Mule Car
1871-1886 - Jackson Street Railway Co.
1886-1899 - Jackson City Railroad
1899 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1899-1910 - Jackson Electric Railway Light & Power Co.
1910-1912 - Jackson Railway & Light Co.
1912-1920 - Jackson Light & Traction Co.
1920-1923 - Jackson Public Service Co.
1923-1939 - Mississippi Power & Light Co.
1935 - streetcars replaced with buses
1939-1966 - Jackson City Lines (National City Lines)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1966)
JATRAN
Horse Car
1895-1904 - Biloxi City Railway Co.
1904 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
Electric Streetcar
1904-1906 - Biloxi Electric Railway & Power Co.
1904-1906 - Gulfport Development Co.
1906-1925 - Gulfport & Mississippi Coast Traction Co.
1925-1930 - Mississippi Power Co.
1930-1962 - Biloxi-Gulfport City Lines
1932 - streetcars replaced with buses
1962-1971 - Biloxi-Gulfport City Lines (American Transit Corp.)
1971-1974 - no transit service
1974-1985 - Mississippi Coast Transportation Authority
1985-1992 - Coast Area Transit
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1992)
Coast Transit Authority
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Gulfport-Biloxi/Pass Christian (1906-1926)
Horse Car
1883-1897 - Meridian Street Railway Co.
1890-1897 - operated steam dummy
1897 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1897-1901 - Meridian Street Railway & Power Co.
1901-1924 - Meridian Light & Railway Co.
1924-1936 - Mississippi Power Co.
1930's - streetcars replaced with buses
After 1936 - Meridian City Lines
2012-2015 - no transit service
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Meridian Public Transit System