Included are present, 2016, 1983 and 1970 route numbers. Discontinued streetcar routes which were not replaced with buses, are listed at the beginning. Discontinued bus routes are listed at the end. Not all information is complete or available.
After a period when local routes were numbered mainly in the 30's, routes were renumbered in 2017. Including restoration of some previous route numbers.
Conversion of all trolleybus routes to motor buses was completed in 1959.
The Boardman Transit Co. service, introduced in 1944 and acquired by Youngstown Transit Co. in 1959, became an extension of the Market bus route.
At one time in the early 1980's, Youngstown became the largest city in the United States without public transportation, when the bus system shut down. The 1983 data is from shortly after service was restored.
Recent Route Name Former Streetcars Motor Trolley
Route (Segment/Former Route Numbers Discontinued Buses Buses
Number Route Name) 2016 1983 1970 (Or New Bus) Introduced Introduced
South Side 9/ 9/29
Williamson 3/17/23
1 Elm 31 1 1 8/ 5/29 8/ 6/29
2 Oak 31 New WRTA New Bus
3 Wilson (Campbell) 32 18 18 12/ 8/40 12/ 9/40
4 Steel 34 21 21 12/ 7/36 12/ 8/36 1939
5 South 35 5 5 New Bus 3/18/23 11/11/36
6 Fifth (Ford) 33 6 6 New Bus 9/24/22
7 Glenwood 36 20 20 12/ 7/36 12/ 8/36
7 (Woodland) 36 20 20 2/24/32 12/ 8/36
8 Market (Idora Park) 38 8 8 12/ 7/36 12/ 8/36
9 Austintown 40 New WRTA New Bus
10 Belmont (North) 38 4 4 1/ 9/26 1/10/26
11 Cornersburg (Mahoning) 35 9 9 12/ 7/36 12/ 8/36
11 (Wickliffe) 35 22 26 New Bus
12 Albert 37 12 12 6/30/32 7/ 1/32 3/ /46
13 McGuffey 36 22 22 3/10/39
14 Moiser 32 26 17 1/19/34 1/20/34 12/10/45
15 Struthers 33 16 16 New Bus
16 Buckeye 33 16 16 New Bus
Hillman 7 7 New Bus 9/ /23 12/ 8/36
Poland 15 4/11/31 4/12/31
Struthers 16 4/11/31 4/12/31 1937
Campbell Heights 23 New Bus 1946
Southwest Crosstown 25 New Bus
Lincoln Park New Bus 9/24/22
Cochrane Park New Bus 1923
Indianola New Bus 3/18/23
Rayen New Bus 1930