Streetcar Map
Route History
Classic Bus Roster
Car Houses/Bus Garages
Steam Dummy
1838-1844 - Lexington & Ohio Railroad
Mule Car
1844-1890 - several companies
1889-1901 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars
1890-1951 - Louisville Railway Co.
1923 - buses introduced
1948 - streetcars discontinued
1936-1951 - operated trolleybuses
1951-1974 - Louisville Transit Co.
Interurban Routes
Operated in several directions from Louisville
1901-1911 - Louisville & Eastern Railroad Co. (to La Grange/Shelbyville)
1904-1935 - Louisville & Interurban Railroad Co.
1927 - buses introduced by separate company Virgil Pierce, additional companies would follow
1935 - interurban trains discontinued
1927-1977 - several bus companies
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1974)
Transit Authority of River City