TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN SOUTH CAROLINA

MAJOR CITIES


Anderson

1905-1909 - Anderson Traction Co.
1909-1914 - Greenville Spartanburg & Anderson Railway Co.
1914-1925 - Southern Public Utilities Co.
1925-1935 - Southern Public Utilities Co. (Duke Power Co.)
1930's - buses introduced
1934 - streetcars discontinued

1935-1990's - Duke Power Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
City of Anderson Transit


Charleston

Horse Car
1866-1899 - Charleston City Railway Co.
1897 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars

1899-1910 - Charleston Consolidated Railway Gas & Electric Co.
1910-1926 - Charleston Consolidated Railway & Light Co.
1926-1948 - South Carolina Power Co.
1934 - buses introduced
1938 - streetcars discontinued

1948-1997 - South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1997)
Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Mt. Pleasant-Isle Of Palms
1898-1910 - Charleston Consolidated Railway Gas & Electric Co.
1910-1913 - Charleston Consolidated Railway & Light Co.
1913-1925 - Charleston Isle Of Palms Traction Co.


Columbia

Horse Car
1886-1893 - Columbia Street Railway Co.
1893 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1893-1911 - Columbia Electric Street Railway Light & Power Co.
1911-1925 - Columbia Railway Gas & Electric Co.
1925-1937 - Broad River Power Co.
1934 - buses introduced
1936 - streetcars discontinued

1937-2002 - South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 2002)
Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority

Historic suburban/interurban bus lines:
Several Companies, evolved to Atlantic Greyhound Lines


Greenville

Horse Car
1875-1887 - Greenville City Railway Co.
1887-1898 - Street Railway Co. of the City of Greenville

Electric Streetcar
1901-1912 - Greenville Traction Co.
1912-1925 - Southern Public Utilities Co.
1925-1935 - Southern Public Utilities Co. (Duke Power Co.)
1935-1955 - Duke Power Co.
1930's - buses introduced
1937 - streetcars discontinued
1934-1956 - operated trolleybuses

1955-1975 - Greenville City Coach Lines (City Coach Lines)

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1975)
Greenville Transit Authority (Greenlink)

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Anderson-Belton (1910-1938)/Greenwood-Greenville (1912-1951)/Greenville-Spartanburg (1914-1951)
1910-1951 - Piedmont & Northern Railway Co.


Spartanburg

1900-1912 - Spartanburg Railway Gas & Electric Co.
1912-1922 - South Carolina Light Power & Railway Co.
1922-1927 - South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.
1924 - buses introduced
1927-1928 - South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. (Duke Power Co.)
1928-1935 - Southern Public Utilities Co. (Duke Power Co.)
1935 - streetcars discontinued

1935-1992 - Duke Power Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1992)
Spartanburg Area Regional Transit Agency


SMALLER CITIES

Orangeburg

Horse Car
1891-1895 - Orangeburg Street Railway Co.
1895-1908 - Orangeburg City Street Railway Co.
1908 - horse cars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Orangeburg Transit Co.

Rock Hill

Horse Car
1901-1907 - Rock Hill Street Railway Co.
1907-1911 - Rock Hill Water Supply Electric Light & Street Railway Co.
1911-1918 - Carolina Traction Co.
1912 - horse cars replaced with battery cars

1918 - battery cars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Southern Bus Co.

Sumter

Private bus co. in 1952 - Sumter Transit Co.
Prior to 1973 - Sumter Bus Co.


ADDITIONAL CITIES NEVER WITH STREETCARS

The only history found for transit systems in these cities, is from the 1952 "Mass Transportation's Directory", identifying these bus systems in existence as of 1952.

Camden - City Transit Co.
Florence - Florence Coach Co.
Greenwood - Blue & White Bus Lines
Hartsville - Hartsville Coach Co.
Newberry - Newberry City Bus Lines


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