TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN WASHINGTON

SEATTLE AREA


SEATTLE/HISTORIC DETAIL

Transit History
Route History
Suburban Lines


Seattle/King County

Horse Car
1886-1900 - several companies
1889-1890 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1888-1895 - operated steam dummy
1891-1938 - operated cable cars

1900-1919 - Seattle Electric Co.
1914-1939 - Seattle Municipal Railway
1919 - buses introduced
1939-1973 - Seattle Transit System
1939 - trolleybuses introduced
1941 - streetcars discontinued
STILL OPERATES TROLLEYBUSES

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1973)
King County Metro


Everett/Snohomish County

1893-1905 - Everett Railway & Electric Co.
1905-1907 - Everett Railway Light & Water Co.
1907-1912 - Puget Sound International Railway & Power Co.
1912-1930 - Pacific Northwest Traction Co.
1923 - streetcars replaced with buses

1930-1939 - Puget Sound Power & Light Co.
1939-1946 - Everett City Lines (National City Lines)
1946-1961 - Everett City Lines Inc.
1961-1969 - Everett Bus System

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1969)
Everett City Transit

NEW COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT SYSTEM
Community Transit (since 1976)


Tacoma/Pierce County

Horse Car
1888-1889 - Tacoma Street Railway Co.

Steam Dummy
1888-1895 - several companies

Electric Streetcar
1890-1899 - Tacoma Railway & Motor Co.
1899-1941 - Tacoma Railway & Power Co.
1923 - buses introduced
1938 - streetcars discontinued
1891-1938 - operated cable cars

1941-1961 - Tacoma Transit Co.
1961-1980 - Tacoma Transit System

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1980)
Pierce Transit


NEW REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM
Sound Transit (since 1993)

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS
Operated in several directions from Seattle

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


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