TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN MASSACHUSETTS

CAPE COD AREA


Barnstable

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1976)
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority


Martha's Vineyard

Horse Car
1873-1901 - Cottage City Street Railway Co.
1895 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1901-1908 - Cottage City & Edgartown Traction Co.
1908-1917 - Oak Bluffs Street Railway Co.
1917 - streetcars discontinued

1917-1940 - Grey Bus Lines
1940-1980 - Island Transport

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1980)
Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority


Nantucket County

Horse Car
1891-1895 - Nantucket Beach Street Railway Co.
1895-1899 - Siasconset Street Railway Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1995)
Nantucket Regional Transit Authority


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


FERRY SYSTEM
The Steamship Authority


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