Route History
Classic Bus Roster
Trolleybus Roster
Dayton Trolley Transit Web Site (link)
Horse Car
1870-1893 - Dayton Street Railroad Co.
1881-1893 - Fifth Street Railroad
1890-1893 - Dayton & Soldiers Home Railroad
1890-1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1893-1955 - City Railway Co.
1930 - buses introduced
1938 - trolleybuses introduced
1947 - streetcars discontinued
Electric Streetcar
1909-1933 - Dayton Street Railway Co.
1933 - streetcars replaced with trolleybuses
1933-1941 - Dayton Street Transit Co.
1941-1955 - City Railway Co.
Dayton (Peoples Railway Co.)
Horse Car
1872-1896 - Wayne & Fifth Street Railroad
1896-1940 - Peoples Railway Co.
1897 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
Electric Streetcar
1888-1896 - White Line Street Railroad Co.
1896-1940 - Peoples Railway Co.
1936 - trolleybuses introduced
1940 - streetcars discontinued
1940-1945 - Peoples Transit Co.
1945-1955 - City Railway Co.
Dayton (Dayton & Xenia Traction Co.)
1899-1901 - Dayton & Xenia Traction Co.
1901-1909 - Dayton & Xenia Transit Co.
1909-1926 - Dayton Springfield & Xenia Southern Railway Co.
1926-1955 - Dayton & Xenia Railway Co.
1937 - buses introduced
1940 - streetcars replaced with trolleybuses
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Dayton-Xenia/Spring Valley (1899-1937)
Replacement interurban bus service operated by Dayton & Xenia Motor Bus Co. (until 1956)
Dayton (Oakwood Street Railway)
Horse Car
1871-1872 - Dayton View Street Railway
1871-1956 - Oakwood Street Railway
1895 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1929 - buses introduced
1936 - streetcars replaced with trolleybuses
1955-1972 - City Transit Co.
1972-2003 - Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority
STILL OPERATES TROLLEYBUSES
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 2003)
Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Dayton-Piqua
1903-1926 - Dayton Covington & Piqua Traction Co.
Replacement interurban bus service operated St. John Transportation Co. (until 1952)
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)