Horse Car
1891-1896 - Charleston Street Railway Co.
1896-1903 - Charleston Traction Co.
1897 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1903-1923 - Kanawha Valley Traction Co.
1923-1934 - Charleston Interurban Railroad Co.
1925 - buses introduced
1934-1971 - Charleston Transit Co.
1939 - streetcars discontinued
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1971)
Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Charleston-St. Albans/Cabin Creek Jct. (1912-1939)
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines:
Several Companies, evolved to Atlantic Greyhound Lines
1909-1910 - Fairmont & Northern Traction Co.
1910-1912 - Clarksburg & Weston Electric Railway Co.
1912-1921 - Monongahela Valley Traction Co.
1921-1923 - Monongahela Power & Railway Co.
1924 - buses introduced
1923-1944 - Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co.
1939 - streetcars discontinued
1944-1972 - City Lines of West Virginia
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Central West Virginia Transit Authority
1888-1892 - Huntington Electric Light & Street Railway Co.
1892-1893 - Consolidated Electric Light & Railway Co.
1893-1901 - Consolidated Light & Railway Co.
1901-1938 - Ohio Valley Electric Railway Co.
1929 - buses introduced
1938 - streetcars discontinued
1938-1972 - Ohio Valley Bus Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1972)
Tri-State Transit Authority
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Huntington-Ashland KY
1900-1908 - Camden Inter-State Railway Co.
1908-1938 - Ohio Valley Electric Railway Co.
Replacement interurban bus service operated by Ohio Valley Bus Co. (1936-1955)
1908-1912 - Union Utility Co.
1912-1921 - West Virginia Traction & Electric Co.
1921-1927 - West Virginia Utilities Co.
1927-1944 - Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co.
1934 - streetcars replaced with buses
1944-1960's - Osgood Bus Lines
Prior to 1973 - Mountaineer Bus Lines
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1995)
Mountain Line Transit Authority
Horse Car
1888-1898 - Parkersburg City Railway
1890-1898 - Park City Street Railroad Co.
1898-1899 - Parkersburg Electric Light & Street Railroad Co.
1899 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1899-1901 - Parkersburg Gas Electric Light & Street Railway Co.
1901-1902 - Parkersburg & Interurban Railroad Co.
1902-1916 - Parkersburg Marietta & Interurban Railroad Co.
1916-1920 - Kanawha Valley Traction & Electric Co.
1920-1923 - Monongahela Valley Traction Co.
1923-1944 - Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co.
1944-1956 - City Lines of West Virginia
1947 - streetcars replaced with buses
1956-1969 - City Lines of Parkersburg
1969-1975 - Park Transit
1975-1976 - no transit service
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1976)
Mid Ohio Valley Transit Authority
Horse Car
1863-1893 - Citizens Railway Co.
Electric Streetcar
1888-1901 - Wheeling Railway Co.
1901-1933 - Wheeling Traction Co.
1933-1974 - Cooperative Transit Co.
1948 - streetcars replaced with buses
1974-1978 - Wheeling Transportation Authority
Elm Grove
1877-1906 - Wheeling & Elm Grove Railroad Co.
1879 - horse cars replaced with steam dummy
1900 - steam dummy replaced with electric streetcars
1906-1912 - City & Elm Grove Railroad Co.
1912-1920 - West Virginia Traction & Electric Co.
1920-1941 - Wheeling Public Service Co.
1926 - buses introduced by affiliated company Bus Transportation Co. of Wheeling
1937 - streetcars discontinued
1926-1956 - Bus Transportation Co. of Wheeling
1956-1978 - Wheeling Rapid Transit
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Ohio Valley Regional Transit Authority
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Wheeling-Steubenville OH
1903-1937 - Pan Handle Traction Co.
Replacement interurban bus service operated Ohio Valley Transit Co. (1925-1934)
Cooperative Transit Co. (1934-1970's)