TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN PENNSYLVANIA

NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA


Lackawanna County

Scranton

Horse Car
1867-1896 - Peoples Street Railway Co.
1886 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1896-1934 - Scranton Railway Co.
1923 - buses introduced by affiliated company Scranton Bus Co.
1934-1972 - Scranton Transit Co.
1954 - streetcars discontinued

Carbondale

1887-1890 - Carbondale & Jermyn Electric Street Railway
1892-1895 - Carbondale Traction Co.
1895-1900 - Lackawanna Valley Rapid Transit Co.
1900-1901 - Carbondale Railway Co.
After 1901 - Scranton Railway Co.
1931 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Rapid Transfer Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1972)
County Of Lackawanna Transit System

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Scranton-Montrose
1908-1910 - Northern Electric Railway Co.
1910-1931 - Scranton & Binghamton Traction Co.

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


Luzerne County

Wilkes Barre

Horse Car
1866-1892 - Wilkes Barre & Kingston Passenger Railroad
1888-1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1888-1892 - Wilkes Barre & Suburban Street Railway Co.
1891-1909 - Wilkes Barre & Wyoming Valley Traction Co.
1909-1947 - Wilkes Barre Railway Co.
1939-1958 - affiliated company Wilkes Barre Trackless Trolley Co. operated trolleybuses
1947 - buses introduced
1947-1958 - Wilkes Barre Transit Corp.
1950 - streetcars discontinued

1958-1975 - Wilkes Barre Transit Corp. (ATE)

Pittston

Horse Car
1873-1883 - Pittston Passenger Railway Co.
1883-1887 - Pittston Street Railroad Co.
1887-1891 - Pittston Street Car Co.
1891-1910 - Wilkes Barre & Wyoming Valley Traction Co.
1894 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1910-1937 - Wilkes Barre Railway Co.
buses introduced
1937 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Pittston Bus Line

Nanticoke

After 1895 - Peoples Street Railway Co.
1932 - streetcars replaced with buses

Interurban Wilkes Barre-Scranton

1903-1952 - Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad
1952 - interurban trains discontinued

1924-1951 - Laurel Line Transportation Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1972)
Luzerne County Transportation Authority

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

Hazleton

1893-1932 - Lehigh Traction Co.
1925 - buses introduced by affiliated company Hazleton Auto-Bus Co.
1932 - streetcars discontinued

1925-1952 - Hazleton Auto-Bus Co.
After 1952 - Adams Bus Lines

Interurban Wilkes Barre-Hazleton

1903-1933 - Wilkes Barre & Hazleton Railway
1933 - interurban trains discontinued

1925-1945 - Hazleton Auto-Bus Co.
After 1945 - Capitol Bus Co./Capitol Trailways

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Hazleton Public Transit

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


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