Horse Car
1874-1893 - Reading City Passenger Railway Co.
1888-1893 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1888-1893 - East Reading Railroad Co.
1893-1895 - Reading Traction Co.
1895-1910 - United Traction Co. of Reading
1910-1913 - Reading Transit Co.
1913-1919 - Reading Transit & Light Co.
1919-1929 - Reading Transit Co.
1926 - buses introduced by affiliated company Reading Transit Bus Co.
1929-1950 - Reading Street Railway Co.
1950-1973 - Reading Bus Co.
1952 - streetcars discontinued
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1973)
Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)
1891-1899 - Lebanon & Annville Street Railway Co.
1892-1899 - Lebanon & Myerstown Street Railway Co.
1899-1910 - Lebanon Valley Street Railway Co.
1910-1913 - Reading Transit Co.
1913-1919 - Reading Transit & Light Co.
1919-1929 - Reading Transit Co.
1929-1930 - Reading Street Railway Co.
1930 - streetcars discontinued
1930-1960's - Lebanon Auto Bus Co.
1950's-1960's - Lebanon Coach Co.
Private bus co. in 1952 - Lebanon Valley Transit
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Lebanon Transit
HISTORIC INTERURBAN TYPE RAILWAY
Lebanon-Ephrata
1915-1931 - Ephrata & Lebanon Traction Co.
Horse Car
1874-1876 - Lancaster & Millersville Passenger Railroad Co.
1876-1887 - Lancaster & Millersville Street Railway Co.
1887-1893 - Lancaster & Millersville Railroad Co.
1891 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
Horse Car
1883-1890 - Lancaster City Street Railway Co.
1890 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1890-1891 - Lancaster City Street Railroad Co.
1891-1893 - Lancaster City & West End Street Railway Co.
Electric Streetcar
1893-1894 - Lancaster Traction Co.
1894-1899 - Pennsylvania Traction Co.
1899-1931 - Conestoga Traction Co.
1931-1976 - Conestoga Transportation Co.
1932 - buses introduced
1947 - streetcars discontinued
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1976)
Red Rose Transit Authority
HISTORIC INTERURBAN TROLLEY LINE
Lancaster-York Furnace
1903-1930 - Lancaster & York Furnace Street Railway Co.
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)
Harrisburg
Horse Car
1865-1895 - Harrisburg City Passenger Railway Co.
1891 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
Horse Car
1886-1895 - East Harrisburg Passenger Railway Co.
1889 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
Electric Streetcar
1895-1903 - Harrisburg Traction Co.
1903-1912 - Central Pennsylvania Traction Co.
1912-1955 - Harrisburg Railways Co.
1933 - buses introduced by affiliated company Transportation Co. of Harrisburg
1939 - streetcars discontinued
1955-1973 - Harrisburg Railways Co. (ATE)
Mechanicsburg/Carlisle
1894-1904 - Harrisburg & Mechanicsburg Electric Railway Co.
1895-1904 - Cumberland Valley Traction Co. (Carlisle)
1904-1913 - Valley Traction Co.
1913-1938 - Valley Railways
1931 - buses introduced by affiliated company Valley Transportation Co.
1938 - streetcars discontinued
1931-1969 - Valley Transportation Co.
1969-1973 - Harrisburg Railways Co. (ATE)
HISTORIC INTERURBAN TYPE RAILWAY
Harrisburg-Marysville/Carlisle (1903-1931)
HISTORIC INTERURBAN TYPE RAILWAY
Carlisle-Newville
1908-1920- Cumberland Railway Co.
Hershey
1904-1913 - Hummelstown & Campbellstown Street Railway Co.
1913-1946 - Hershey Transit Co.
1946 - streetcars discontinued
Williamstown
1910-1915 - Schuylkill & Dauphin Traction Co.
After 1915 - Lykens Valley Railway Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1973)
Capitol Area Transit
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)
York
Horse Car
1886-1900 - York Street Railway Co.
1893 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1900-1907 - York County Traction Co.
1907-1939 - York Railways Co.
1931 - buses introduced by York Bus Co., acquired by York Railways Co. in 1932
1939 - streetcars discontinued
1931-1970 - York Bus Co.
After 1970 - Reliance Motor Coach Co.
Hanover
1893-1931 - Hanover & McSherrystown Street Railway Co.
1931 - streetcars discontinued
Period of no transit service
After 1969 - Lincoln Bus Lines
Gettysburg
1893-1894 - Gettysburg Battlefield Railroad
1894-1896 - Gettysburg Electric Railway Co.
1896-1897 - Gettysburg Electric Railroad Co.
1897-1909 - Gettysburg Transit Co.
1909-1917 - Gettysburg Railway Co.
1917 - streetcars discontinued
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Central Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Rabbit Transit)
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)