Fresno
Horse Car
1889-1901 - Fresno Railroad Co.
Electric Streetcar
1902-1903 - Fresno City Railway
1903-1939 - Fresno Traction Co.
1922 - buses introduced
1939 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new National City Lines subsidiary
1939-1946 - Fresno City Lines (National City Lines)
1946-1961 - Fresno City Lines Inc.
1961-1969 - Fresno Municipal Lines
1969-1989 - Fresno Transit
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1989)
Fresno Area Express
NEW COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT SYSTEM
Fresno County Rural Transit Agency (since 1979)
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)
Bakersfield
1900-1933 - Bakersfield & Kern Electric Railway Co.
1933-1956 - Bakersfield Transit Co.
1942 - streetcars replaced with buses
1956-1973 - Bakersfield Transit Authority
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1973)
Golden Empire Transit District
NEW COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT SYSTEM
Kern Regional Transit (since 1981)
Corcoran
Private bus co. in 1952 - Thorson State Lines
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Corcoran Area Transit
NEW COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT SYSTEM
Kings Area Rural Transit (since 1980)
NEWER COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT SYSTEM
Madera Area Express
Merced
Private bus co. in 1952 - Rice & Murry Transportation System
Prior to 1996 - 4 local bus systems
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1996)
Merced County/The Bus
Stockton
Horse Car
1874-1887 - Street Railroad Co.
1887-1890 - Stockton Electric Motor Railway Co.
1891-1903 - Stockton Electric Railway Co.
1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1903-1939 - Stockton Electric Railroad Co.
1915 - buses introduced
1939-1963 - Stockton City Lines (National City Lines)
1941 - streetcars discontinued
1963-1965 - Stockton City Lines Inc.
1965-1994 - Stockton Metropolitan Transit District
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1994)
San Joaquin Regional Transit District
Lodi
Private bus co. in 1952 - Lodi Transit
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Lodi Grapeline
NEWER TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Manteca Transit
Tracy Tracer (since 2001)
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Stockton-Lodi/Sacramento
1907-1933 - Central California Traction Co.
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Stockton-Modesto
1913-1932 - Tidewater Southern Railway Co.
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)
Modesto
1912-1917 - Modesto & Empire Traction Co.
1917 - streetcars discontinued
1927-1932 - City Transit
1932-1973 - Modesto Motor Bus Service
1973-1990 - Intracity Transit
1990-2021 - Modesto Area Express
Outlying Stanislaus County
Private bus co. in 1952 - Modesto Transit Co.
Prior to 2021 - Stanislaus Regional Transit
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority
Visalia
1908-1924 - Visalia Electric Railroad Co.
1924 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Orange Belt Stages
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1981)
Visalia Transit
NEW COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT SYSTEM
Tulare County Area Transit
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Visalia-Exeter-Lemon Cove-Terminus/Redbanks/Elderwood
1908-1924 - Visalia Electric Railroad Co.