Allentown/Bethlehem
Horse Car
1868-1891 - Allentown Passenger Railroad Co.
1889-1891 - Bethlehem & Allentown Street Railway Co.
1889-1891 - Bethlehem & South Bethlehem Street Railway Co.
1891 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1891-1893 - Allentown & Bethlehem Rapid Transit Co.
1893-1899 - Allentown & Lehigh Valley Traction Co.
1899-1905 - Lehigh Valley Traction Co.
1905-1951 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co.
1925 - buses introduced by affiliated company Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
1951-1955 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (Allen & Co.)
1953 - streetcars discontinued
1955-1972 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (ATE)
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Allentown-Lansdale (1903-1951)/Lansdale-Chestnut Hill (1903-1926)/Lansdale-Norristown (1912-1951)
Replacement interurban bus service operated by Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (until 1956)
North Penn Bus Co. (after 1956)
HISTORIC INTERURBAN TYPE RAILWAY
Allentown-Reading
1902-1930 - Allentown & Reading Traction Co.
Replacement interurban bus service operated by Allentown & Reading Transit/Allentown & Reading Trailways (until 1947)
Reading Transportation Co./Reading Trailways (after 1947)
Easton
Horse Car
1867-1886 - Easton & South Easton Passenger Railway Co.
1871-1884 - West Ward Passenger Railway Co.
1884-1886 - West End Passenger Railway Co.
1886-1892 - Easton South Easton & West End Passenger Railway Co.
1888-1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1888-1889 - Lafayette Traction Co.
1889-1893 - Pennsylvania Motor Co.
1892-1899 - Easton Transit Co.
1899-1922 - Easton Consolidated Electric Co.
1922-1951 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co.
1925 - buses introduced by affiliated company Lehigh Valley Transportation Co.
1939 - streetcars discontinued
1951-1955 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (Allen & Co.)
1955-1972 - Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (ATE)
HISTORIC INTERURBAN TYPE RAILWAY
Easton-Doylestown
1904-1907 - Philadelphia & Easton Railway Co.
1907-1921 - Philadelphia & Easton Electric Railway Co.
1921-1926 - Philadelphia & Easton Transit Co.
Replacement interurban bus service operated by Doylestown & Easton Motor Coach Co. (until 1944)
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines (after 1944)
Bangor
1900-1921 - Slate Belt Electric Street Railway Co.
1921-1929 - Bangor & Nazareth Transit Co.
1901-1902 - Bangor East Bangor & Portland Transit Co.
1902-1904 - Bangor & East Bangor Street Railway Co.
1904-1923 - Bangor & Portland Traction Co.
1923-1927 - Bangor & Portland Transit Co.
1902-1912 - Northampton Traction Co.
1912-1933 - Northampton Transit Co.
1926 - buses introduced by unknown company
1933 - streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Waer Bus Lines
HISTORIC INTERURBAN TYPE RAILWAY
Slate Belt Electric Street Railway Co.
Nazareth-Bangor (1899-1926)
HISTORIC INTERURBAN TYPE RAILWAY
Northampton Transit Co.
Easton-Portland (1903-1933)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1972)
Lehigh And Northampton Transportation Authority
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)
1893-1901 - Carbon County Electric Railway Co.
1901-1904 - Mauch Chunk Lehighton & Slatington Street Railway Co.
1904-1908 - Carbon Street Railway Co.
1908-1919 - Carbon Transit Co.
1919-1926 - Mauch Chunk & Lehighton Transit Co.
1926-1928 - East Penn Electric Co.
1928-1932 - East Penn Traction Co.
1930 - buses introduced by affiliated company East Penn Transit Co.
1932 - streetcars discontinued
1930-1939 - East Penn Transit Co.
After 1939 - Lehighton Transportation Co.
Private bus co. in 1952 - Mauch Chunk Transportation Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Carbon County Community Transit
Pottsville/Tamaqua/Lansford
Horse Car
1872-1895 - Peoples Railway Co. (Pottsville)
1887 - horse cars replaced with steam dummy
Electric Streetcar
1891-1899 - Schuylkill Electric Railway Co. (Pottsville) (electric streetcar)
1899-1906 - Pottsville Union Traction Co.
1898-1906 - Tamaqua & Lansford Street Railway Co.
1906-1921 - Eastern Pennsylvania Railways Co.
1921-1932 - East Penn Electric Co.
1930 - buses introduced by affiliated company East Penn Transportation Co.
1932 - streetcars discontinued
1930-1982 - East Penn Transportation Co.
HISTORIC INTERURBAN TYPE RAILWAY
Pottsville-Mauch Chunk (1906-1931)
Girardville/Mahanoy City/Ashland
1892-1893 - Mahanoy Shenandoah Girardville & Ashland Street Railway Co.
1895-1900 - Lakeside Railway Co. (Mahanoy City)
1893-1903 - Schuylkill Traction Co.
1903-1931 - Schuylkill Railway Co.
1922 - buses introduced by affiliated company Schuylkill Transportation Co.
1925 - streetcars discontinued
After 1922 - Schuylkill Transportation Co.
HISTORIC INTERURBAN TROLLEY LINE
Mahanoy City-Ashland (1893-1931)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1982)
Schuylkill Transportation System
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)