TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN VIRGINIA

SMALLER CITIES

Buena Vista

1891-1893 - Buena Vista Street Railway Co.
1893 - streetcars discontinued

Martinsville

Private bus co. in 1952 - Martinsville Bus Lines
1940's-1960's - Rapid Transit Co.

Radford

1889-1898 - Radford Street Railway Co.
1898-1901 - Radford Electric Light & Power Co.
1901-1922 - Radford Water Power Co.
After 1922 - City of Radford/Dept. of Public Utilities
streetcars replaced with buses

Staunton/Waynesboro

Horse Car
1890-1905 - City Street Car Co.
1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1905-1918 - Blue Ridge Light & Power Co.
After 1918 - Shenandoah Traction Co.
streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Wilson Trucking Corp. (Waynesboro)

Tazewell

Horse Car
1892-1921 - Tazewell Street Railway Co.
1904 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

After 1921 - Tazewell Electric Light & Power Co.
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.

Abington - City Bus Co.
Bedford - City Transit
Covington - Robinson Bus Lines
Marion - Marion Transit Corp.
South Boston - City Bus Service

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