TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN WEST VIRGINIA

SMALLER CITIES

1940's-1950's - Raleigh Transit Co.

Bluefield

1904-1906 - Bluefield & Hinton Electric Railway Co.
1906-1910's - Bluestone Traction Co.
After 1910's - Appalachian Power Co.
1915-1974 - Tri City Traction Co.
1936 - streetcars replaced with buses

Elkins

1908-1916 - Elkins Electric Railway Co.
1916 - streetcars discontinued

Fairmont

1901-1903 - Fairmont & Clarksburg Electric Railroad Co.
1903-1912 - Fairmont & Clarksburg Traction Co.
1912-1921 - Monongahela Valley Traction Co.
1921-1923 - Monongahela Power & Railway Co.
1923-1944 - Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co.
1944-1956 - City Lines of West Virginia
1947 - streetcars replaced with buses

1956-1973 - City Lines of Fairmont

Grafton

1908-1915 - Grafton Traction Co.
1915-1921 - Grafton Light & Power Co.
After 1921 - Tygarts Valley Traction Co.

Private bus co. in 1952 - Grafton Transportation Co.

Mannington

1907-1910 - Mannington Light & Power Co.
1910-1912 - Fairmont & Clarksburg Traction Co.
1912-1921 - Monongahela Valley Traction Co.
1921-1923 - Monongahela Power & Railway Co.
1923-1937 - Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co.
1937 - streetcars discontinued

Martinsburg

1800's - Martinsburg Street Railroad
1892-1896 - Martinsburg Street Railway Co.

Newell

1905-1913 - Newell Street Railway Co.
1913-1938 - Newell Bridge & Railway Co.
1938 - streetcars discontinued

Princeton

1910-1928 - Princeton Power Co.
1928-1940 - Appalachian Electric Power Co.
1940 - streetcars discontinued

ADDITIONAL CITIES NEVER WITH STREETCARS

Buckhannon - City Transit Co.
Hinton - Victory Bus Lines
Oak Hill - Oak Hill Transit Co.
Weston - Weston Transit Co.