TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN MAINE

SMALLER CITIES


Bath

1893-1898 - Bath Street Railway Co.
1898-1908 - Lewiston Brunswick & Bath Street Railway Co.
1908-1919 - Lewiston Augusta & Waterville Street Railway
1919-1932 - Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway Co.
1932 - streetcars discontinued

1940's-1960's - Bath Bus Service

Brunswick

1896-1898 - Brunswick Electric Railway Co.
1898-1908 - Lewiston Brunswick & Bath Street Railway Co.
1908-1919 - Lewiston Augusta & Waterville Street Railway
After 1919 - Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway Co.
Streetcars discontinued

1950's-1960's - Brunswick Transportation Co.

Biddeford/Saco

Horse Car
1888-1888 - Biddeford & Saco Horse Railroad
1888-1956 - Biddeford & Saco Railroad Co.
1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1939 - streetcars replaced with buses

1956-1976 - Biddeford & Saco Bus Lines

HISTORIC INTERURBAN TYPE RAILWAY
Kittery-Biddleford
1907-1924 - Atlantic Shore Line Railway

Calais

1894-1929 - Calais Street Railway Co.
1929 - streetcars discontinued

Fryeburg

Horse Car
1888-1913 - Fryeburg Horse Railroad Co.

Norway

1895-1916 - Norway & Paris Street Railway Co.
1916-1919 - Maine Railways Light & Power Co.
1919-1921 - Central Maine Power Co.
1921 - streetcars discontinued

Rockland

1892-1931 - Rockland Thomaston & Camden Street Railway Co.
1931 - streetcars discontinued

1930's-1950's - Camden Rockland & Thomaston Bus Line
1960's - Rockland Thomaston & Camden Bus Service

Sanford

1892-1899 - Mousam River Railroad Co.
1899-1904 - Sanford & Cape Porpoise Railway Co.
1904-1911 - Atlantic Shore Line Railway
1911-1923 - Atlantic Shore Railway
1924 - streetcars replaced with buses

1923-1960's - York Utilities Co.

Skowhegan

After 1894 - Skowhegan & Norridgewock Electric Street Railway & Power Co.
After 1896 - Somerset Traction Co.


SMALLER INTERURBAN RAILWAYS

Minor historic interurban railways connecting towns without local streetcar service.

Presque Isle-Caribou/New Sweden

1910-1946 - Aroostook Valley Railroad Co.


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