1898-1906 - Columbus Grove City & Southwestern Railway Co. (to Orient)
1901-1906 - Dayton & Northern Traction Co. (to Greenville)
1904-1906 - Dayton & Muncie Traction Co. (Greenville-Union City)
1900-1906 - Dayton Springfield & Urbana Electric Railway Co.
1903-1906 - Urbana Bellefontaine & Northern Railway Co. (Urbana-Bellefontaine)
1906-1907 - Indiana Columbus & Eastern Traction Co.
1907-1921 - Ohio Electric Railway Co.
1921-1930 - Indiana Columbus & Eastern Traction Co.
1930-1939 - Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad
Interurban lines:
Columbus-Orient (constructed 1898-1901, discontinued 1922)
Dayton-Greenville (constructed 1901, discontinued 1925)
Greenville-Union City (constructed 1904, discontinued 1925)
Dayton-Springfield-Urbana (constructed 1900, discontinued/replaced with buses 1939)
Urbana-Bellefontaine (constructed 1903, discontinued/replaced with buses 1939)
Springfield-Columbus (constructed 1902, discontinued/replaced with buses 1939)
Lima-Defiance (electrified 1909, sold/deelectrified 1923)
HISTORICALLY LEASED COMPANIES:
1900-1906 - Dayton & Western Traction Co. (to Richmond/New Paris)
1906-1907 - Indiana Columbus & Eastern Traction Co.
1907-1920 - Ohio Electric Railway Co.
1920-1931 - Dayton & Western Traction Co.
1931-1937 - Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad
1902-1906 - Columbus Buckeye Lake & Newark Traction Co.
1904-1906 - Columbus Newark & Zanesville Electric Railway Co. (Newark-Zanesville)
1906-1907 - Indiana Columbus & Eastern Traction Co.
1907-1921 - Ohio Electric Railway Co.
1921-1925 - Columbus Newark & Zanesville Electric Railway Co.
1925-1929 - Southern Ohio Public Service Co.
Interurban lines:
Dayton-Eaton (constructed 1898, discontinued 1937/replaced with Ohio Bus Line buses 1938)
Eaton-Richmond (constructed 1903, discontinued 1937/replaced with Ohio Bus Line buses 1938)
New Westville-New Paris (constructed 1903, discontinued 1937)
Columbus-Newark (constructed 1902, discontinued 1929)
Newark-Zanesville (constructed 1904, discontinued 1929)
Replacement bus companies:
Dayton & Columbus Transportation Co. (1922-1930)
Cincinnati & Lake Erie Bus Co. (1930-1939)
Cincinnati & Lake Erie Transportation Co. (1939-1947)
Great Lakes Greyhound Lines of Indiana (after 1947)
Beginning in 1907, the Ohio Electric Railway leased several interurban railway companies, including the Indiana Columbus & Eastern Traction Co. described above, and the additional companies described below. In 1921, the Ohio Electric Railway was dissolved, with lines generally returned to the original owners. In 1930, many of these lines were merged into the Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad.
1898-1907 - Cincinnati & Hamilton Electric Street Railway Co.
1897-1907 - Cincinnati & Miami Valley Traction Co. (Hamilton-Dayton)
1901-1907 - Miamisburg & Germantown Traction Co.
1905-1907 - Fort Wayne Van Wert & Lima Traction Co.
1907-1921 - Ohio Electric Railway Co.
1918-1926 - Cincinnati & Dayton Traction Co.
1926-1930 - Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton Railway Co.
1930-1939 - Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad
1921-1924 - Lima & Toledo Traction Co.
1924-1930 - Lima-Toledo Railroad
1930-1937 - Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad
1921-1926 - Fort Wayne Van Wert & Lima Traction Co.
1926-1932 - Fort Wayne-Lima Railroad
Interurban lines:
Cincinnati-Hamilton (constructed 1898, discontinued/replaced with buses 1939)
Hamilton-Dayton (constructed 1897, discontinued/replaced with buses 1939)
Miamisburg-Germantown (constructed 1901, discontinued 1939)
Bellefontaine-Lima (constructed 1908, discontinued/replaced with buses 1939)
Lima-Toledo (constructed 1908, discontinued/replaced with buses 1937)
Lima-Fort Wayne (completed 1905, discontinued 1932)
Replacement bus companies:
Dayton & Columbus Transportation Co. (1922-1930)
Cincinnati & Lake Erie Bus Co. (1930-1939)
Cincinnati & Lake Erie Transportation Co. (1939-1947)
Great Lakes Greyhound Lines of Indiana (after 1947)
Information on how the Cincinnati & Lake Erie bus operations evolved into part of the Greyhound bus system.