TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN MARYLAND

BALTIMORE AREA


BALTIMORE/HISTORIC DETAIL

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Baltimore

Horse Car
1859-1899 - several companies
1886-1899 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1891-1899 - operated cable cars

1899-1935 - United Railways & Electric Co.
1915 - buses introduced
1922-1931 - operated trolleybuses
1935-1944 - Baltimore Transit Co.
1938-1959 - operated trolleybuses
1944-1970 - Baltimore Transit Co. (National City Lines)
1963 - streetcars discontinued

1970-2001 - Maryland Mass Transit Administration

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 2001)
Maryland Transit Administration

Annapolis

1907-1935 - Washington Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroad Co.
1935-1949 - Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad Co.
1949 - streetcars discontinued

Private predecessor bus co. - Arundel Bus Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Annapolis Transit

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
1935-1973 - Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad Co.
Washington-Annapolis (1908-1935)/Baltimore-Annapolis (1907-1950)

Replacement interurban bus service operated by Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad Co. (until 1973)

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


NEW COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Regional Transit Agency Of Central Maryland (Howard County/since 2014)
Carroll Transit System
Harford Transit
Cecil Transit


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