TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN OKLAHOMA

SMALLER CITIES


Ardmore

1906-1915 - Ardmore Traction Co.
1915-1916 - Ardmore Electric Railway
1916-1923 - Ardmore Railway Co.
1923 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Ardmore Transit Co.

Bartlesville

1908-1921 - Bartlesville Interurban Railway Co.
1920 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Bartlesville Bus Co.

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Bartlesville-Dewey (1908-1921)

Chickasha

1910-1927 - Chickasha Street Railway Co.
1925 - buses introduced
1927 - streetcars discontinued

Prior to 1962 - Chickasha Transit Lines
After 1962 - Chickasha City Bus Lines

Clinton

Gasoline Car
1909-1914 - Clinton Street Railway Co.
1911 - gasoline cars discontinued
1912 - electric streetcars introduced
1914 - streetcars discontinued

Durant

Private bus co. in 1952 - Durant City Lines

El Reno

Gasoline Car
1909-1911 - El Reno Interurban Railway Co.
1911 - gasoline cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1911-1933 - Oklahoma Railway Co.
1933 - streetcars discontinued

Guthrie

After 1905 - Guthrie Railway Co.
1930's - streetcars discontinued

Lawton

1914-1927 - Lawton Railway & Lighting Co.
1927 - streetcars discontinued

Private predecessor bus co. - Lawton-Fort Sill Bus Co.

McAlester

1903-1905 - Indian Territory Traction Co.
1905-1916 - Choctaw Railway & Lighting Co.
1916-1924 - Pittsburgh County Railway Co.
1924-1928 - Southwest Power Co.
1928-1947 - Public Service Co. of Oklahoma
1932 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - McAlester Bus Lines

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
McAlester-Hartshorne (1903-1947)

Okmulgee

1911-1917 - Okmulgee Interurban Railway Co.
1917-1922 - Okmulgee Traction Co.
1922 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Okmulgee Transit Co.

Ponca City

Private bus co. in 1954 - City Bus Co.

Sapulpa

1908-1917 - Sapulpa & Interurban Railway Co.
After 1917 - Sapulpa Electric Interurban Railway
1930's - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Sapulpa Transportation Co.

Shawnee

1904-1906 - Shawnee Traction Co.
1906-1931 - Shawnee-Tecumseh Traction Co.
1927 - streetcars replaced with buses

After 1934 - Turner Transportation Co.

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Shawnee-Tecumseh (1906-1927)

Replacement interurban bus service operated by Shawnee-Tecumseh Traction Co. (until 1931)
Shawnee-Tecumseh Bus Co. (until 1957)

Stillwater

Private bus co. in 1952 - Stillwater Bus Co.


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