TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN NORTH CAROLINA

SMALLER CITIES

Burlington

1912-1917 - Piedmont Railway & Electric Co.
1917-1922 - Alamance Railway Co.
1922 - streetcars discontinued

1930's-1940's - C.A. Lea Bus & Taxi Service
1940's-1960's - M & B Transit Lines

Concord

Steam Dummy
1892-1895 - Concord Railway Co.

Electric Streetcar
1911-1928 - North Carolina Public Service Co.
1925 - streetcars discontinued

1940's - Concord Transit Lines
1950's - Concord Coach Co.

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Burlington-Haw River (1911-1928)

Danbury

1908-1909 - Crescent Electric Railway Co.
1909-1909 - North Carolina Traction Co.
1909 - streetcars discontinued

Fayetteville

1908-1913 - Consolidated Railway & Power Co.
1920-1921 - Cumberland Railway & Power Co.
1921-1923 - Cape Fear Railways
1923 - streetcars discontinued

1930's-1953 - City Rapid Transit Co.
1953-1957 - Watson Bus Line
1958-1960's - Watson Transit Co.
Prior to 1976 - Cape Fear Transit Bus Co.

Gastonia

1930's-1960's - City Coach Co.
1940's-1960's - Gastonia Transit Co.

Goldsboro

1910-1913 - Goldsboro Traction Co.
1913-1923 - Goldsboro Electric Railway Co.
1923 - streetcars discontinued

1940's-1960's - Goldsboro Transportation Co.

Henderson

1940's-1950's - Henderson Bus Lines

Hendersonville

Horse Car
1891-1904 - Hendersonville Street Railway Co.
1904-1907 - Appalachian Interurban Railroad

Electric Streetcar
1911-1915 - Hendersonville Traction Co.
1915 - streetcars discontinued

1940's-1950's - City Bus Co.
1950's - Hendersonville Bus Co.

Hickory

1940's - City Bus Lines
1950's - Catawba Transit Co.

Kinston

1940's-1953 - Kinston Transit Co.

Mount Airy

1940's-1950's - Mount Airy Transportation Co./Orchard Gap Transportation Co.

New Bern

1915-1929 - New Bern Ghent Street Railway Co.
1929 - streetcars discontinued

1940's-1950's - City Transit Co.

Roanoke Rapids

1940's-1950's - Roanoke Transit Co.

Salisbury

1904-1924 - Salisbury & Spencer Railway Co.
1924-1927 - North Carolina Public Service Co.
1927-1932 - North Carolina Public Service Co. (Duke Power Co.)
1932-1935 - Southern Public Utilities Co. (Duke Power Co.)
1935-1955 - Duke Power Co.
1938 - streetcars replaced with buses

After 1955 - Consolidated Bus Lines

Sanford

1950's - Safeway Suburban Lines

Shelby

1939-1950's - Shelby Transit Co.

Statesville

1932 - City Bus Line
1952 - Statesville Motor Coach Co.


ADDITIONAL CITIES NEVER WITH STREETCARS

The only history found for transit systems in these cities, is from the 1952 "Mass Transportation's Directory", identifying these bus systems in existence as of 1952.

Albemarle - Power City Bus Lines
Canton - Canton City Bus Line
Dunn - Safeway Suburban Lines
Elizabeth City - Elizabeth City Bus Line
Greenville - Greenville Transit Co.
Lenoir - Lenoir Motor Coach Co.
Lexington - City Bus Line
North Wilkesboro - Wilkes Transportation Co.
Oxford - Oxford Public Service Corp.
Roxboro - Person Transit Lines
Rutherfordton/Forest City - Rutherford County Transit Co.
Sylva - Jackson County Transit Co.
Tarboro - Tarboro Bus Co.
Wilson - Wilson Transit Co.


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