TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN KENTUCKY

LOUISVILLE AREA


LOUISVILLE/HISTORIC DETAIL

Streetcar Map
Route History
Classic Bus Roster
Car Houses/Bus Garages


Louisville

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


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