Mule Car
1875-1887 - Chattanooga Street Railroad Co.
1887-1891 - City Street Railroad Co.
1889-1891 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars operated by new company
1889-1906 - Chattanooga Electric Railway Co.
Steam Dummy
1887-1906 - several companies
Electric Streetcar
1906-1909 - Chattanooga Railways Co.
1909-1922 - Chattanooga Railway & Light Co.
1922-1941 - Tennessee Electric Power Co.
1925 - buses introduced
1940 - streetcars discontinued
1941-1962 - Southern Coach Lines (United Transit Co.)
1962-1973 - Southern Coach Lines (ATE)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1973)
Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)
1892-1902 - Johnson City & Carnegie Street Railway Co.
1902-1913 - Johnson City Traction Co.
1913-1935 - Tennessee Eastern Electric Co.
1931 - streetcars replaced with buses
After 1935 - Johnson City Bus Co.
Prior to 1979 -Johnson City Transit Co.
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1979)
Johnson City Transit System
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines:
Washington County Bus Line (to Kingsport, until 1951)
Horse Car
1876-1886 - Knoxville Street Railway Co.
1886-1893 - Knoxville Street Railroad Co.
1890-1894 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1893-1898 - Knoxville Electric Railway Co.
1898-1905 - Knoxville Traction Co.
Steam Dummy
1887-1906 - several companies
Electric Streetcar
1905-1911 - Knoxville Railway & Light Co.
1911-1930 - Knoxville Power & Light Co.
1930-1938 - Tennessee Public Service Co.
1938-1967 - Knoxville Transit Lines
1930-1945 - operated trolleybuses
1947 - streetcars discontinued
1967-1995 - Knoxville Transit Corp. (city owned)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1995)
Knoxville Area Transit
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)
Horse Car
1866-1895 - several companies
1890-1892 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
Steam Dummy
1886-1895 - several companies
Electric Streetcar
1895-1958 - Memphis Street Railway Co.
1930 - buses introduced
1947 - streetcars discontinued
1931-1960 - operated trolleybuses
1958-1961 - Memphis Transit Co.
1961-1975 - City Of Memphis Transit Authority
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1975)
Memphis Area Transit Authority
Horse Car
1865-1890 - several companies
Steam Dummy
1887-1896 - several companies
Electric Streetcar
1890-1894 - United Electric Railway
1894-1900 - Nashville Street Railway Co.
1900-1903 - Nashville Railway
1903-1922 - Nashville Railway & Light Co.
1922-1940 - Tennessee Electric Power Co.
1930 - buses introduced
1940-1941 - Nashville Coach Co.
1941 - streetcars discontinued
1941-1953 - Southern Coach Lines (United Transit Co.)
1953-1962 - Nashville Transit Co. (United Transit Co.)
1962-1973 - Nashville Transit Co. (ATE)
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1973)
Metropolitan Transit Authority
HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAY
Nashville-Gallatin
1913-1917 - Nashville-Gallatin Interurban Railway
1917-1932 - Union Traction Co.
Historic suburban/interurban bus lines:
Southeastern Greyhound Lines
Central Bus Lines/Central Trailways
Ladd Motor Coach Lines (to Dickson and Centerville and Waynesboro, until 1983)