Transit History
Route History
Suburban Lines
Horse Car
1872-1892 - several companies
1892-1896 - Portland Consolidated Street Railway Co.
1889-1896 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1888-1903 - operated steam dummy
1890-1896 - operated cable cars
1896-1900 - Portland Railway Co.
1900-1904 - Portland Traction Co.
1904-1905 - Portland Consolidated Railway Co.
1905-1906 - Portland Railway Co.
1906-1924 - Portland Railway Light & Power Co.
1922 - buses introduced
1924-1930 - Portland Electric Power Co.
1930-1956 - Portland Traction Co.
1950 - streetcars discontinued
1936-1958 - operated trolleybuses
1956-1969 - Rose City Transit Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1969)
Tri-Met
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS
Operated in several directions from Portland