TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN MASSACHUSETTS

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS


Springfield

Horse Car
1868-1974 - Springfield Street Railway Co.
1923 - buses introduced
1940 - streetcars discontinued

HISTORIC INTERURBAN TROLLEY LINE
Springfield-Worcester (After 1902)

Palmer

1898-1901 - Palmer & Monson Street Railway Co.
1901-1910 - Springfield & Eastern Street Railway Co.
After 1910 - Springfield Street Railway Co.
1927 - streetcars replaced with buses

1940's-1960's - Palmer Motor Coach Service

Westfield

Horse Car
1895-1907 - Woronoco Street Railway Co.
1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1907-1909 - Western Massachusetts Street Railway Co.
After 1909 - Springfield Street Railway Co.
1924 - streetcars replaced with buses

Holyoke/Amherst

Electric Streetcar
1897-1907 - Amherst & Sunderland Railway Co.

Horse Car
1884-1974 - Holyoke Street Railway Co.
1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1921 - buses introduced
1936 - streetcars discontinued

Northampton

Horse Car
1873-1952 - Northampton Street Railway Co.
1894 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1928 - buses introduced
1933 - streetcars discontinued

After 1952 - Western Massachusetts Bus Lines

Ware

1900-1905 - Hampshire & Worcester Street Railway Co.
1905-1917 - Ware & Brookfield Street Railway
1917 - streetcars discontinued

HISTORIC INTERURBAN TROLLEY LINE
Ware-West Brookfield (1905-1917)

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1974)
Pioneer Valley Transit Authority


Greenfield/Montague

1895-1896 - Montague Street Railway Co.
1895-1905 - Greenfield & Turners Falls Street Railway Co.
1905-1924 - Connecticut Valley Street Railway Co.
1922 - buses introduced
1924-2006 - Greenfield-Montague Transportation Area
1934 - streetcars discontinued

HISTORIC INTERURBAN TROLLEY LINE
Greenfield-Northampton (1903-1924)

Conway

After 1895 - Conway Electric Street Railway Co.
1921 - streetcars discontinued

Shelburne Falls

After 1896 - Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway Co.
1927 - streetcars discontinued

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1978)
Franklin Regional Transit Authority


Pittsfield

Horse Car
1886-1890 - Pittsfield Street Railway
1890-1910 - Pittsfield Electric Street Railway Co.
1891 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1910-1963 - Berkshire Street Railway Co.
1930 - buses introduced
1932 - streetcars discontinued

1963-1970 - Yellow Coach Lines
1970-1972 - no transit service
1972-1974 - DuFour Bros.

North Adams

Horse Car
1885-1886 - North Adams Horse Railway Co.
1886-1906 - Hoosac Valley Street Railway Co.
1890 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1887-1891 - operated steam dummy

After 1906 - Berkshire Street Railway Co.
1930 - streetcars replaced with buses

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1974)
Berkshire Regional Transportation Authority

HISTORIC INTERURBAN TYPE RAILWAY
Canaan CT-Pittsfield-North Adams (1910-1932)

Replacement interurban bus service operated by Super Service Coach Corp. (1968-1973)
Bonanza Bus Lines (after 1973)


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


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