TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN WISCONSIN

SMALLER CITIES


Ashland

Horse Car
1887-1892 - Ashland Street Railway Co.
1892-1896 - Ashland Lighting & Street Railway Co.
1893 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1896-1922 - Ashland Light Power & Street Railway Co.
1922-1933 - Lake Superior District Power Co.
1933 - streetcars discontinued

1933-1959 - Ashland Bus Co.
1959-1977 - City of Ashland Bus Line
1977-1981 - no transit service

Beaver Dam

After 1940 - Land O'Lakes Bus Co.
Private bus co. in 1952 - Wisconsin Transit Lines

Chippewa Falls

1914-1923 - Wisconsin-Minnesota Light & Power Co.
1920 - buses introduced by separate company The Motor Bus Company
1923-1926 - Northern States Power Co.
1926 - streetcars discontinued

After 1920 - The Motor Bus Company

Marinette

Horse Car
1889-1891 - Marinette Street Railway Co.
1891-1903 - Marinette Gas Electric Light & Street Railway Co.
1891-1895 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1903-1935 - Menominee & Marinette Light & Traction Co.
1928 - streetcars replaced with buses

1935-1950's - Twin City Transportation Co.
1950's-1970 - Twin City Bus Line

Menomonie

Private bus co. in 1952 - Menomonie Transport Co.
Prior to 1962 - Menomonie Bus Co.
1962-1967 - Menomonie City Bus Lines

Merrill

1890-1916 - Merrill Railway & Lighting Co.
1916-1921 - Wisconsin Valley Electric Co.
1921 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by affiliated company

1921-1933 - Valley Transit Co.
1933-1941 - Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
Period of no transit service
1955-1971 - City of Merrill
After 1971 - Park City Cab & Bus Service

Portage

1912-1922 - Chicago & Wisconsin Valley Railway Co.
1922 - streetcars discontinued

Stevens Point

After 1927 - Central Wisconsin Bus Lines
After 1931 - Edward C. Piotrowski
Prior to 1970 - City Bus Lines
Prior to 1972 - City of Stevens Point

Watertown

1926-1927 - The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.
1927 - streetcars discontinued

After 1940 - Land O'Lakes Bus Co.
Private bus co. in 1952 - Wisconsin Transit Lines

Waupaca

1899-1916 - Waupaca Electric Light & Railway Co.
1916-1925 - Waupaca Electric Service & Railway Co.
1925 - streetcars discontinued

After 1931 - Dependable Bus Line

Wisconsin Rapids/Marshfield

1910-1920 - Grand Rapids Street Railway Co.
1920-1931 - Wisconsin Rapids Street Railroad Co.
1931 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Inter Transit Co. (Marshfield)


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.

Antigo - Antigo City Lines
Baraboo - Baraboo Transit Lines
Rice Lake - Rice Lake Bus Co.
Sturgeon Bay - Sturgeon Bay Transit
Tomah - Tomah Bus Co.


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