TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN TEXAS

SMALLER CITIES

Bonham

Steam Dummy
1890-1896 - Bonham Rapid Transit Co.
1896 - steam dummy replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1896-1915 - Bonham Electric Railway Light & Power Co.
1915 - streetcars discontinued

Brownwood

1930's - City Bus Lines
1940's-1950's - Brownwood Transportation Co.

Corsicana

Mule Car
1891-1896 - Corsicana Street Railway Co.

Electric Streetcar
1903-1913 - Corsicana Transit Co
1913-1917 - Southern Traction Co.
1917-1931 - Texas Electric Railway
1931 - streetcars discontinued

After 1931 - Riley Bus Lines

Longview

Horse Car
1883-1920 - Longview & Junction Street Railway
1920 - horse cars discontinued

1950's-1957 - Longview Transit Co.
1958-1960's - City Transit Co.

Marshall

Horse Car
1887-1909 - Marshall Street Railway Co.

Electric Streetcar
After 1910 - Marshall Traction Co.
1924 - buses introduced
1925 - streetcars discontinued

1937 - Marshall Transit Co.
1939 - Marshall Transportation Co.
1940's-1950's - Marshall Bus Co.
1959 - Marshall City Transit Co.

Midland/Odessa

1940's-1960's - Midland-Odessa Bus Line
1960's-1980 - no transit service
1980-1986 - MidTran (Midland only)
1986-2003 - no transit service

Mineral Wells

1910-1915 - Mineral Wells Electric System
1915 - streetcars discontinued

Orange

1940's - Orange City Transit Co.
1950's - Orange City Bus Lines

Paris

Mule Car
1878-1886 - Paris Street Railway Co.
1886-1892 - Paris Railway Co.
1892-1895 - Paris Electric Light & Railway Co.
1895-1900 - Paris Railway Co.
1900-1926 - Paris Transit Co.
1901 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars

1926 - streetcars discontinued

1936 - Paris Bus Co.
1944 - Paris City Lines
1940's-1950's - Paris City Bus Co.

Sherman/Denison

Mule Car
1877-1895 - Sherman City Railroad Co.
1895-1900 - Sherman City Street Railroad Co.
1890-1900 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

Electric Streetcar
1890-1891 - College Park Electric Belt Line (Sherman)
1891-1898 - College Park Rapid Transit Co. (Sherman)
1898-1900 - College Hills & Park Line Co. (Sherman)

Mule Car
1885-1893 - Denison Street Railway Co.
1891-1898 - Denison Street & Belt Line Railway Co.

1898 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1898-1900 - Denison Street & Electric Railway Co.

Steam Dummy
1890-1898 - Denison Rapid Transit Railway Co.
1891-1896 - Denison Street & Belt Line Railway Co.

Electric Streetcar
1900-1911 - Denison & Sherman Railway Co.
1911-1917 - Texas Traction Co.
1917-1946 - Texas Electric Railway
1930 - buses introduced
1931 - streetcars discontinued

1946-1950's - City Transit
1950's - Denison Transit

Temple/Killeen

1905-1911 - Belton & Temple Traction Co.
1911-1923 - Southwestern Traction Co.
1923 - streetcars discontinued

After 1923 - Southwestern Transit Co.
Private predecessor bus co. - City Bus Lines

Uvalde

Gasoline Car
1908-1908 - Uvalde Street Railway Co.
1908-1917 - Uvalde & Leona Valley Interurban Railway Co.
1917 - gasoline cars discontinued

ADDITIONAL CITIES WITH HORSE CARS ONLY

In numerous smaller cities in Texas, horse and mule car routes were constructed in the late 1800's. But those routes were abandoned early, never converted to electric power. In some of these cities, short lived bus systems were known to exist, listed below.

Athens (Trinidad) - Texas Power & Light Co.
Brenham - Brenham Street Railroad Co. (1886-1889, mule)
Dublin - Dublin Street Railroad Co. (1890-1895, horse)
Dublin - Dublin Street Railway Co. (1895-1897, horse)
Gainesville - Gainesville Street Railway Co. (1883-1901, mule)
Hillsboro - Hillsboro Electric Street Railway
Lampasas - Lampasas Street Railway Co. (1883-1885, horse)
Lampasas - Lampasas City Railway Co. (1885-1887, horse)
Lampasas - Lampasas Springs Street Railroad Co. (1887-1897, horse)
Rockport - Aransas Pass Street Railway Co. (1892-1896, mule)
Sequin - Sequin Street Railway Co. (1906-1909, horse)
Taylor - Taylor Street Railway Co. (1891-1899, mule)
Victoria - Victoria Street Railway & Improvement Co. (1887-1895, horse)

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. In some of these cities, short lived horse and mule car lines were also constructed in the late 1800's, listed above.

Alice - Alice Transit Co.
Big Spring - Bucher Bus Lines
Borger - Borger City Bus Co.
Brenham - Brenham Transit Co.
Del Rio - Del Rio Motor Co.
Gainesville - City Bus Line
Henderson - Henderson City Bus
Kingsville - Kingsville Airfield Bus Co.
Lufkin - Lufkin Transit Co.
McAllen - Valley Transit Co.
Nacogdoches - Nacogdoches City Lines
Vernon - Vernon Transit Co.
Victoria - City Bus Lines

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