TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN MARYLAND

MAJOR CITIES


Cumberland

1890-1924 - Cumberland Electric Railway Co.
1924-1932 - Potomac Edison Co.
1926 - buses introduced by affiliated company Blue Ridge Transportation Co.
1932 - streetcars discontinued

1932-1949 - Blue Ridge Transportation Co.
1949-1958 - Cumberland Transit Lines
After 1958 - Queens City Bus Lines

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Allegany County Bus System

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Cumberland-Westernport
1902-1925 - Cumberland & Westernport Electric Railway Co.
1925-1926 - Cumberland & Westernport Transit Co.

Replacement interurban bus service operated by Cumberland & Westernport Transit Co. (until 1953)

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


Hagerstown

Until 1896 - Hagerstown Electric Light & Power Co.
1896-1913 - Hagerstown Railway Co.
1913-1923 - Hagerstown & Frederick Railway Co.
1923-1939 - Potomac Edison Co.
1926 - buses introduced by affiliated company Blue Ridge Transportation Co.
1939 - streetcars discontinued

1939-1955 - Blue Ridge Transportation Co.
1955-1957 - Blue Ridge Transportation Co. (Greyhound Lines)
1957-1970 - Antietam Transit Co.
1970-1972 - no transit service

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Washington County Transit

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS
Hagerstown & Frederick Railway Co.


Frederick

1894-1905 - Frederick & Middletown Railway Co.
1905-1909 - Frederick & Middletown Railroad Co.
1909-1913 - Frederick Railroad Co.
1913-1923 - Hagerstown & Frederick Railway Co.
1923-1937 - Potomac Edison Co.
1937 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by affiliated company

1937-1938 - Blue Ridge Transportation Co.
1938-1941 - no transit service
After 1941 - Frederick Transit Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
TransIT

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS
Hagerstown & Frederick Railway Co.


Salisbury

1940's-1950's - Salisbury Transit Co.
1959 - City Bus Line
Prior to 2004 - 3 local bus systems

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 2004)
Shore Transit


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