TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN CALIFORNIA

SAN DIEGO/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA


SAN DIEGO/HISTORIC DETAIL

Route History


San Diego County

San Diego

Horse Car
1886-1893 - San Diego Street Car Co.
1891-1948 - San Diego Electric Railway Co.
1892-1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1887-1900 - operated steam dummy
1890-1892 - operated cable cars

1922 - buses introduced
1948-1967 - San Diego Transit Co.
1949 - streetcars discontinued

1967-1976 - San Diego Transit Corp. (city owned)

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1976)
Metropolitan Transit System

NEWER TRANSIT SYSTEM
North County Transit District (since 1975)

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
San Diego-Chula Vista (1907-1930)/San Diego-La Jolla (1924-1940)

Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)


Imperial County

El Centro

Private bus co. in 1952 - Economy Transit Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1989)
Imperial Valley Transit


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