TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN OHIO

CINCINNATI AREA

Cincinnati

Horse Car
1859-1952 - Cincinnati Street Railway Co.
1889-1895 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1866-1891 - operated steam dummy
1885-1892 - operated cable cars

1925 - buses introduced
1951 - streetcars discontinued
1936-1965 - operated trolleybuses

1952-1973 - Cincinnati Transit Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1973)
Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS
Operated in several directions from Cincinnati

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

Hamilton

Horse Car
1875-1889 - Hamilton Street Railway Co.
1889 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1889-1902 - Hamilton Street Railway & Electric Co.
1902-1918 - Cincinnati Dayton & Toledo Traction Co.
1918-1926 - Cincinnati & Dayton Traction Co.
1926-1929 - Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton Railway Co.
1929-1932 - Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad Co.
1932 - streetcars replaced with buses

1932-1946 - Hamilton City Lines (Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad Co.)
1946-1959 - Hamilton City Lines
1959-1960 - Hamilton Transit Lines
1960-1961 - no transit service
1961-1973 - Hamilton City Lines (new company)
1973-1996 - The Bus Company
1996-1999 - no transit service

Middletown

Horse Car
1879-1896 - Middletown & Madison Street Railroad Co.
1889-1887 - Middletown Horse Railroad Co.
1896-1897 - Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton Traction Co.
1896-1897 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1896-1900 - Cincinnati & Miami Valley Traction Co.
1900-1902 - Southern Ohio Traction Co.
1902-1918 - Cincinnati Dayton & Toledo Traction Co.
1918 - streetcars discontinued

After 1918 - Henry Johnson Transportation Co.
Prior to 1973 - Ortman-Stewart Transportation Co.
1973-2014 - Middletown Transit System

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1994)
Butler County Regional Transit Authority