TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN WASHINGTON

OUTLYING SEATTLE AREA


Bellingham/Whatcom County

1891-1898 - Bellingham Bay Electric Railway Co.
1892-1898 - Fairhaven & New Whatcom Railway Co.

1898-1900 - Northern Railway & Improvement Co.
1900-1912 - Whatcom County Railway & Light Co.
1912-1920 - Puget Sound Traction Light & Power Co.
1920-1938 - Puget Sound Power & Light Co.
1938 - streetcars replaced with buses operated by new National City Lines subsidiary

1938-1946 - Bellingham City Lines (National City Lines)
1946-1954 - Bellingham City Lines Inc.
1954-1961 - Satterlee Transit System
1961-1971 - Bellingham Transit Co.
1971-1984 - Bellingham Municipal Transit

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1984)
Whatcom Transportation Authority


Skagit County

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1993)
Skagit Transit

HISTORIC INTERURBAN TYPE RAILWAY
Anacortes-Fidalgo City
Fidalgo City & Anacortes Railway Co. (1891-1893)


Bremerton/Kitsap County

1921-1982 - Bremerton-Charleston Transportation Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1982)
Kitsap Transit


Olympia/Thurston County

1892-1923 - Olympia Light & Power Co.
1923-1930 - Puget Sound Power & Light Co.
1930 - streetcars discontinued

1930-1972 - Olympia Transit Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM
Intercity Transit


NEW COUNTYWIDE TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Island Transit (since 1987)
Mason Transit Authority (since 1992)
San Juan Transit

FERRY SYSTEM
Washington State Ferries

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


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