TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN MISSOURI

SMALLER CITIES

Ava

1908-1915 - Kansas City Ozarks & Southern Railway
1915 - streetcars discontinued

Cape Girardeau

Horse Car
1892-1897 - Cape Girardeau Street Railway Co.
1897-1902 - Citizens Street Railway Co.
1902 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1902-1936 - Cape Girardeau & Jackson Railroad Co.
1936 - streetcars discontinued

Prior to 1951 - Cape Transit Co.
After 1951 - Cape Transit Corp. (American Transit Corp.)

Historic suburban/interurban bus lines:
Southeast Missouri Bus Lines

Carrollton

1900-1904 - Carrollton Electric Railway Co.
1904-1922 - Carrollton Water Light & Transit Co.
After 1922 - Kansas City Power & Light Co.

Carthage

Horse Car
1887-1895 - Carthage Horse Railway Co.
1895 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1895-1899 - Jasper County Electric Railroad Co.

Hannibal

Horse Car
1878-1888 - Hannibal Railway Co.
1888-1890 - Hannibal Street Railway Co.
1890 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1890-1892 - Hannibal Electric Street Railway Co.
1892-1899 - Hannibal Railway Co.
1899-1902 - Hannibal Traction Co.
After 1902 - Hannibal Railway & Electric Co.
After 1925 - Hannibal Transportation Co.

Lebanon

1892-1895 - Lebanon Light & Water Co.

Mexico

1915-1917 - Mexico Santa Fe & Perry Traction Co.
1917 - streetcars discontinued

Private bus co. in 1952 - Finley Bus Line

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Mexico-Santa Fe (1915-1917)

Nevada

Horse Car
1800's - Nevada City Railway Co.
1800's - Nevada City Street Railway
Until 1886 - Nevada Street Railway Co.

Electric Streetcar
1899-1910 - Missouri Water Light & Traction Co.
1910-1910's - Nevada Water Light & Traction Co.
1910's-1923 - Fort Scott & Nevada Light Heat Water & Power Co.
1923 - streetcars discontinued

Sedalia

Horse Car
1875-1890 - Sedalia Street Railway Co.
1890 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company

1890-1898 - Electric Railway Light & Power Co. of Sedalia
1898-1901 - Sedalia Electric & Railway Co.
1901-1904 - Railway & Electric Co. of Sedalia
1904-1906 - Sedalia Transit Co.
1906-1912 - Sedalia Light & Traction Co.
1912-1931 - City Light & Traction Co.
1928 - buses introduced
1931 - streetcars discontinued

Webb City

1890-1892 - Twin Cities Railway Co.
1892-1893 - Twin Cities Street Railway Co.
1893-1905 - Southwest Missouri Electric Railway Co.
1906-1939 - Southwest Missouri Railroad Co.
1939 - streetcars discontinued

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Joplin-Carthage (1893-1937)
Joplin-Galena KS (1896-1938)
Joplin-Duenweg-Carthage (1903-1924)
Webb City-Alba (1906-1927)
Galena KS-Picher OK (1918-1939)

Replacement interurban bus service operated by Southwest Missouri Railroad (after 1936)

SMALLER INTERURBAN RAILWAYS

Minor historic interurban railways connecting towns without local streetcar service.

St. Francois County
De Lassus-Flat River

1904-1910 - St. Francois County Railway Co.
1910-1927 - St. Francois County Railroad Co.

ADDITIONAL CITIES WITH HORSE CARS ONLY

In several smaller cities in Missouri, horse and mule car routes were constructed in the late 1800's. But those routes were abandoned early, never converted to electric power.

Chillicothe - Chillicothe Street Railroad Co. (1900-1902, horse)
Clinton - Clinton Street Railway Co. (1888-1906, mule)
Lexington - Lexington Street Railway Co. (1877-1901, horse)
Warrensburg - Electric Springs Railway Co. (1891-1893, mule)

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.

Caruthersville - Caruthersville Bus Co.
Columbia - Columbia City Bus Lines
Crystal City - Schulte Transportation Co.
Kennett - Kennett City Bus Line
Moberly - Moberly City Lines
Poplar Bluff - Poplar Bluff City Lines
Rolla - Rolla Public Service Co.
St. Charles - Cities Service Bus Co.
Washington - Washington City Bus Co.

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