TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN FLORIDA

TAMPA BAY/GULF COAST


Tampa/Hillsborough County

Steam Dummy
1886-1892 - Tampa Street Railway Co.
1892 - steam dummy replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1892-1899 - Tampa Street Railway & Power Co.
1899-1946 - Tampa Electric Co.
1926 - buses introduced
1946 - streetcars discontinued

1940-1942 - Tampa Transit Lines
1942-1971 - Tampa Transit Lines (National City Lines)
1971-1981 - Tampa Bus Lines (city owned)

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1981)
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority


Pinellas County

St. Petersburg

1910-1919 - St. Petersburg & Gulf Railway Co.
1919-1949 - St. Petersburg Municipal Railway
1926 - buses introduced
1949 - streetcars discontinued

1949-1984 - St. Petersburg Municipal Transit System

Clearwater

Prior to 1959 - several companies
1959-1973 - Clearwater Transit
1973-1984 - Central Pinellas Transit Authority

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1984)
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority


Bradenton/Manatee County

1903-1910 - Manatee Light & Traction Co.
1910 - streetcars discontinued

1945-1976 - Cities Transit

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Manatee County Area Transit


Sarasota/Sarasota County

1945-1979 - Cities Transit

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1979)
Sarasota County Area Transit


NEW COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Pasco County Public Transportation
Hernando County/TheBus

Historic suburban/interurban bus lines:
Gulf Coast Motor Lines (from Clearwater to Tampa and St. Petersburg and Tarpon Springs, until 1985)


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