontinued 1920
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1977)
Cape Ann Transportation Authority
Horse Car
1867-1892 - Merrimac Valley Horse Railroad Co.
1891 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1892-1893 - Merrimac Valley Street Railroad Co.
1893-1901 - Lowell Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway Co.
1901-1911 - Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
1911-1919 - Bay State Street Railway Co.
1919-1968 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1936 - streetcars discontinued
1968-1968 - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (under contract)
1969-1977 - Trombly Motor Coach
Haverhill
Horse Car
1877-1893 - Haverhill & Groveland Street Railway Co.
1893 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1893-1901 - Lowell Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway Co.
1901-1911 - Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
1911-1919 - Bay State Street Railway Co.
1919-1959 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1936 - streetcars discontinued
1959-1965 - Massachusetts Northeastern Transportation Co.
1965-1970 - Appleyard Bus Lines
1970-1974 - Michaud Bus Lines
ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
(Most company names also describe the routes)
1893-1901 - Lowell Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway Co.
above
1877-1893 - Haverhill & Groveland Street Railway Co.
above
1897-1898 - Peoples Street Railway Co. (Groveland-Newburyport)
1898 to Lowell Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway Co./above
1901-1903 - Middleton & Danvers Street Railway Co.
1903 to Boston & Northern Street Railway Co./above
1902-1903 - Haverhill & Andover Street Railway Co.
1903 to Middleton & Danvers Street Railway Co./above
1900-1903 - Lawrence & Reading Street Railway Co.
1903 to Boston & Northern Street Railway Co./above
1902-1902 - Reading Wakefield & Lynnfield Street Railway Co.
1902 to Lawrence & Reading Street Railway Co./above
Interurban railway service discontinued 1930 (Newburyport-Haverhill)/1931 (Haverhill-Lawrence-Lowell)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1976)
Merrimac Valley Regional Transit Authority
Horse Car
1873-1891 - Newburyport & Amesbury Horse Railroad Co.
1890-1891 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1891-1899 - Newburyport & Amesbury Street Railroad Co.
1899-1912 - Citizens Electric Street Railway Co.
1912-1933 - Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway Co.
1930 - streetcars discontinued
1933-1965 - Massachusetts Northeastern Transportation Co.
1965-1970 - Appleyard Bus Lines
1970-1974 - Michaud Bus Lines
ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
(Most company names also describe the routes)
1873-1891 - Newburyport & Amesbury Horse Railroad Co.
1891-1899 - Newburyport & Amesbury Street Railroad Co.
above
1892-1912 - Haverhill & Amesbury Street Railway Co.
1912 to Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway Co./above
1899-1912 - Amesbury & Hampton Street Railway Co. (Amesbury-Salisbury)
1912 to Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway Co./above
1897-1900 - Plum Island Electric Street Railway Co. (Newburyport-Plum Island)
1900 to Citizens Electric Street Railway Co./above
Interurban railway service discontinued 1930
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1976)
Merrimac Valley Regional Transit Authority
Horse Car
1863-1891 - Lowell Horse Railroad Co.
1887-1891 - Lowell & Dracut Street Railway Co.
1890-1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1891-1896 - Lowell & Suburban Railway Co.
1896-1900 - Lowell & Suburban Street Railway Co.
1900-1901 - Lowell Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway Co.
1901-1911 - Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
1911-1919 - Bay State Street Railway Co.
1919-1968 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1936 - streetcars discontinued
Maynard
1919-1953 - Lovell Bus Lines
1953-1972 - Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Co.
1968-1976 - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (under contract)
INDEPENDENT HISTORIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY
1906-1915? - Lowell & Fitchburg Street Railway Co. (North Chelmsford-Ayer)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1976)
Lowell Regional Transit Authority
HISTORIC INTERURBAN SERVICE
(Most company names of electric railways also describe the routes)
(Mergers subsequently enabled formation of the through routes)
Boston-Reading-Lowell/Lawrence
1895-1899 - Reading & Lowell Street Railway
1899-1900 - Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway Co.
1900-1901 - Lynn & Boston Railroad Co.
1900-1903 - Lawrence & Reading Street Railway Co.
1901-1911 - Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
1911-1919 - Bay State Street Railway Co.
1919-1968 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1931 - interurban trains replaced with buses
Boston-Burlington-Lowell
1901-1905 - Lowell & Boston Street Railway Co.
1905-1906 - Lowell & Woburn Street Railway Co.
1906-1911 - Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
1911-1919 - Bay State Street Railway Co.
1919-1921 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1921 - interurban trains replaced with buses operated by new company
1921-1923 - Lovell Bus Lines
1923-1926 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1926-1957 - Boston & Maine Transportation Co.
1957-1968 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1968-1976 - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Salem-Danvers-Lawrence
1901-1903 - Middleton & Danvers Street Railway Co.
1903-1911 - Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.
1911-1919 - Bay State Street Railway Co.
1919-1968 - Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
1935 - interurban trains replaced with buses
1968-1969 - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)